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The health system called the claims misleading and exaggerated but did not provide specifics; the letter comes amid contract tensions as well as fear over Trump mass deportations push

Oregon Senators on Thursday said the nonprofit’s plan to turn over emergency room services to an outside staffing and management firm was deeply concerning, but leaders of the company and PeaceHealth defend the deal. An Oregon Department of Justice said the agency is aware of the situation, but there's no indication of whether Attorney General Dan Rayfield will review it.

After Providence nurses at eight hospitals rejected union-negotiated contract terms, the health system continues to pay an estimated $25 million a week on replacement workers

Efforts to keep patients out of the crossfire between insurers and ambulance companies enjoy bipartisan support, but insurance lobbyists are fighting them

The first physicians to charge patients a monthly fee started nearly 30 years ago in Seattle — and now there are dozens in Oregon and thousands nationwide

With the threat of withholding Medicaid payments, Kennedy pushes states to follow HHS recommendations which are widely criticized by health organizations as failing to meet established scientific standards

Nurses are preparing to strike for better wages and benefits. But the most intense disagreement is over what the nurse’s employment contract will — or will not — say regarding hospital staffing plans