A Legacy Health Hospice In Portland Is Closing
A Portland hospice that opened nearly three decades ago for terminally ill people is closing its doors.
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Profits At Legacy Health Plummet
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For a few years, the Affordable Care Act was a financial windfall for Oregon hospitals.
Unity Center Nurses Vote To Join Union
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A majority of nurses at the Unity Center for Behavioral Health have voted to unionize.
PacificSource, OHSU, Legacy Will Offer Group Plans
Updated Tuesday at 5:45 p.m.
Three large health care companies, including the state’s only academic medical center, are banding together to offer group health plans in the Portland area.
Whistleblower Sues Multnomah County, Unity Center For Retaliation
A former Multnomah County employee is suing the county and a psychiatric emergency center that the state investigated last summer after several patients died, suffered sexual abuse or were exposed to hazardous conditions.
Nurse Files Class Action Against Legacy Over Breaks, Overtime
A former registered nurse for Legacy Health has filed a class action lawsuit against the Portland hospital network, claiming that it systematically denied meal breaks to non-exempt nursing staff and failed to pay overtime.
Unity Center for Behavioral Health Keeps Federal Certification
Federal officials told The Lund Report they will continue to fund Portland’s psychiatric crisis center after patient deaths and safety hazards sparked a months-long investigation and whistleblower complaint.
The Unity Center for Behavioral Health will not lose its federal certification and funding, federal officials said Thursday, one day after the center’s deadline to meet safety standards.
Briefly: Data Breach Could Affect 38,000 Patients At Legacy Health
The data breach occurred in May, according to a report in The Oregonian/OregonLive. The health system discovered it in June and only commented publicly on Monday.
A data breach at Legacy Health may have compromised the personal information of up to 38,000 patients.
Violence at Unity Center for Behavioral Health Draws Financial Questions
Critics say financial incentives influenced the center’s decision to use a "living room style" of intake area which critics say invites attacks.
Greg Monaco worked with people experiencing psychotic episodes as a pre-commitment investigator for 30 years.
But when the Unity Center for Behavioral Health opened in Northeast Portland in February 2017, Monaco was shocked by the fear among staff and state of the patients.
Briefly: Portland philanthropist gives Legacy's Good Samaritan $5 million
Hank Swigert, a Portland philanthropist and former chairman of ESCO Corp. did not attach any strings to the gift, a record for Good Sam's foundation.
A philanthropist has awarded Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Northwest Portland $5 million.
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