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The Capitol Building in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Improved Oregon revenue forecast could fund health care improvements

Behavioral health, coverage, workforce loom large on the laundry list of unmet requests facing state lawmakers. A legislative impasse could keep them from going anywhere despite the availability of new funds.

May 18, 2023
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One Out-of-State Organization Questions Becoming a Coordinated Care Organization

June 7, 2012—Many were shocked when two large, publicly traded companies sent letters of intent to the Oregon Health Authority expressing their intention to apply to become a coordinated care organization. Now it’s not clear if they, or a third out-of-state organization, will even apply.

Jun 7, 2012

Wildfire smoke covers the Ochocos Mountains in Central Oregon on Aug. 18, 2020. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Climate change will keep hitting Oregonians hard, but the exact impact will depend on where you live

The state's first-ever climate change vulnerability assessment focused on rural areas where resources to improve water treatment or plan responses to wildfires are more scarce

Sep 3, 2024

Greenlick Endorses Corporate Tax Measure to Bolster State Funding

Rep. Mitch Greenlick, D-Portland, the chairman of the Oregon House Health Committee, publicly endorsed the corporate tax ballot measure, saying the $2.5 billion a year the tax is anticipated to raise would eliminate much of the constant need to choose between funding critical budget concerns each legislative session.

Dec 4, 2015

Total Federal Payout To Oregon Hospitals In Flux

The final figures are not yet in but the payouts range from nearly $400,000 to more than $33 million per facility.

Jun 8, 2020

Bart Klion says the doctors who have treated him and his wife “have made it possible for us to live an active and productive life.” But those health care providers are leaving the Klions’ Medicare Advantage plan. The New York couple were told they needed to find new doctors or other health insurance by March 31. | HANS PENNINK/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Your doctor or your insurer? Little-known rules may ease the choice in Medicare Advantage

As patients get caught in insurer-hospital contract disputes, they may be able to tap federal rules allowing special enrollment under “exceptional circumstances,” allowing beneficiaries who qualify to change plans or return to original Medicare

Mar 31, 2024

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Legacy Health employees are unionizing at blinding speed

More groups of employees across the eight-hospital system are moving to join unions even as their management talks to OHSU about potentially being absorbed

Dec 12, 2023
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