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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

A group of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians at a Walgreens in Vancouver, Washington voted Sept. 3, 2024, to become the first workplace in the Pacific Northwest to join The Pharmacy Guild, a union created specifically to represent pharmacy workers. | COURTESY/THE PHARMACY GUILD

Vancouver workers’ vote reflects new pharmacy union organizing

Workplace will be first in Pacific Northwest to join Pharmacy Guild, and organizers say they’re working on others in Oregon and Washington

Sep 10, 2024
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Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford in June, 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Third fentanyl-swap lawsuit filed against Asante's hospital in Medford, demanding $116 million

New suit claims woman has long term medical needs due to harm from infection caused by swapping fentanyl with tapwater at Rogue Regional Medical Center

Sep 9, 2024
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New Oregon legal team tackles elder abuse in Medicaid

The new Department of Justice team has notched two criminal plea deals in the last three weeks, and has tackled seven caregiver cases since January 2023, focusing on mistreatment and neglect in Medicaid-funded care

Sep 5, 2024
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The Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace is a state portal that connects individuals to health insurance and potential federal subsidies to help pay for it. | HEALTHCARE.OREGON.GOV/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon health insurance average rates poised to jump by as much as 16%

State officials have approved new premiums for policies bought by people and small businesses in Oregon

Sep 5, 2024
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Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford in June, 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Asante Rogue sued for $303 million over claims that fentanyl swaps infected patients

The new lawsuit on behalf of 18 patients — half of them now deceased — represents the latest challenge for a health system that struggled financially before this year

Sep 4, 2024
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Oregon Health Authority seeks $39 billion budget

Director Sejal Hathi has submitted a budget to Gov. Tina Kotek that beefs up spending on residential treatment and the state's beleaguered behavioral health workforce, while offering potential cuts as well.

Sep 3, 2024
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