The Lund Report

Bill Lets Women Take Placenta Home with Baby

May 1, 2013 — The placenta is what separates us from the marsupials. The organ connects a fetus to a mother’s uterine wall and allows for the exchange of nutrients and waste for the developing baby.

May 1, 2013

Oregon Pioneered Home Care Workers, Who’ve Waited Six Years for Raise

Home care workers provide long-term care to Medicaid clients and help low-income senior citizens stay in their homes and communities, but the workers are also the second-largest Oregon workforce eligible for food stamps.

May 1, 2013

Cogen Says Multnomah County Could Levy 50¢ Cigarette Tax

If the Legislature passes HB 2870 giving cigarette taxing authority to counties, the Multnomah County Chair told the Senate Finance Committee that Oregon’s most populous county would consider raising taxes by a half dollar.

Apr 29, 2013

Rate Filings Must Be Public Unless Insurers Can Prove Disclosure Hurts Competition

April 26, 2013 -- Oregon health insurers that want to keep parts of their rate review filings secret may have to show that public disclosure will hurt overall marketplace competition, and not just their own bottom line.

Apr 26, 2013

Regence and Health Net Take Different Approach to Exchange

The health insurers that want to participate in Cover Oregon next year have until next Tuesday to file their proposed rates and benefit plans with the Insurance Division

Apr 26, 2013

For-Profit Hospitals Skimp on Charity Care

April 26, 2013 – Oregon's two for-profit hospitals are among the stingiest hospitals in the state when it comes to providing care for the poor.

Apr 26, 2013

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Periodontal Hygienists, Kaiser Likely to Face Arbitration Over Union Contract

April 26, 2013 – Jackie Farlinger-King has worked for Kaiser Permanente as a periodontal hygienist – treating only patients with gum disease – since the mid-1980s, and has been a hygienist with Kaiser for 32 years.

Apr 25, 2013

Local Physician Takes Top Honor

Apr 24, 2013

Senate Passes “Air-Conditioner Bill” to Help CCOs

April 24, 2013 — A measure that directs the Oregon Health Authority to set up codes to bill non-medical expenses for patients on the Oregon Health Plan sailed through the Senate on a 26-1 vote yesterday.

Apr 24, 2013