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Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Oregon hospital systems file new appeal to pressure state on psychiatric care

New filing contends a federal judge in Portland wrongly dismissed an earlier case related to the Oregon State Hospital

Dec 7, 2023
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Tripledemic's sequel likely won’t be as bad for Oregon, expert says

New waves of COVID, RSV and the flu are headed this way, but a top expert forecasts less of an impact on most Oregonians and the state’s hospitals compared to 12 months ago

Dec 7, 2023
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Oregon Health & Science University | MICHAEL MCDERMOTT/OHSU

OHSU and Legacy Health merger plan taking longer than expected

The tentative plan would constitute a major reshaping of Oregon’s health care landscape if approved by regulators. The two sides are running a month or more behind as they work on details.

Dec 5, 2023

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Providence Portland Medical Center. | M.O. STEVENS/CC BY 3.0/WIKIMEDIA

Rate clash between Regence BlueCross BlueShield, Providence could affect 260,000

Regence is taking a reimbursement dispute public, saying its members could be deemed out-of-network starting early next year

Dec 4, 2023
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PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington, on Aug. 7, 2013. | RYTYHO USA/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

More than 1,700 PeaceHealth workers voting on tentative deal

Oregon and Washington workers in line for hefty raises

Dec 1, 2023

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Klamath Falls, Oregon. | BOBJGALINDO/CC BY-SA 4.0/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Lawsuit seeks $2 million over allegedly illegal hospital debt collection practices

The suit against Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls comes despite recent protections in Oregon to ensure poor patients access charity care

Nov 28, 2023
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PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield. | COURTESY OF PEACEHEALTH

New discrimination suit filed against PeaceHealth Riverbend

A nurse filed a lawsuit alleging age and disability discrimination, and claiming management suggested she was faking her injury

Nov 28, 2023
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PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington, on Aug. 7, 2013. | RYTYHO USA/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

PeaceHealth to refund millions to low-income patients in Washington, but not Oregon

The health system settled a state investigation of its five Washington hospitals that found unlawful billing of thousands of patients it knew qualified for charity care

Nov 21, 2023
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Legacy Health Good Samaritan Medical Center in Northwest Portland, Ore., on July 30, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

More than 150 Legacy doctors vote to unionize

Votes occurred at six of Legacy's eight hospitals as organizers stressed workplace changes and a possible merger with OHSU

Nov 17, 2023
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Standing on a bluff overlooking the Willamette River in North Portland on Nov. 14, 2023, Dr. Eric Seymour said he was born pro-union, but that some of his fellow hospitalists employed by the Legacy Health System have needed convincing. | LILLIAN MONGEAU HUGHES/THE LUND REPORT

Hospital physicians at Legacy Health likely to unionize

Citing working conditions and increased financial pressures, hospitalists at Legacy's eight hospitals expect to win a pending union vote

Nov 16, 2023
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