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Daiya Healthcare settles Medicare fraud allegations

Active in Portland, Vancouver, Gresham and across the western United States, a healthcare staffing firm that specializes in care for the elderly has settled two lawsuits filed by former employees that sparked federal investigations of alleged fraudulent billing

Sep 24, 2024
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Rachel Prusak, executive director of the Oregon State Board of Nursing, speaks to the Oregon Behavioral Health and Health Care House on Sept. 23, 2024, about efforts to improve her agency's responsiveness to people seeking licenses. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Delays, poor service at Oregon health licensing boards being addressed, lawmakers told

A nursing board call center is helping responsiveness, but other agencies report mixed results as one lawmaker seeks to plug workforce gaps with out-of-state professionals

Sep 24, 2024
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Respiratory virus season looms, officials warn

State and county officials say they can’t tell how bad the fall and winter will be for the combination of COVID-19, RSV and the flu, but say measles and whooping cough are already surging

Sep 19, 2024
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Grants Pass provider Rever Grand wants fraud charges tossed

A prominent, growing social services company denies that it has committed crimes and contends the charges are unconstitutional

Sep 19, 2024
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Dr. Matthias Merkel, OHSU senior associate chief medical officer for capacity management and patient flow, and Stephanie Gilliam, director of OHSU Mission Control, give a tour of the newly remodeled nerve center for a program that tracks and coordinates hospital resources on Sept. 17, 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

‘Mission control’ center seeks to get Oregonians hospital care quicker

Supported by state and federal grants, Oregon Health & Science University is leading a statewide hospital data-sharing collaboration intended to improve care

Sep 17, 2024
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Tenth lawsuit claims Oregon lab’s testing caused women harm from unneeded chemotherapy

The 10 women who’ve sued Salem-based Pacific Pathology say inaccurate tests led to false diagnoses, grueling treatment and permanent injuries — and the firm is contesting their claims in court

Sep 17, 2024

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The front desk of ARCHES Inn in Salem, a hotel turned shelter that is operated by Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action. The facility offers wildfire survivors, as well as chronically homeless and medically fragile people a short-term stay. Settings like this could be part of addressing delays in hospital discharges in Oregon. | COURTESY/MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION

Solutions floated for Oregon’s hospital boarding problem

Using hospitals to hold people who don’t need to be in a hospital is having ripple effects across the state’s health care system

Sep 12, 2024
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OHSU, Legacy report new losses as merger bid looms

Two hospital systems want to form a new Oregon power player and promised no immediate layoffs while arguing a merger will help improve their financial fortunes

Sep 12, 2024
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Justice department sues Measure 110 grantee for second time, citing land deal

The state Department of Justice and the Oregon Health Authority have filed a second lawsuit against the Klamath Falls provider Red is the Road to Wellness, expanding debt collection efforts to include property sold by the nonprofit for half of its purchase price to a former employee

Sep 10, 2024
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Patients who contract measles, a highly contagious disease, develop a skin rash. | WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Largest Oregon measles outbreak in 30 years endangers kids, expert says

Every one of the 31 measles cases reported in Oregon as of Monday surfaced in people who had not received the MMR vaccine, according to an OHSU pediatrician

Sep 10, 2024