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Shelda Holmes in her office on Oct. 17, 2024, the day before she closed Hands On Medicine, the primary care clinic she founded in 2006. Even after closing the clinic, Holmes said she'll have years of work ahead of her to get paid for the care provided by the clinic. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Hands On Medicine says goodbye as independent clinics struggle to break even

Northeast Portland clinic’s story shows predicament of independent primary care providers across the country

Oct 29, 2024

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COURTESY OF OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

Oregon Health & Science University Board decides to table appointment of Nate Selden as president

Asked by Kotek to hold off before naming a replacement for Danny Jacobs, OHSU board members have done so

Oct 25, 2024

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OHSU President Dr. Danny Jacobs. | COURTESY/OHSU

Updated: Kotek urges board to pause before naming a successor to OHSU President Danny Jacobs

Jacobs' resignation announcement, on the same day he was targeted by a new $6.2 million lawsuit, follows years of upper-level turmoil at the public teaching hospital, and Gov. Kotek says the board should not name a replacement immediately

Oct 24, 2024

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Journalist Diane Lund spoke in September, 2024 at a gala to celebrate her work, including the founding of The Lund Report and Oregon Health Forum. | AMANDA COWAN FOR THE LUND REPORT

Letter from the editor: On gratitude, the future of The Lund Report, and you

As our work draws a bit of national recognition, we’ll stay focused on informing Oregonians with original, high-quality reporting — powered by a community of people who care about health care

Oct 24, 2024

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A view of the Oregon Capitol in November, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

‘Kicking a hornet’s nest:’ Cost limits on pricey drugs in Oregon expected to draw blowback

The task is tricky and different approaches could have ripple effects, according to a state consultant, but a key lawmaker says the issue can’t wait

Oct 24, 2024
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The Oregon Health Authority in Salem. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Unexpected signups fuel $260 million budget hole at Oregon Health Authority

Unexpectedly high enrollment numbers in the Oregon Health Plan will cost ‘a big chunk of change’ official says, and agency officials now will ask lawmakers for help funding that care as well as for unplanned staffing costs at the Oregon State Hospital

Oct 22, 2024
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The emergency department at Legacy Good Samaritan hospital in Portland on July 30, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Alliance on mental illness aims to join Oregon hospitals in lawsuit over care gaps

New filing by NAMI could lend weight to hospitals’ arguments that top state officials are neglecting their obligations to provide care

Oct 22, 2024
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Oregon House Majority Leader Ben Bowman speaks about his efforts to curb what critics call the "corporatization of medicine" at the Oregon Health Forum on Oct. 16, 2024, in Portland. To his left is Brian Kelly, CEO of Women’s Healthcare Associates. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Uneven playing field pushes independent docs to corporate medicine, Oregon panel says

With lawmakers expected to take up legislation that’s being watched across the country, experts detailed a complicated picture

Oct 17, 2024
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Networks of clinics and other providers serve members of the Oregon Health Plan. | MOTOYA NAKAMURA/MULTNOMAH COUNTY

State to cut its planned per-person spending on care for low-income Oregonians

Officials say ‘funding constraints’ require cutting the rates they were expecting to pay for administering care to 1.4 million members of the Oregon Health Plan

Oct 17, 2024
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An artist's rendering of a proposed behavioral health hospital planned by PeaceHealth and LifePoint for Springfield. | COURTESY PEACEHEALTH

PeaceHealth proposes 96-bed behavioral health hospital in Springfield

The Catholic nonprofit would build and operate the facility with LifePoint, a private equity backed firm

Oct 15, 2024
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