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The west plaza at Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | COURTESY OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Judge may extend discharge deadlines for Oregon State Hospital patients

Much-criticized court order is no longer doing enough to ease the state's problem with lack of psychiatric beds, but supporters say it's better than nothing as the state continues to regularly violate a decades- old civil rights ruling

Dec 17, 2024
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Providence Portland Medical Center. | M.O. STEVENS/CC BY 3.0/WIKIMEDIA

Oregon will review Providence's handoff of hospice, home health to private equity-backed firm

State's decision follows concerns raised by Oregon Nurses Association, but Providence denies trying to side-step Oregon review

Dec 17, 2024
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Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay. | COURTESY BAY AREA HOSPITAL.

Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay explores operations deal with Quorum Health

Tennessee-based firm owned by private equity firms promises to invest at least $75 million in coastal hospital while operating for 30 years

Dec 16, 2024
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The Oregon Health Authority headquarters in Salem | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon officials, experts grappled behind the scenes with youth gender-affirming care guideline

Records show how state medical advisors decided questions around youth transgender care were outweighed by a state law ensuring access

Dec 12, 2024

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A hallway in OHSU's main campus in Portland in September 2024 | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

OHSU losses cited to temper its financial health grade

It’s still stable, but according to a prominent ratings agency OHSU’s stability is not looking quite as good

Dec 12, 2024
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Students at the OHSU School of Nursing Ashland Campus learn, practice and refine nursing skills at the campus’ Simulation and Clinical Learning Center. | COURTESY OF OHSU/ALLEN HALLMARK

Growing ranks of Oregon nurses not enough to ease shortages, expert warns lawmakers

Oregon is steadily graduating new nurses or attracting them from other states. But the leader of a local nursing think tank says too many are fleeing jobs because of working conditions

Dec 11, 2024
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The headquarters building in Salem of the Oregon Health Authority. | STATE OF OREGON

Additional feedback sought on care for low-income Oregonians

Three public meetings Thursday seek comment on Oregon's coordinated care organizations as the state considers changes to contracts under the Oregon Health Plan

Dec 10, 2024

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Rulings in Oregon, Washington may kill national Kroger-Albertsons deal

A proposed mega-merger that critics said would hurt pharmacy access may die after a federal judge in Portland and a state judge in Washington ruled against it

Dec 10, 2024
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Unity Center for Behavioral Health is in Northeast Portland.

Portland mental health advocates seek to join hospital lawsuit, raise pressure on state

The Mental Health Association of Portland wants a formal role in a case concerning a group of patients effectively shut out of the state psychiatric hospital and left with inadequate options

Dec 9, 2024
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A view of OHSU's South Waterfront campus in September 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Health care community divided on OHSU-Legacy merger as opposition grows

As comments pour in to the state's merger review team, current and former employees and providers, as well as patients, are making their views known — providing a cross-section of opinion, though so far opposition appears to outstrip support

Dec 5, 2024
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