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Dr. John Espinola will head PacificSource. | COURTESY PHOTO.

Dr. John Espinola takes over as PacificSource CEO

The insurer contracts with Oregon to deliver care to Oregon Health Plan members.

Jan 24, 2023

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OHSU Hospital on Marquam Hill. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Bucking bottom-line gloom, OHSU racks up surprise profits as patient revenues soar

Meanwhile, stock and bond market investment portfolio gains help drive OHSU’s net worth to $4 billion.

Jan 23, 2023
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Understaffing concerns have helped fuel nurse union rallies such as the one outside Providence Health's Oregon headquarters in Portland on January 20, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Nurses union holds rally pressuring Providence on pay, staffing

Providence defends wages, commitment to fair labor contracts despite nurse shortages. 

Jan 20, 2023

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Oregon State Capitol in Salem. | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

Workforce, mental health top health care priorities as Oregon legislative session begins 

Lawmakers don’t have a price tag yet for training more health care workers and expanding mental health services.

Jan 19, 2023
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Oregon State Capitol in Salem. | RENAUDE HATSEDAKIS

Changes to Measure 110 likely this legislative session

Key Oregon legislators outline areas of the drug decriminalization law they hope to improve upon.

Jan 19, 2023
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Insufficient data and reporting pose greatest risk to Measure 110, audit finds

Oregon Secretary of State auditors say it will be impossible to gauge the law’s success without improvements.

Jan 19, 2023

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Legacy Health will appeal federal ruling on state meal break rules

Facing $8.7 million in fines, Legacy says the state's meal break rules are unfair and penalize systems where employees are not represented by unions.

Jan 17, 2023
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‘Microdosing’ allowed under Oregon’s new psilocybin program

Despite concerns, adults will soon be allowed to legally take psilocybin in Oregon at doses so small they won’t cause hallucinations. 

Jan 17, 2023
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A box of Narcan, an-opioid reversing drug, before it was distributed at a day shelter in Ontario, Ore. on Oct. 13, 2022. | KYLE GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

Bills to make naloxone more accessible seek to slow opioid fatalities in Oregon

The medication is effective in reversing opioid overdoses, but administrative hurdles prevent it from being more available. 

Jan 17, 2023
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James Schroeder, interim head of the Oregon Health Authority, says collaboration will be his priority. | NICK BUDNICK/THE LUND REPORT

Q&A: James Schroeder begins as head of Oregon Health Authority

Schroeder says that solutions in behavioral health and other problem areas will flow from improved communication, collaboration.

Jan 12, 2023
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