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Ashland Community Hospital | FINETOOTH/WIKICOMMONS

Asante’s closure of birthing center, most of hospital in Ashland sparks concerns

Asante Health is reporting strong finances, and its reports to the state claim Ashland was making money. But system leadership now says that after a profitable 2024, the facility is losing money, and only the emergency room and outpatient services will remain in operation.

Dec 4, 2025

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Legacy providers and supporters on the strike line at Legacy Emanuel | COURTESY OF OREGON NURSES ASSOCIATION

Legacy providers go on strike

More than 100 nurse practitioners, physician associates and other providers are on strike at Legacy Health hospitals and clinics in the Portland metro area and Southwest Washington

Dec 2, 2025
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Frontline workers plan strike against Legacy Health

Union says too many workers are leaving for better-paying jobs elsewhere

Nov 25, 2025
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A multimillion-dollar lawsuit has been filed and police are investigating allegations that a nurse repeatedly stole narcotics prescribed for patients and replaced them with tap water at Asante Rogue River Medical Center in Medford, Oregon. | ROGUE VALLEY TIMES

Asante suing Oregon Nurses Association over union visits

Union dismisses the lawsuit and claims the health care system is refusing to negotiate with some health workers

Nov 25, 2025
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Oregon health systems ponder new Catholic ban on gender-affirming care

In Oregon, where 30% of hospitals are Catholic-run facilities, transgender patients may lose care altogether

Nov 20, 2025
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Q&A: Legacy CEO George Brown on the OHSU breakup and an independent future

The semi-retired longtime health care leader came back to Legacy Health as a short-term placeholder. Now 18 months in, he says the Oregon-based hospital system is regaining its financial footing.

Nov 13, 2025
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Adventist Health-Columbia Gorge hospital in The Dalles, when it was still known as Mid-Columbia Medical Center. | BILL BEERS | WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Hospital in The Dalles clears hurdle in bid to cut beds, boost revenue

The state’s merger review office has approved the first stage of Adventist Health’s bid to convert its Columbia Gorge facility to tap a relatively lucrative federal program

Nov 10, 2025
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Members of the Advanced Practice Providers hold a rally at OHSU's Waterfront Campus in Portland on Sept. 24. | OREGON NURSES ASSOCIATION

OHSU faces renewed cost pressures as unions demand better pay, conditions

A unit representing 700 OHSU employees authorizes a strike against the university, while another continues to work under an expired contract

Oct 30, 2025
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Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis. | M.O. STEVENS | WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Corvallis-based Samaritan Health announces deal to join MultiCare

Financially strapped system’s CEO had called the Oregon health care environment ‘unsustainable.’ If the deal is approved, Washington-based MultiCare would invest an undisclosed amount in Samaritan’s facilities.

Oct 23, 2025
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PacificSource headquarters is located in Springfield, Oregon. | COURTESY PHOTO

PacificSource laying off 56, closing administrative office in Springfield

The company said the layoffs are unrelated to its decision to pull out of the Oregon Health Plan in Lane County

Oct 21, 2025
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