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Rejected Once, Pennsylvania Corporation Files New Bid For Oregon Psychiatric Hospital

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Three years after failing to win state approval to build a 100-bed psychiatric hospital in Wilsonville, a multinational health care giant is trying anew, arguing that the mental health care crisis in Oregon has only worsened since its first application was rejected.

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Audit: Multnomah County Primary Care Clinics Need To Fix Staffing Turnover

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Several primary care health clinics run by Multnomah County suffer from incessant turnover of medical staff tasked with intensive workloads set by management, the county auditor’s office concluded PDF icon
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Behavioral Health Director: 'Workforce Is One Of My Key Priorities'

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Gov. Kate Brown has identified behavioral health as an area in which Oregon needs to improve, particularly in serving the 1 million people on Medicaid.

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Psychiatric Hospital Battles Medicaid Powerhouses Over Patients

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A Pennsylvania-based Fortune 500 health care company is having a tough time elbowing its way into the Oregon market, judging by a lawsuit the company filed against five Oregon Medicaid insurers and its stymied attempt so far to build a psychiatric hospital in Wilsonville.

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Oregon Faces Big Hurdle In Improving Mental Health Care: Staffing

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Oregon’s behavioral health and addiction services agencies are operating at a subpar level in part because low pay, high stress and other problems prompt workers to quit the field, leading to acute worker shortages, experts told the Oregon Health Policy Board this week.

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Trillium Retreats From Aggressive Legal Push Into Portland-Area Market

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Trillium Community Health Plan has stepped back from its push for an injunction against three Portland-area hospital systems.

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Trillium Gets Hammered In Lane County - As Well As In Portland Area

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Trillium Community Health Plan is being hammered not only in the Portland-area market, where it’s been spurned by large provider groups. It is also being squeezed on its own turf in Lane County, where it has enjoyed a monopoly in the Medicaid market.

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State Blocks Trillium’s Medicaid Bid In Portland Area

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The Oregon Health Authority has abruptly halted the controversial drive by Trillium Community Health Plan into the Portland-area Medicaid market for 2020.

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Need Health Insurance Next Year? Now’s The Time To Sign Up

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For many Oregonians, it’s time to sign up for health insurance.

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Exclusive: Trillium, Oregon Health Authority Give Erroneous Information To Medicaid Clients

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Trillium Community Health Plan has been issuing erroneous and potentially deceptive information about its hospital provider network that could hurt Portland-area Medicaid patients who switch to Trillium’s insurance plan for next year.

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