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Blue Mountain Hospital District says federal budget cuts played a role

Oregon's largest hospital system will cut the equivalent of 600 people from its seven-state workforce of 125,000, including 134 in Oregon. Leaders faulted onerous requirements approved by the Oregon Legislature among other things.

Also, state health officials are walking back rules on residential treatment facility admissions after reports of ‘urgent safety concerns,' and as the feds delay banning a common toxic chemical, the state takes action.

A Montana-based virtual mental health services company that has been waging a campaign to keep operating in Oregon faces calls from legislators to recoup public funds the firm has received