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Oregon Hospital Revenues, Profits Rise In Third Quarter of 2020

But hospital leaders say last year’s temporary boost from the federal CARES Act bailout conceals continuing financial shortfalls at Oregon hospitals.

Mar 8, 2021
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St. Charles Health System in Bend. | COURTESY PHOTO

Medical Techs Strike At St. Charles Hospitals In Central Oregon

The nonprofit system warns that the strike by the 150-member work group “threatens public health and safety of the community,” but fails to persuade a federal judge to bar the walkout.

Mar 3, 2021
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Oregon Sets Minimum Charity Care Levels For Hospitals

Other states have set minimums for hospital groups but Oregon is the first to set levels for individual hospitals, which have profited from the expansion of Medicaid.

Feb 17, 2021
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Special Health Insurance Enrollment Period Opening

President Joe Biden created the special enrollment period between Feb. 15 through May 15 to help those who've lost their insurance as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout.

Feb 2, 2021

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Oregon Health & Science University's sprawling west side campus. | AARON BIELECK/OHSU

OHSU’s Pandemic Economic Woes Largely Over

The institution also said in a presentation prepared for its board that it is moving toward “making OHSU an anti-racist organization.”

Jan 27, 2021
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PacificSource Pays $135,000 Fine For Service Appeals Violations

The insurer’s commercial arm violated state-mandated deadlines nearly 4,500 times when members or providers contested denials of service.

Jan 25, 2021
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PeaceHealth plans to demolish builldings at it's Eugene university district site./Christian Wihtol/The Lund Report

PeaceHealth To Demolish Buildings At Hospital Site

The Vancouver, Washington-based company remains silent about its long-range plans for the Eugene site.

Jan 17, 2021
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Plan To Curb Rise In Health Care Costs Moving To Legislature

A committee that first met at the end of 2019 has come up with a proposed program to cap cost increases at 3.4% a year in Oregon.

Jan 13, 2021
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Number Of Oregonians Using Health Insurance Marketplace Drops Slightly

More state residents, their incomes hurt by COVID-19 pandemic, may instead be enrolling in the free Oregon Health Plan.

Dec 21, 2020

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Salem Health Salem Hospital. | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

After Public Falling-Out, Salem Health and Kaiser Reach New Contract

The two sides didn’t disclose the terms. Salem Health had wanted to raise the prices it charges health insurer Kaiser by 30%.

Dec 21, 2020