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Kevin Heinrich, a licensed practical nurse, at a workstation at Mirabella Portland’s skilled nursing facility on Feb. 13, 2023. Nurses and other health care workers have become increasingly hard to find after the pandemic. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Nurses in rural Oregon take home better pay, study finds

A new study by the Oregon Center for Nursing suggests hiring outside Portland area shouldn’t be so tough and that retaining nurses is about more than wages

Apr 9, 2024
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More women sue Salem pathology lab, alleging false breast cancer diagnoses

Following a wave of earlier suits, the litigation blames additional companies and doctors for women undergoing unnecessary chemotherapy

Apr 4, 2024
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U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden at a July 9, 2022 event in Portland. | PHOTO COPYRIGHT: PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP/PETER WONG (USED WITH PERMISSION)

Q&A: Ron Wyden says more Medicare reform needed

Senior Oregon Senator calls for more progress on marketing abuses, scrutiny of health care consolidation

Apr 3, 2024
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Legacy Emanuel Medical Center on North Graham Street in Portland. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Regence, Legacy reach deal on brink of deadline

About 200,000 patients had faced care disruptions in Oregon

Apr 1, 2024
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PacificSource lays off 29, will largely pull out of Washington

The Springfield, Oregon—based regional insurer says provider consolidation is making it harder to keep health care costs down — and challenging to expand its footprint. It will focus on its Oregon, Idaho and Montana markets instead.

Mar 28, 2024
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Tobacco companies sue to snuff out Oregon's new ‘equity assessment’

Companies are challenging a new state law in court, saying payments to account for the health effects of cigarettes would be unfair and unconstitutional

Mar 28, 2024
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Drugmakers step up attacks on Oregon board eyeing price caps

Upcoming hearings could build case for state limits on prescription drug prices

Mar 26, 2024
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Oregon DOJ goes to court for Providence Health documents

Citing evidence that the hospital system may have improperly billed poor Oregonians, DOJ is demanding more documents. Providence says it has already provided 100,000 records.

Mar 22, 2024
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Thinking about gun safety is a doc’s job, physician says

Primary care physician approaches patients with humility and respect while talking about firearms, gun storage and health

Mar 21, 2024
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A sign on top a fire engine reads "save our legacy mount hood family birth center.

Activists on Feb. 13, 2023, protested the proposed closure of Mount Hood Family Birth Center in Gresham. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

State wants Oregon hospitals to think twice before cuts

Legacy Health’s attempt to close a maternity unit last year has sparked a requirement that hospitals consider the impact to communities before reducing services