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.
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.
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.
A data breach at Legacy Health may have compromised the personal information of up to 38,000 patients.
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.
A philanthropist has awarded Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Northwest Portland $5 million.
After nine years of leading Legacy Health through the uncharted waters of health care reform; record organizational growth; and the early adoption of many health care innovations, George J.
Springfield-based PacificSource Health Plans and Portland-based Legacy Health have finalized their partnership. The two organizations initially signed a Letter of Intent in late 2015 to pursue a partnership, and with the agreement finalized today, the new alliance has formally begun.
One of the state’s newest mergers is under way between large Portland-based Legacy Health and a small Willamette Valley community hospital.
