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Oregon State Hospital hosts ribbon-cutting ceremony for new Junction City Campus

Mar 3, 2015

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When hospitals buy physician practices, prices go up

The rapid acquisition by hospitals is reshaping an industry once dominated by small, physician-owned practices. Today, less than half of U.S. physicians still work in a physician-owned private practice.

Aug 5, 2025

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Hospitals' challenge to Oregon merger reviews nears key ruling

Judge will decide whether the Hospital Association of Oregon has the legal standing it needs to knock out the high-profile state program

May 2, 2024
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Providence Office Park in Northeast Portland. | PROVIDENCE OREGON

Providence cuts 150 positions in Oregon, many within its insurance plan

The layoffs are the latest in multiple rounds of cuts in Oregon that Providence's Oregon CEO has said will continue until the company is breaking even in the state

Nov 20, 2025

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Republicans aim to punish states like Oregon that insure unauthorized immigrants

Advocates argue it saves money to provide the insurance, but unless those states roll back the benefits, Republicans plan to slash billions in Medicaid reimbursements

May 27, 2025

This Oct. 10, 2024 screenshot from Oregon Eligibility System (ONE), an online portal used to by Oregonians to apply for Medicaid and food stamps. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Oregon’s legislature passes Medicaid tax extension in bipartisan vote

Hospital and insurer taxes, and the federal matching dollars they qualify for, are one of the cornerstones of funding the state’s Medicaid program, the Oregon Health Plan.

Mar 18, 2025

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Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

OHA Director Floats $33.5 Million Plan To Bolster State Hospital Hiring

The Oregon Health Authority wants to hire 359 new employees at Oregon State Hospital starting in March to combat its worrisome staffing shortage.

Nov 11, 2021
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Eastern Oregon regional care organization will stay in Oregon Health Plan

After balking at the state’s rates, an executive said Tuesday the rural managed care group will continue serving 80,000 low-income people in the state’s ‘frontier’ counties

Sep 30, 2025
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