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Oregon Health Authority's third-quarter health systems transformation report also shows gains in adoption of electronic health records and the number of patients with primary care homes

The Oregon Educators Benefit Board will not have a better designed health contract in place before the 2017-2018 school year, raising questions about whether the health plan for teachers will be able to keep medical cost inflation anywhere near the 3.4 percent cap set by the Legislature.

Can you think of any other news source focused primarily on health policy issues that’s not afraid to take a deep dive into Oregon’s healthcare industry. The Lund Report has never strayed from that path despite the unwillingness by hospital officials, health insurance executives and other high-level officials in both the private and public sector to cooperate as we seek to tell the truth.

The Oregon Ambulatory Surgery Center Association is likely to win approval of legislation that will allow patients to extend their stay while recovering from surgery. The association overcame opposition from hospital systems such as Providence Health & Services, which has invested in ambulatory surgery centers as a way to lower costs, improve care and reduce the need for larger facilities.