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New $57 million medical center a good location, some say

Sometimes they’re seeking drugs. Or they don’t have insurance and want healthcare.

Eight months into her job as director of the Oregon Health Authority, Lynne Saxton applauded the audience at State of Reform’s annual Portland conference for standing up for coordinated care organizations and getting 95 percent of Oregonians insured.

The compensation figures for 2016 were released recently by OHSU and some salaries include incentive payments for meeting financial goals.

The Oregon Health Plan began coverage for transgender-specific healthcare services in January, but clearer guidelines were needed to explain the evaluation for eligibility. After a Fox News report criticized the state policy, a Grants Pass Republican has called for a bill to increase the age of medical consent for transgender care.

The high cost of innovative new pharmaceutical drugs has health plans concerned about how to pay for the drugs and patient advocates worried that sick people may be prevented from getting the care they need.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid will decide by Nov. 1 if it will pay for consultations between healthcare providers and Medicare recipients about the type of care they want, or don't want, as they near the end of life.