Physicians and dentists say insurance companies are flush with cash after collecting premiums during the pandemic but paying fewer claims than usual and so they should pay for supplies.
From family physicians to occupational therapists, Oregon faces a shortage of healthcare professionals – and getting the right people trained and deployed to the communities that need them most will require fresh thinking and new approaches from universities, hospital systems, insurance companies
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Oregon’s health insurance companies seem to be putting membership growth ahead of profitability.
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The Oregon Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would require health insurance companies to send payments directly to the healthcare provider, and not the patient -- something currently practiced by Regence BlueCross BlueShield, Lifewise Health Plan and UnitedHealthCare, and possibly other insurance companies.
The House passed Insurance Commissioner Laura Cali’s bill aimed at improving network adequacy for health insurance plans on Wednesday by a 56-1 vote, giving her and her agency a clear vote of confidence toward beginning the long administrative work needed to bring Oregon up to the standards of ne
The House Health Committee greenlighted the libertarian “right-to-try” initiative, sending an amended House Bill 2300 to the floor on a unanimous vote.
April 17, 2013 – The profit margins of Oregon’s health insurance companies remained razor thin last year, but that didn’t hinder any of their top executives from taking home bigger paychecks.
