Access & Quality

PacificSource headquarters is located in Springfield, Oregon. | COURTESY PHOTO

PacificSource layoffs coming as insurer leaves Montana, individual market Premium

Four top executives were among the first to be laid off this week, and more cuts are coming as the Oregon-based insurer continues to retrench

May 22

SHUTTERSTOCK

Oregonians' health insurance premiums slated to jump in January — again

For the second year in a row, Oregonians and small businesses face major increases in their costs for coverage. State officials are hosting a public meeting to gather comments as they review proposed rates.

Jun 9
Premium

THE COMMONWEALTH FUND

Health care lags for Black, Hispanic and Native American Oregonians

Disparities in Oregon are far worse for Native American residents, according to a new state-by-state comparison issued by researchers for the Commonwealth Fund

Apr 29
Premium

PeaceHealth, local emergency room doctors headed for key hearing in ApolloMD case

The hospital system's move to find a new emergency room services provider —which followed years of tension over an executive's attempts to curb care— is going before a federal judge on April 27

Apr 23
Premium

MOHAMED HASSAN/PIXABAY

Oregon health care providers decry use of AI to ‘downcode’ bills

The practice of using AI to slash reimbursements without verification has prompted legislation in Oregon and across the country. Insurers say they’re responding to inflated billings by providers.

Apr 21
Premium

JOSHUA SUKOFF/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM

Federal judge rules against Trump administration in gender-affirming care case

Judge Mustafa Kasubhai issued a blistering opinion that bars the administration from booting gender-affirming care providers from Medicaid and Medicare

Apr 20

THE LUND REPORT

Oregonians’ annual health premium costs jumped $1,800

More than 20,000 fewer Oregonians signed up for coverage using the state’s marketplace website, and many more moved to lower-benefit plans after Congress let enhanced premium tax credits expire

Apr 16
Premium

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION PUBLIC HEALTH IMAGE LIBRARY

Coverage losses point to diabetes problems ahead

Researchers at OHSU say their work showed that people who’d lost their coverage were more likely to have worsening blood sugar control and other complications, requiring more intensive medications to curb the effects

Mar 31
Premium

KHUNNINE / SHUTTERSTOCK

Before Asante deaths and drug diversion went public, a year of missed warnings

A newly obtained federal report provides undisclosed details of how employees repeatedly observed — and even recorded on video — troubling behavior by a Medford nurse who cared for dozens of patients who'd been prescribed fentanyl. It took 18 months for hospital leaders to connect the situation to a surge in blood infections.

Mar 24