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Why cameras are popping up in eldercare facilities

Concerns about abuse, neglect to loved ones in care have states clearing a path for more surveillance in facilities, but questions of privacy, liability and efficacy remain

May 1

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

Oregon State Hospital releases 30-day plan to improve safety for patients, staff

After the deaths of three patients in the past year, the hospital's interim leadership is charting a course that includes improved staff training, protocols.

Apr 30
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Congress should embrace Oregon-style reforms, Kitzhaber says

The former Oregon governor is working with Republican Cliff Bentz to advance ideas to limit harm from Medicaid cuts and instead promote savings in the costly program. He argues the time is now for Democrats to seize the high ground, but top members of the Oregon delegation say Republicans can't be trusted.

Apr 29
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OHSU's main campus in Portland in September, 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

OHSU leaders mum on how red ink could affect proposed purchase of Legacy

Oregon Health & Science University leaders won't say whether recent bad budget news has prompted any second-guessing of their proposal to take over Legacy Health. But they painted a troubling picture at a board meeting last week.

Apr 29
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New report cites ‘harmful effects’ of private equity firms buying nursing homes

Critics say some profit-minded investors are targeting care facilities for acquisition, starving them of cash while collecting Medicare, and then cashing out through bankruptcy protection

Apr 29

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When hospitals ditch Medicare Advantage plans, thousands of members get to leave, too

Sen. Ron Wyden wants more transparency around how Advantage members can escape plans after their doctors and hospitals drop out

Apr 29

The Oregon Health Authority headquarters in Salem | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Treatment providers say Oregon health officials’ new rule is hurting care

Cascadia Health and other residential facility operators say the state’s push to avoid a possible federal contempt order is leading to poor outcomes as well as escapes and increased violence

Apr 29
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Smiling members of the Young People in Recovery

Young People in Recovery is a national nonprofit focused on addiction recovery. Six of its Kentucky chapters have been affected by federal funding cuts, leading them to curtail community events including cleanup days, in which chapter members gather used syringes off the street, pass out the overdose reversal medication naloxone, and talk to people using drugs about the possibility of recovery. | BILLY O'BRYAN / VIA KFF

Moms in crisis, jobs lost: The human cost of Trump’s addiction funding cuts

Mental health conditions, including substance use disorders, are a leading cause of maternal mortality in the U.S.

Apr 29

An undated photo of the Lane County Public Health and Human Services Building in Eugene. | RACHEL MCDONALD / KLCC

Lane County says its federally qualified Community Health Centers are in good shape, financially

Expectations are that the clinics will continue seeing 100 new patients every week

Apr 29

Gov. Bob Ferguson signing Senate Bill 5480, a bill that would exempt medical debt from credit reports, on April 22, 2025. | JACQUELYN JIMENEZ ROMERO/WASHINGTON STATE STANDARD

WA bill to keep medical debt off credit reports signed into law

The bill mirrors efforts at the federal level that have been thrown into question by the new federal administration

Apr 24

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