The Lund Report

Local Surgeon, Dr. Chet Hammill, Performs First-Ever Robotic-Assisted Hernia Repair with Xi System

Patient experienced less pain, shorter hospital stay, and quicker recovery than standard hernia surgery due to significantly smaller incisions using the da Vinci Xi System

Dec 11, 2014

Mental Health America of Oregon Receives $250,000 Grant from Clackamas County Ariel West Thu, 12/11/2014 - 08:11

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Basic Health Could Expand Universal Care and Bolster Reach of CCOs

Wakely Consulting Group and the Urban Institute say that the state can use the subsidies from the insurance exchange to pay for all but $25 million of a plan to expand no-cost coordinated healthcare to as many as 87,000 people.

Dec 11, 2014

Will Douglas County Pull the Plug on its Public Health Division?

The county may decide to shut down the agency and turn over public health services to the state, which is what the county commissioners announced would happen back in June, before they changed their minds two months later. But for now, the plans are on hold.

Dec 11, 2014
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FamilyCare, Inc. to hold public Community Advisory Council meeting on December 16, 2014

Dec 10, 2014

New transportation service Ride To Care to provide free rides to health care appointments for Oregon Health Plan members beginning January 1

Dec 10, 2014

Kathy Prosser Leads ZoomCare Health Insurance

Its competitors should be on the look-out for a new way of offering health insurance to large employers when ZoomCare joins the market Jan. 1.

Dec 10, 2014

Oregon Praised for Transforming Healthcare System

Capitol Dental opens a pilot project in Sweet Home to avoid emergency room visits for dental problems.

Dec 10, 2014

Portland Police Inundated with Mental Health Referrals

The police bureau has set up a special behavioral health unit, training officers on how to handle such calls and is working with mental health providers and CCOs to observe officers in action.

Dec 10, 2014

Health Share Considers Early Prevention for ‘High Utilizers’

Survey finds that 66 percent suffered abuse as children, while 50 percent struggled in school.

Dec 10, 2014