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Community Organizations Partner to Build Crisis Center

Mental health crisis facility needed in rural Oregon county.

Apr 30, 2015

Kitzhaber Can No Longer Practice Medicine

Former Governor John Kitzhaber can no longer practice medicine in Oregon. An emergency room physician, Kitzhaber's license became inactive in 2014, according to the Oregon Medical Board.

Apr 30, 2015

Coos Bay Dermatologist Fights PPO Domination

While it’s not exactly fun to think about a potentially life-threatening disease, it’s critically important to encourage regular self-exams and medical screenings to detect suspicious spots, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. One in five Americans will be diagnosed with skin cancer in their lifetimes.

Apr 30, 2015

Employer of the Week: PH Tech

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Apr 30, 2015

Bill Restores Medicaid for State Hospital Patients and Prisoners Upon Release

SB 233 helps close a gap in health benefits when former prison inmates and state hospital patients return to society by asking the state to suspend rather than terminate Medicaid while such people are living in state institutions. It also ensures that prisons as well as jails save on hospital costs for inmates.

Apr 30, 2015

PhRMA Fights Six-Month Delay of New Drugs for Medicaid Members

Rep. John Lively has proposed a cost-saving and drug-management measure that would allow the Oregon Health Authority to deny new drugs that have been approved by the FDA in the past six months, while PhRMA is fighting to strip the provision from legislation that passed the House unanimously. The measure does not impact CCOs, which can determine the suitability of most drugs.

Apr 30, 2015

Christensen Retires from Providence

Jack Friedman, meanwhile, still hangs on.

Apr 29, 2015

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Regence Wants to Lift Restriction on Employee Residence for Small Group Insurance

A quirky law put in place nearly 25 years ago bars employers from buying small-group health insurance in Oregon if most of their employees live elsewhere. This restriction has become a bigger annoyance to business with the growth of the Internet and telecommuting.

Apr 29, 2015

Child Abuse Centers Should Get Funding Stream for Forensic Exams

Apr 29, 2015