Delta Cutting ‘Like a Buzzsaw’ Through Oregon-California Border Counties
Unlike earlier COVID-19 waves, doctors say patients are in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s and this wave is more severe than prior surges.
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As Available Beds Dwindle, Oregon Hospitals Warn Of Imminent Crisis
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Hospitals struggle to handle the rapidly rising flood of people seriously ill with COVID-19, while state officials scramble for ways to increase hospital capacity.
Snapshot From Southern Oregon: ‘It's Hard To Deal With The Constant Denial’
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A 14-year veteran of nursing says the worst part of the job is treating patients who deny they have COVID-19, even on their death bed.
Oregon Officials Watched As Cases Spiked, Waiting Until Now To Act
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The Oregon Health Authority is organizing a command structure to address the staffing and bed crisis facing hospitals swamped with COVID-19 cases.
Most Oregon Hospitals Didn’t Need 2020 Bailout: They Had The Stock Market
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New financial filings show that many enjoyed handsome returns from their bond and stock portfolios.
Oregon Nonprofit Hospitals With Losses But Big Reserves Rake In CARES Money
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While hospitals cite their recent revenue drops and plead for money from lawmakers, they often are sitting on healthy reserve accounts that they built up in the boom years.
Federal Officials Penalize 5 Oregon Hospitals For Patient Complications
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Medicare is penalizing five Oregon hospitals this year for having above-average rates of infections and other hospital-acquired complications.
Finances of Tuality, Salem, Kaiser Permanente and Asante Networks Revealed
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This analysis by The Lund Report not only shows the salaries of the top executives at these hospitals, but also takes a detailed look into the profit, net patient revenue, reported charity care, available beds and emergency room visits.
Non-profit hospitals across the state have a mission to serve their community, but an analysis by The Lund Report revealed that many of their CEOs are doing quite well for themselves, too. Across the spectrum of Tuality, Salem , Kaiser Permanente and Asante networks, hospital CEOs were well rewarded for their work.
Dr. Ashish Jha, professor of health policy and management at the Harvard School of Public Health, recently completed a study of executive compensation at every nonprofit hospital in the country. He found that typical CEOs earn between $400,000 and $500,000 –more at large institutions, or if they oversee more than one hospital, and less if they work in rural areas. Jha’s research looked at total reported compensation, a figure that includes actual pay as well as benefits like retirement plans and other benefits that executives don’t bring home.
Hospital CEO Pay Climbs Faster Than U.S. Wages
Former leaders continue to receive millions in post-retirement payments
April 19, 2013 -- Executives at Oregon’s largest hospitals and hospital networks saw their compensation climb in 2011 at double the rate of most American workers.
Ashland Community Hospital Expected to Merge with Asante
Earlier, Dignity Health pulled out of the acquisition after the community raised concerns about emergency abortions and end-of-life care
January 2, 2013 -- Ashland Community Hospital and Asante – a southern Oregon-based healthcare company that owns hospitals in Medford and Grants Pass – are hammering out the details of a proposed merger, and expect to continue those talks into early next year, according to Roy Vinyard, Asante's president and CEO.
