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A sign for Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital, Jan. 10, 2025. | ANNA LUECK FOR OPB

Oregon hospitals’ bleak financials leaves them vulnerable to tariffs, proposed Medicaid cuts

A new report from the Hospital Association of Oregon shows half of all hospitals in the state are in the red again, raising the stakes if the U.S. Congress makes cuts to federal benefit programs.

May 1

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An American Medical Response ambulance, at the emergency department at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland, Jan. 11, 2024. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF / OPB

AMR taps paramedics abroad to work in Multnomah County

The company plans to secure visas for paramedics from Australia to fill gaps in the workforce

Apr 24

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A nameplate outside of Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Northwest Portland on July 28, 2023. | CADEN PERRY/OPB

Advisory group recommends the state block OHSU’s plan to acquire Legacy Health

The community review board said the deal would reduce competition and could increase costs for Oregonians

Apr 17

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This Oct. 10, 2024 screenshot from Oregon Eligibility System (ONE), an online portal used to by Oregonians to apply for Medicaid and food stamps. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Oregon’s legislature passes Medicaid tax extension in bipartisan vote

Hospital and insurer taxes, and the federal matching dollars they qualify for, are one of the cornerstones of funding the state’s Medicaid program, the Oregon Health Plan.

Mar 18

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FILE - A person sleeps outside a tent at one of the most populated homeless camps near downtown Vancouver in this 2021 file photo. A nonprofit will operate a motorhome-style vehicle in Vancouver to provide behavioral health and addiction services for unsheltered people. | TROY BRYNELSON/OPB

Vancouver finalizes contract for first mobile opioid treatment program

The motorhome-style treatment center will bring services to shelters and encampments.

Feb 25

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Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, in Portland, Ore., Aug. 2, 2023. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Nurses at 7 Providence hospitals reject latest offer

Nurses at Providence Medford have until Saturday to finish voting on the proposed deal.

Feb 9

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Oregon, Washington sue over Trump order targeting gender-affirming care

Minnesota also joined the lawsuit, which was filed in the Western District of Washington state

Feb 9

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Picket line near Providence St. Vincent Medical Center on Jan. 28, 2025. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Providence reaches tentative deal with some striking doctors and nurses

Providence is still in mediation with striking nurses at all eight of its hospitals in Oregon, and with hospitalists at St. Vincent Medical Center. The tentative deal only involves two out the 11 bargaining units involved in the strike.

Feb 3

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Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, in Portland, Ore., Aug. 2, 2023. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Providence says it is prepared for a major nurses strike, but asks doctors not to walk

The Oregon Nurses Association called the indefinite strike across all eight of Providence’s hospitals in Oregon beginning Jan. 10.

Jan 2

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A encampment is seen from the Willamette River in Portland, Ore., on May 29, 2024. | APRIL EHRLICH/OPB

Last year was the deadliest on record for people in Portland who are homeless

Fentanyl drove the biggest spike in Multnomah County deaths, according to the health department

Dec 26, 2024