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A group of 42 people has sued Gov. Kate Brown and Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
The No Surprises Act takes effect Jan. 1 and will protect patients against surprise medical bills for out-of-network treatment, but unintended consequences are unknown.
The Community Health, Assess and Treat Program, or CHAT, is expected to start mid-November with two pilot teams.
As one of three chaplains at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton, Ann Marie Hardin’s job is to walk around the hospital and talk to health care workers.
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Half a billion is OK’d, but leader says ‘we're not doing enough’ until it’s treated like other health care.
So far, the agency has approved exemptions for nearly 16% of its workforce, which corrections officials said were largely for religions reasons.
Employees represented by SEIU Local 503 and AFSCME Council 75 who have received at least one dose of vaccine by Oct. 18 must now complete their immunization by Nov. 30.
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Stakeholders wonder how the state’s next Medicaid plan will be funded and whether its goals are sustainable amid workforce shortages.
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Eighteen months since the pandemic began, health care workers say they are experiencing an alarming rise in violence in their workplaces.
Widespread practice requires that patients with alcoholic liver disease complete a period of sobriety before they can get on the waiting list for a liver.
A poll found the vast majority of adults support letting the federal government negotiate drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries and those in private health insurance plans.
After 20 more deaths were reported this weekend, the state reached another grim record in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wage increases, a new wage structure that would pay newer staff less and and staff-to-patient ratios are sticking points in contract negotiations.
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FamilyCare’s seven-year battle against the state agency has generated massive legal bills for both sides, and there is no end in sight.
Nurses and other professional health care workers at Kaiser Permanente in Oregon and southwest Washington voted 96% in favor of authorizing a strike.
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The Lown Institute examined how communities surrounding hospitals benefited from their presence.
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State officials will send in Oregon’s application for its five-year Medicaid waiver to federal officials in early 2022.
A new law is intended to stop syringe exchange opponents from using environmental regulations to sue over needle waste.
