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Bates Pushes Back on Money Request from the Oregon Health Authority

The Health Authority claimed a $14.6 million shortfall but will likely get $9 million in new funding. The Legislature also appears poised to release $3.4 million for seniors, fully funding Oregon Project Independence and giving a lift to paratransit services. Sen. Alan Bates is also seen as a candidate for the head of the Oregon Health Authority, although he has made no such announcement.

Dec 10, 2014

A pile of flowers and a note eulogizing Bobby Smallwood, a security officer for Legacy Health, sit outside the Good Samaritan Medical Center, where he was killed during a confrontation on July 30, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Attacks on emergency room workers prompt debate over tougher penalties

With assaults on health care workers increasing, legislation echoing failed Oregon bill is pending in California

Apr 4, 2024

St. Charles Health System in Bend. | COURTESY OF ST. CHARLES HEALTH

Medical Techs Strike At St. Charles Hospitals In Central Oregon

The nonprofit system warns that the strike by the 150-member work group “threatens public health and safety of the community,” but fails to persuade a federal judge to bar the walkout.

Mar 3, 2021
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OHA Releases 2018 Rates for Oregon's Coordinated Care Organizations

Nov 6, 2017

Junction City Fills Critical Role Over Objections of Chief Advocates

Most mental health advocates and legislators most versed on mental health policy opposed the construction of a second state mental hospital northwest of Eugene. But the new institution, now a year old, is opening a new wing to treat the backlog of patients who are improperly kept in hospital ERs because of the limited resources to treat people in their communities.

Apr 13, 2016