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Corporations are moving fast into direct care and concierge medicine

Corporate ownership is growing in a care sector that had gained popularity as a haven from corporatized medicine, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University found

Dec 4, 2025
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The main campus of the Oregon State Hospital is in Salem. | MICHAEL ROMANOS/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Federal contempt fines over Oregon State Hospital top $1.4 million

Penalties levied over delayed admissions to the Oregon State Hospital are mounting, even as local officials and providers protest changes to the system that they say will disadvantage many patients at the expense of those who are criminal defendants

Dec 2, 2025
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Legacy providers and supporters on the strike line at Legacy Emanuel | COURTESY OF OREGON NURSES ASSOCIATION

Legacy providers go on strike

More than 100 nurse practitioners, physician associates and other providers are on strike at Legacy Health hospitals and clinics in the Portland metro area and Southwest Washington

Dec 2, 2025
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OREGON MEDICAL GROUP IS A MAJOR PROVIDER IN LANE COUNTY,/CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/THE LUND REPORT

State to hold listening sessions on shift of 92,000 PacificSource members in Lane County to new care network

Starting Wednesday, Dec. 3, meetings will be held to hear from provider and patients over the shift to Trillium Community Health Plan, which has been trying to expand its network to serve them

Dec 2, 2025

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Last-ditch effort mounted to rescue decades-old health program

A state-appointed work group is calling for the retention of a long-contentious health care cost-control program that’s been targeted for termination by the Kotek administration

Nov 25, 2025
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Frontline workers plan strike against Legacy Health

Union says too many workers are leaving for better-paying jobs elsewhere

Nov 25, 2025
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A multimillion-dollar lawsuit has been filed and police are investigating allegations that a nurse repeatedly stole narcotics prescribed for patients and replaced them with tap water at Asante Rogue River Medical Center in Medford, Oregon. | ROGUE VALLEY TIMES

Asante suing Oregon Nurses Association over union visits

Union dismisses the lawsuit and claims the health care system is refusing to negotiate with some health workers

Nov 25, 2025
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Oregon health systems ponder new Catholic ban on gender-affirming care

In Oregon, where 30% of hospitals are Catholic-run facilities, transgender patients may lose care altogether

Nov 20, 2025
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Board edges towards goal of a universal health plan for Oregon

Critics are wary of the group’s efforts, which have yet to flesh out finances or put a price tag on the change

Nov 19, 2025
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, on Nov. 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

State Hospital making new changes after yet more problems found

Six months after a controversial patient death at the state’s main psychiatric institution, an unannounced federal inspection in September called on the Oregon Health Authority to make changes to how patients are restrained and placed in seclusion

Nov 18, 2025
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