Kaiser Permanente Workers Begin Vote To Authorize Strike In Oregon
The roughly 3,000 skilled health care workers represented by Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals have been in contract negotiations since April.
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Kaiser Permanente Will Defy Law And Require COVID-19 Vaccinations
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Gov. Kate Brown is expected to announce a decision soon that could pave the way for other health care companies to require vaccinations.
Hospital Systems Face Internal Vaccine Skeptics
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A Lund Report analysis indicates that at least 85% of hospital providers are vaccinated but only about 75% of all employees have been inoculated against COVID-19.
Kaiser Permanente Asked Patients To Wait Longer Than 4 Weeks For Second Dose
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The health care system, which had intermittent problems getting enough COVID-19 vaccine, appears to be the only Oregon hospital group unable to schedule appointments in a timely manner.
Kaiser Permanente Blasts 30% Price Hikes Sought By Salem Health
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The request comes at a time when the state is trying to curb health care costs but Salem Health says it is trying to make up for a lag in prices in the past.
Some Oregon Health Insurers Enjoy Big Profits In Latest Quarter
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Increased profits, especially in the second quarter of the year, were eye-popping for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon.
Health Insurers’ Q1 Financial Filings Portend Difficult Year
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Commercial health insurers in Oregon struggled to stem financial losses through the first quarter of 2020, previewing what could be a chaotic year for the insurance industry as the coronavirus pandemic continues to upend the health care system.
Oregon Health Insurers Seek Modest Premium Increases For 2021
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Oregonians who purchase individual or small-group health insurance plans on the marketplace will see only modest rate increases in 2021, the second straight year cost growth has been held largely in check after years of steep price hikes.
Commercial Health Insurers In Oregon Enjoy Banner Year
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After hefty payments for sick enrollees pushed several of Oregon’s largest commercial insurers to large financial losses in 2018, last year marked a significant rebound for the industry.
Unity Center In 'Crisis' With Patients Languishing In Recliners
Unity Center for Behavioral Health was supposed to answer Portland’s mental health crisis when it opened in 2017, relieving emergency rooms of patients in crisis.
Instead, the center is grappling with what its medical director called a “real state of crisis.”
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