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

Oregon hospitals seeks more funding to close reimbursement gap

The hospital trade association said Medicaid only pays 56 cents for every dollar of service provided and that other costs are going up

Jan 23, 2025

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State dashboard peers inside individual hospitals’ finances

The state's look at hospital payments from insurers is intended to help curb the growth of health care costs

Jul 18, 2024
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Oregon State Capitol in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Lawmakers plan focus on Oregon’s health care spending

A panel of legislators said the upcoming short session will involve difficult choices as they try to limit the harms of expected cuts

Jan 22
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Some Medicare patients are unable to access telehealth services since the federal government shut down on Oct. 1. | MIKE THOMPSON | WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs

Both programs are for Medicare recipients, but some physicians have stopped booking telemedicine visits for any patients

Oct 14, 2025

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, in Portland, Ore., Aug. 2, 2023. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Strike at Providence hospitals will further strain Oregon's health care system

Hospitals say they'll transfer patients and make the best of the situation in a statewide system that has kept costs down by maintaining fewer beds than in most states

Jan 9, 2025
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Asante Ashland Community Hospital in Ashland, Ore. | ERIK NEUMANN/JPR

Asante faces criticism as it shutters maternity and inpatient services in Ashland

The financially successful nonprofit hospital system hasn’t been answering the community’s questions, says state Rep. Pam Marsh. Public records show hospital leaders considered ‘other options’ late last year before deciding on closure.

Jan 15

A multimillion-dollar lawsuit has been filed and police are investigating allegations that a nurse repeatedly stole narcotics prescribed for patients and replaced them with tap water at Asante Rogue River Medical Center in Medford, Oregon. | ROGUE VALLEY TIMES

Asante suing Oregon Nurses Association over union visits

Union dismisses the lawsuit and claims the health care system is refusing to negotiate with some health workers

Nov 25, 2025
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

State Hospital measures cause ripple effects, expert finds

Oregon’s psychiatric hospital is quickly admitting ‘aid and assist’ patients while the state works to ease ‘strain’ around patients’ transitions to community programs

Oct 26, 2023
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Oregon lawmaker pushes for urgent care standards

Rep. Nancy Nathanson of Eugene plans to try again this year to map out the burgeoning, unregulated field of urgent care medicine.

Jan 8
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