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PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield. | CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/THE LUND REPORT

PeaceHealth, LifePoint plan rehabilitation hospital in Springfield

The Catholic nonprofit system would join a private equity-owned chain to open a 50-room facility amid strong demand

May 23, 2023
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The Capitol Building in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Improved Oregon revenue forecast could fund health care improvements

Behavioral health, coverage, workforce loom large on the laundry list of unmet requests facing state lawmakers. A legislative impasse could keep them from going anywhere despite the availability of new funds.

May 18, 2023
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The OHSU Center for Health & Healing Building 2 in the South Waterfront neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, on July 25, 2020. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Oregon lawmakers further ease proton therapy coverage despite lingering debate

Bill tweaks law prohibiting insurers from denying high-cost cancer treatment

May 18, 2023
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Proposed fixes for Oregon State Hospital stall in Legislature

Spending measures and legislation to address long-running litigation over the state’s behavioral health system face an uncertain future 

May 9, 2023
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Pre-pandemic health care spending exceeded Oregon’s goal, says report

As officials and providers prepare for health spending caps, a new report shows what’s driving the cost increases that are hitting households hard

May 4, 2023
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PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield. | COURTESY OF PEACEHEALTH

PeaceHealth, other hospitals’ cuts diminish communities’ access to care

PeaceHealth, facing chronic financial losses, is following a national trend of trimming jobs and services

May 4, 2023
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The Capitol Building in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Lawmakers again try softening Oregon’s health care cost controls

Unions and hospitals agree labor costs should not count toward the state spending growth cap, but critics are concerned about the new bill

May 2, 2023
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Task force bill links wine, beer revenue to behavioral health spending

Bill seeks to spark conversation on alcohol’s toll on Oregon – and a possible tax hike

Apr 27, 2023
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State Reps. Cyrus Javadi, R-Tillamook (left), and Hai Pham, D-Hillsboro (right), speak to the Senate Health Care Committee on April 20, 2023 in support of House Bill 3008. The bill would restrict insurance practices the lawmakers say are catching dentists off guard with additional costs. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Bill targets insurer practices that dentists say cost them money

Bipartisan legislation would require dentists to agree before being paid with credit cards or having their services leased out

Apr 20, 2023
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Oregon Health & Science University Center for Health and Healing Building 2 in the South Waterfront neighborhood, July 2020. | SHUTTERSTOCK

OHSU financial upswing continues as other hospitals falter

As the institution reports a 2.4% profit margin, nurses want OHSU to up its wage offer in contract talks

Apr 20, 2023
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