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Mental Health Laws Designed to Brace Patients Leaving the Hospital

Three laws brought by a group of citizens who lost loved ones to suicide are aimed at nudging hospitals to provide better communication to family members when patients leave the hospital, and requires hospitals to link them with case management and outpatient services.

Mar 17, 2015

Digging Deep: St. Charles Pays Board Members, Unlike Most Hospital Nonprofits

The Bend-based four hospital chain saw margins climb in 2016, but in 2017 it is making cuts as its financial outlook grows less secure.

Nov 29, 2017
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Some of the drugs, guns and cash confiscated by law enforcement in Oregon and Western Washington in a single month, April 2023. Drugs, especially fentanyl, are coming into the state in unprecedented quantities. Photos provided from Vancouver Police Department, U.S. Department of Justice, Deschutes County Sheriff's Office and Oregon State Police. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

‘It’s crazy out there’: The reasons behind Oregon’s deepening drug crisis

Fueled by fentanyl, the number of overdose deaths in Oregon has soared since 2019. And while the surge in overdoses is part of a national problem, the state’s underfunded treatment system is struggling to provide local solutions.

May 30, 2023

State Officials Insist Hospitals Not Overpaid Under Provider Tax

November 29, 2012 -- Poor Oregonians will receive an extra $2.033 billion in healthcare from mid-2011 through mid-2013, according to the latest estimates of the impact of a state tax on hospitals. Yet even many within the industry still don’t understand the state’s so-called provider tax, according to Judy Mohr-Peterson, director of medical assistance programs with the Oregon Health Authority.

Nov 28, 2012

A Hoyer lift installed on the ceiling of June Stracener’s bedroom plays a critical role in moving her safely between her wheelchair and her bed. Tina Stracener, her mother, left, operates the lift each day. | LEAH NASH/INVESTIGATEWEST

Staff at Providence Center for Medically Fragile Children sound alarm over shrinking space, families turned away

Oregon families of medically fragile children grapple with uncertain future of longtime Providence center

Apr 25, 2024

State-Imposed Obstacles to Medicaid Payment Shutters Two Birth Centers

With a couple exceptions, the state’s CCOs continue to shut out birth centers from their networks while women who want Medicaid to pay for their services must clear a lengthy and discouraging process. The Oregon Health Authority stayed mum when asked for an explanation.

Oct 16, 2015

Hospital Financial Review: OHSU adds hospital clout through partnerships in Salem, Hillsboro

OHSU, with $2.4 billion annual operating budget, inks deals to combine budgets with Salem Health, Tuality Healthcare

Jun 15, 2016
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