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The central facade of the Josephine County Courthouse in Grants Pass, Oregon. | WIKIMEDIA COMMONS.

Disability services company Rever Grand settles Oregon fraud charges

Under new ownership, the Grants Pass provider will pay $100 and hire an outside monitor

Oct 27, 2025
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Oregon's PacificSource laying off 300 people, a sixth of its workforce

The Springfield-based insurer cites ‘significant financial pressures’ for the huge cuts, which are hitting every level of management and staff

Oct 24, 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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Providence, Oregon's largest hospital provider, is closing four Portland-area occupational health clinics. They tend to be heavily used by other health care-related businesses for everything from workplace injuries to drug screening. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Providence closing four Portland-area occupational health clinics

The latest cuts by the health care giant are likely to hurt the thousands of businesses that have depended on its services for drug tests and workplace injuries

Oct 14, 2025
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Many Oregonians will see double-digit health insurance increases starting in January

State regulators had delayed their final rate announcement for commercial health insurance premiums while awaiting the outcome of a court case and wrangling in Congress

Oct 8, 2025
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Rep. Hai Pham, right, talks about Oregon health care at the 2025 CCO Oregon conference in Salem, Oct. 6, 2025. Seated to his right is Sen. Wlnsvey Campos. | NICK BUDNICK/THE LUND REPORT

Budget woes, federal cuts mean lawmakers will scrutinize health plan for low-income Oregonians

Reevaluating programs, cutting red tape and even single-payer concepts were in the mix as a panel of state lawmakers talked about the challenges ahead at a providers' conference in Salem.

Oct 7, 2025
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Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles is tentatively being absorbed by California-based Adventist Health. | PHOTO BY LARVICK MEDIA/COURTESY OF MCMC

Adventist Health wants to cut hospital beds in The Dalles to boost reimbursements

Adventist Health, which promised to maintain services if the state approved its takeover of a community hospital in The Dalles, has asked for permission to cut beds there by nearly half to secure higher Medicare rates through a federal rural hospital program

Sep 26, 2025
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Legacy Emanuel Medical Center on North Graham Street in Portland. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Legacy Health seeks new CEO as Portland-based system battles financial challenges

Independent seven-hospital system has retained a national search firm in what its leadership calls a “defining moment”

Sep 23, 2025
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The federal health insurance marketplace, HealthCare.gov on May 31, 2022. | THE LUND REPORT/EMILY GREEN

Oregon health insurance premiums going up — but less than in other states

Oregon's average rate hikes of close to 10% could get far worse for many people, since they don't include the scheduled expiration of premium subsidies being debated in Congress. But the state's hikes are still lower than in many other states.

Sep 16, 2025
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For a time, drive-through and walk-in vaccinations were available across the state, including some funded by the state. | PHOTO COPYRIGHT: PORTLAND TRIBUNE (USED WITH PERMISSION)

Central Oregon urgent care settlement follows ‘upcoding’ fraud allegations

State justice department investigators concluded physician Terrace Mucha knew or should have known her company was billing the government for drive-through COVID tests in Bend at improperly high rates. But she said any violation was inadvertent.

Sep 11, 2025
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