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Zoom+ Offers Stand-Alone ER for Patients Eager to Avoid Cost and Chore of Hospital ER

Acknowledging that most patients who navigate hospital emergency rooms don’t need to be at the hospital, Zoom+ has expanded its transparent and easy-access model from primary care clinics to a new facility focused on emergency needs that can be handled in an outpatient setting for a fixed price of $299.

May 6, 2016

The Oregon Health Authority in Salem. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Press Release: State Announces 6 New Presumptive Positive COVID-19 Cases

Mar 15, 2020

Kotek Backs Proposal to Lower Hospital Payments through Public Employee Health Insurance

The House Speaker, backed by Rep. Greg Smith, R-Heppner, says the state could save $30 million a year in overpayments to hospitals, which are now as high as 672 percent of Medicare.

Apr 7, 2017

Cainan Molzer (far right), 17, of Medford, poses with his family. | COURTESY JOE MOLZER

Oregon Faces Scrutiny Over One-Of-A-Kind Hurdles to Children’s Health Care

Advocates say low-income children in Oregon deserve the same guarantee of health care that every other state has.

Jan 13, 2022

Private equity and large corporations have a complicated and not always noticed presence in health care. A bill limiting the corporate practice of medicine failed to pass the Oregon Legislature despite broad support. | SHUTTERSTOCK