OHSU Lifts Objections, Letting Grad Students Unionize
Oregon Health & Science University graduate students are about to become unionized.
Lynne Terry
Nurse Files Class Action Against Legacy Over Breaks, Overtime
A former registered nurse for Legacy Health has filed a class action lawsuit against the Portland hospital network, claiming that it systematically denied meal breaks to non-exempt nursing staff and failed to pay overtime.
Briefly: ZoomCare Announces New CEO
Bill Frerichs, ZoomCare's senior vice president of retail health since 2016, will become CEO Jan. 1, replacing the company's current CEO and co-founder Dr. Dave Sanders.
The CEO of ZoomCare is stepping down at the end of the year and an insider will take his place, the company announced Friday.
Leader of Oregon's Hospital Association Stepping Down
The president of Oregon’s hospital association is stepping down next year.
PeaceHealth Buys ZoomCare For Undisclosed Amount
PeaceHealth, the Vancouver-based health care system with hospitals across the Northwest, announced on Tuesday that it is buying ZoomCare, a chain of neighborhood clinics that’s spread from Tigard to Seattle and Salem in just over a decade.
Briefly: Oregon's Health Insurance Enrollment Lags By 15 percent
People without Medicare, Medicaid or job-based health insurance coverage have until the end of the day Saturday to sign up and get a subsidy.
Oregon’s enrollment in health insurance for people without Medicare, Medicaid or job-based coverage is lagging by 15 percent.
Briefly: CMS Warns Consumers About Heavy Call Volume Approaching Enrollment Deadline
Consumers who phone the federal call center to enroll in health insurance for 2019 may be asked to leave their contact information but they'll still be able to enroll after Saturday's deadline.
As expected, the federal health insurance online marketplace is getting hit by a heavy volume of consumers trying to sign up for health insurance by Saturday's deadline.
Experts Begin Review Of OHSU's Collapsed Heart Transplant Program And Cardiology Institute
Three months after the heart transplant unit imploded, four outside specialists are launching what's called a "peer review," a confidential process that will look at what when went wrong in the unit and the Knight Cardiovascular Institute and make recommendations on how to move forward.
When its heart transplant program imploded in August, Oregon Health & Science University promised a peer review to get to the root of the problems that led to the de
OHSU's Chief Names Head Of Research In First Executive Appointment.
Peter Barr-Gillespie will earn $500,000 in his new role overseeing research at Oregon Health & Science University and advising President Dr. Danny Jacobs.
Oregon Health & Science University’s new president has appointed one of the university’s top scientists his chief advisor on research strategy and a member of the executive team.
Oregon Backs Off Opioid Cutoff Plan For Chronic Pain Patients, Adding Non-drug Treatments
Guidelines discussed Wednesday would align recommendations for opioid prescribing for back pain and five other chronic pain conditions, adding new treatments like yoga, behavioral therapy and massage.
After an uproar from patients, an Oregon pain advisory committee has abandoned a proposal to taper chronic pain Medicaid patients off opioids altogether.
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