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A doctor visits an elderly patient. | MARC ST. GIL, PUBLIC DOMAIN, VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Florida-based bid to take over Housecall Providers under state review

Years of losses by the home-based primary care and hospice provider had become too much for CareOregon, its nonprofit parent, to offset

Jun 2
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The main campus of the Oregon State Hospital is in Salem. | MICHAEL ROMANOS/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Federal contempt fines over Oregon State Hospital top $1.4 million

Penalties levied over delayed admissions to the Oregon State Hospital are mounting, even as local officials and providers protest changes to the system that they say will disadvantage many patients at the expense of those who are criminal defendants

Dec 2, 2025
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A man gets a checkup in a mobile clinic in Parlier, Calif., in May 2025.

A man gets a checkup at the Saint Agnes Mobile Health Unit mobile clinic parked at the City Heritage Park in Parlier, Calif., on May 16, 2025. California is one of at least five states plus the District of Columbia that have scaled back state-funded healthcare coverage in response to federal Medicaid cuts and the expiration of Obamacare subsidies. | LARRY VALENZUELA|CALMATTERS/CATCHLIGHT LOCAL

States that cover healthcare for immigrants scale back

Federal Medicaid cuts, end of Obamacare aid force tough decisions

May 26

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Small Doses: Oregon’s top health official calls for postpartum care reform

Also, Multnomah County hosts a free shredding event to thwart Medicare fraud, and the owner of an Oregon for-profit hospital makes the move to nonprofit

May 26
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First-in-the-nation Oregon law capping state employee hospital payments is working, study says

A leader of the state’s top hospital industry group called the research “disconnected from reality and tone deaf”

Dec 30, 2025

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State regulators will take longer to review potential patient impacts of Salem Health-Santiam merger

The state now has up to 155 days to decide to either approve the deal, require changes or scrap it altogether

May 14
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Oregon doctor convicted in fatal hit-and-run was already under medical board investigation

Kenneth Kolarsky, a Silverton ER doc, had faced pending state discipline over alleged prescribing violations before being sentenced to 13 months in prison

Jun 2
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Oregon gets federal boost to help stabilize maternity care in rural areas

With federal approval and matching funds, the state will begin distributing millions in one-time money to prevent future closures in communities short on services

May 28
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Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center, in Oregon City, Ore., Aug. 2, 2023. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

In Oregon, Democrats weaken protections against hospital bills for low- and middle-income patients

More patients will have to fill out applications to qualify for charity care after the legislature reworked a 2023 law

Apr 14

Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford in June, 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Asante seeks to dodge state review of surgery center purchase

Leadership of the Asante hospital system is seeking to use a loophole in the state merger approval process to avoid answering state officials’ questions about how a proposed deal would affect costs

Apr 28
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