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OHSU telehealth program set to expand testing, treatments to rural Oregon

A three-year, $7.5 million federal grant will expand on a trial project using peers that showed significant gains in getting drug users connected to doctors to test for and treat hepatitis C, HIV and other conditions

Oct 9, 2025
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Bruce Goldberg is pictured between Oregon Health Authority Director Sejal Hathi and former Gov. John Kitzhaber at a panel discussion hosted by the Oregon Health Forum last year. | JAKE THOMAS

Kotek taps Oregon Health Plan reformer to help with response to federal cuts

Bruce Goldberg, a physician who helped develop state reforms that drew national acclaim, will assist the governor's office as it wrestles with federal Medicaid reductions expected to strip millions of their coverage and harm struggling rural hospitals

Oct 9, 2025
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Many Oregonians will see double-digit health insurance increases starting in January

State regulators had delayed their final rate announcement for commercial health insurance premiums while awaiting the outcome of a court case and wrangling in Congress

Oct 8, 2025
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Rep. Hai Pham, right, talks about Oregon health care at the 2025 CCO Oregon conference in Salem, Oct. 6, 2025. Seated to his right is Sen. Wlnsvey Campos. | NICK BUDNICK/THE LUND REPORT

Budget woes, federal cuts mean lawmakers will scrutinize health plan for low-income Oregonians

Reevaluating programs, cutting red tape and even single-payer concepts were in the mix as a panel of state lawmakers talked about the challenges ahead at a providers' conference in Salem.

Oct 7, 2025
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Opinion: Oregon must work together to protect our health care

The scale of the health care cuts coming under H.R. 1 is too great for state government alone to fill the gaps. Oregon's public and private sectors need to come together to find a path forward, says the chair of the state Senate Interim Committee on Health Care.

Oct 7, 2025

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Bend OB-GYN claims St. Charles forced him to close down

Dr. John Murphy claims in a suit that his gender is why St. Charles failed to rehire him as promised and subjected him to low pay as an outside physician

Oct 7, 2025
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OHSU wins $4.25 million for autism research at an unusual time

Oregon researchers will work with counterparts at two other institutions, data and an advisory board to study resources for families

Oct 2, 2025
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Jennifer Mitchell at PeaceHealth. | COURTESY OF DR. JENNIFER MITCHELL

Concierge Docs: Why two physicians in Eugene are leaving PeaceHealth to create direct care practices

The city has become a hub of clinics that charge only a fee, with nearly as many as Portland

Oct 2, 2025
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Eastern Oregon regional care organization will stay in Oregon Health Plan

After balking at the state’s rates, an executive said Tuesday the rural managed care group will continue serving 80,000 low-income people in the state’s ‘frontier’ counties

Sep 30, 2025
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A Kaiser Permanente pharmacy. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Drug industry sues Oregon — again — over discounted drug law

Drugmakers say the state has no business adding new conditions to a federal program that they are pushing to scale back, but advocates say the industry’s push will hurt access to important medications

Sep 29, 2025
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