Central City Concern Launches Search to Replace Ed Blackburn
In late October, Ed Blackburn will step down as executive director of Central City Concern, a positon he’s held for the past nine years.
In late October, Ed Blackburn will step down as executive director of Central City Concern, a positon he’s held for the past nine years.
If the American Health Care Act lands on President Trump’s desk what will that mean for mental health coverage? Right now health insurers are required to cover mental health and addiction services which are considered essential health benefits under Obamacare.
Even though the effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act still needs to make its way through the U.S. Senate, the final version could have a huge impact on mental health and addiction services which are considered essential benefits that health insurers must cover.
Now that the House has passed a bill that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, what could be the impact on mental health funding at the federal level? Particularly if the U.S. Senate concurs.
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PeaceHealth the healthcare giant based in Vancouver, Wash., appears to be on a downward spiral, with news that two more high level executives have handed in their resignations.
Upstream Public Health is on the verge of being revitalized following an earlier decision to close it down because of financial difficulties.
Another casualty has hit PeaceHealth, and no one’s talking publicly about what happened. Dr. Mark Adams, who joined the health system as community chief medical officer, is gone and didn’t even last a year.
In April 2009, I launched The Lund Report with very few resources but a determined spirit. I was convinced Oregon needed an independent news site – free of advertising – that told the truth about what goes on inside our healthcare system.
You still have an opportunity to sign up for the Oregon Health Forum legislative breakfast but tickets are going fast.
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Health insurance executives in the Pacific Northwest took home healthy salaries and bonuses in 2016, based on financial records filed in Oregon and Washington.