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After dropping OHSU merger plans, Legacy rebounds with a narrow profit

Records and ratings agency evaluations suggested Legacy was doing better than portrayed going into the merger, which became a talking point for critics of consolidation. Still, the health system's reserves keep shrinking.

Aug 21, 2025
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Wheeler County has three ambulance services and they're all volunteer-based. | COURTESY OF JOAN FIELD

Rural office wins $1 million to create mobile health team in Wheeler County

The new service includes emergency and community health specialists who will visit people in their home, bridging a gap in services in the state's most sparsely populated county

Aug 21, 2025
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Nurses at Lebanon, Corvallis hospitals ratify contracts

Pay hikes mean negotiations over contracts will reopen for nurses in Albany and Newport at a time when the system has been struggling with finances

Aug 19, 2025
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Providence reports major losses in Oregon while cutting birthing center and more

A heart clinic closing in Gresham, obstetrics no longer offered in Seaside: after two rounds of layoffs, Providence is cutting or consolidating patient services around the state

Aug 19, 2025
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Oregon youths in crisis are often warehoused in hospital emergency rooms, study finds

Youths in depression and crisis are being held for days in facilities designed for acute medical conditions, not psychiatric care. A new OHSU study suggests policies may be part of the problem.

Aug 15, 2025

Knights’ $2 billion gift to OHSU cancer care marks Brian Druker’s return to leadership

The Nike founders’ donation, billed as the largest-ever single gift to any institution, came after months of discussion with the rock star researcher. Now, after criticizing OHSU’s administration in November, he is back in the fold as the first president of a newly independent cancer-fighting enterprise formed by the public university and teaching hospital.

Aug 14, 2025
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Diane Lund-Muzikant at her home in February 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Rep. Maxine Dexter honors The Lund Report founder in the Congressional Record

The Oregon congresswoman and physician delivered a tribute to Diane Lund-Muzikant before Congress, memorializing her pioneering work in health care journalism in the permanent archives of the country

Aug 14, 2025
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Optum-owned Oregon Medical Group is ending Eugene-area obstetric services

Physician-owned Women's Care is hiring some OB-GYN's leaving the corporate clinic chain. Talks are ongoing over whether maternity services will continue at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield, and PeaceHealth is readying for an increase in births.

Aug 13, 2025
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State mental health system faces another court challenge

A federal judge will hear arguments over hospitals’ claims that Oregon is violating federal law by failing to care for civilly committed patients

Aug 12, 2025
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Gov. Tina Kotek speaks to reporters at a press event in April 2023 in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

State expects $15 billion health care hit from federal changes

New analysis details expected revenue cuts due to coverage changes spearheaded by Trump

Aug 11, 2025
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