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State’s plan to pay $3 million for mental health centers sparks objections

Two groups with gaps in reporting and other issues will receive hefty grants to open long-awaited Oregon mental health respite centers, but advocates and state attorneys have concerns

Jul 20, 2023
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Saint Alphonsus may delay closure of birth center in Baker City

State officials say they don't have the ability to block the closure on safety concerns, as they did with Legacy Health earlier this year

Jul 20, 2023
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Most people keeping Oregon Health Plan coverage despite eligibility checks

State officials are culling the rolls after the program swelled to cover 1.5 million Oregonians during the pandemic

Jul 20, 2023

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Cascadia Health is assessing safety as man charged with stabbing worker makes court appearance

The suspect has pleaded not guilty to the alleged murder that has left mental health workers shocked

Jul 18, 2023
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Oregon joins fraud settlement over pain management clinic’s unnecessary procedures

California-based chain had a clinic in east Portland, was accused of billing patients for procedures they did not want or need

Jul 18, 2023
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Pandemic handed big profits to companies serving the Oregon Health Plan

Contractors using state and federal funds to provide health care to 1.5 million low-income Oregonians amassed large sums while spending less on care

Jul 17, 2023

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Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland. | LEGACY HEALTH

Behavioral health workers at Legacy Health’s Unity Center seek to unionize

The union drive at the psychiatric facility is the latest effort by the Oregon Nurses Association to organize medical workers

Jul 13, 2023
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Judge again rejects hospital lawsuit over psychiatric patient boarding

Four hospital systems, which provide a majority of Oregon’s psychiatric beds, indicated they are “assessing their options”

Jul 13, 2023
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State extends discussion of cost impacts of Basic Health Program

Records show state officials honed “talking points” while negotiating “firestorm” of media attention

Jul 11, 2023
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As hospitals ask for second look at civil commitment lawsuit, opponents say it’s nothing new

Disability Rights Oregon says hospitals are making the same argument, just without “disparaging” patients

Jul 11, 2023
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