The Lund Report

Despite Sequestration Cuts, OHSU Over Budget

March 22, 2013 – The effect of federal sequestration can already be felt on Marquam Hill.

Mar 22, 2013

Kleinke Calls Obamacare a Full Employment Act for IT Specialists

March 21, 2013 – On the one hand: miraculous medical outcomes. On the other: wildly dysfunctional delivery system.

Mar 21, 2013

Nurse Practitioner Pay Equity Easily Passes House

Editor's Note: Rep. Lively represents Springfield. His district was incorrectly identified in an earlier version. March 20, 2013 — The Oregon House voted 39-20 to require private insurers to pay independent nurse practitioners and physician assistants at the same rate they would pay doctors for the same services.

Mar 20, 2013

House Bill Requires Midwives to Be Licensed in Oregon

Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer said requiring the license is a first step toward including home births in the Oregon Health Plan

Mar 19, 2013

Troubled Oregon Counties Turn to Cigarette Tax for Public Health

The House Revenue Committee heard two cigarette tax measures last week — one raising the cigarette tax by $1 to $2.18, the other opening the door for Oregon counties to enact their own taxes

Mar 18, 2013

Shields and Holvey Want Unlawful Trade Act to Cover Insurers

The powerful insurance industry is currently the only business in Oregon exempt from the act. Proposed legislation would remove that exemption and allow the Attorney General and injured parties to sue for fraud.

Mar 18, 2013

Breaking Down Healthcare's Silos

Mar 15, 2013

DOJ Settlement Aims to Improve Mental Health Treatment

March 15, 2013 – Last December's settlement between the Department of Justice and the city of Portland tasked the city and Multnomah County with a host of reforms intended to improve interactions between police and people with mental illness – and to improve access to mental healthcare.

Mar 15, 2013

Drug Monitoring Likely To Expand, Despite ACLU Objections

The Oregon Drug Monitoring Program was enacted in 2009 to track the prescription of controlled substances, but the ACLU says private medical information was given to the Drug Enforcement Adminstration without a warrant

Mar 15, 2013

Oregon Senate Votes to Ban Smoking in Cars with Kids

Senate Bill 444 passed with nearly a two-thirds vote. The bill gives police the ability to write tickets for people seen smoking in cars with children present

Mar 14, 2013