Samaritan's New Hospital On Coast Sets New Bar For Earthquake Readiness
In 2018, Oregon earthquake specialists held a preparedness workshop in Newport for the state’s 11 coastal hospitals.
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In 2018, Oregon earthquake specialists held a preparedness workshop in Newport for the state’s 11 coastal hospitals.
Samaritan Health Services, the dominant health care provider in the Linn-Benton-Lincoln region, has hired a new leader for its health insurance arm, Samaritan Health Plans.
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This is a time of growth and expansion for the hospitals owned by Samaritan Health Services, which serves the mid-Willamette Valley and central Oregon Coast with clinics and senior living centers in addition to its medical campuses.
To learn about the latest financials for Samaritan Health Services, click here
In the final year before Affordable Care Subsidies drastically expanded health insurance enrollment across Oregon, the costs of covering the health needs of the uninsured took a major financial bite for one of the state’s major healthcare providers. But that all began to change last year.
Late last year, the word on the street pointed to a potential merger between Samaritan Health Services and Legacy Health. Together their 11 hospitals cover a very wide region, including the Portland metropolitan area and the western half of the state.
(CORVALLIS, Ore. – Feb. 18, 2015) – Samaritan Health Services today announced a formal collaboration with Stanford Health Care and its Stanford Cancer Center, designed to enhance cancer care, education and clinical research in the region.
TLR: What are your thoughts about the future of Oregon’s healthcare system?
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How well are Oregon’s hospitals meeting local needs? Are they making smart decisions about their money? Today, The Lund Report runs the fourth in a series of stories exploring hospitals across the state.
This project begins with a review of more than 50 hospitals licensed to operate in Oregon. These stories look at profit margins, hospital size and reach, and touch briefly on executive compensation. Part 1 profiled Providence Health System’s eight hospitals. Part 2 examined Legacy Health’s four Oregon hospitals. Part 3 visited with hospitals owned by four small chains: Kaiser, Asante Tuality and Salem Health. Today, we dig in to Samaritan Health Services. Click on the accompanying Excel spreadsheets for a look at the data collected: a breakdown of Samaritan's finances and a list of what Samaritan top brass were paid in 2012.
After examining the details of every Oregon-licensed hospital, The Lund Report will follow up with stories that dive deep into the facts we’ve uncovered. We’ll ask about profits, compensation and the cost of caring for the poor.
The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has fined Samaritan Health Services, Inc., for violating Oregon law by discarding business records with patient names and Social Security numbers.