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Oregon State Capitol in Salem. | RENAUDE HATSEDAKIS

Lawmakers Ready Bills On Prescription Drug Prices, Staffing Shortages

Jan 13, 2020
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PEBB Set to Overhaul Medical Insurance Contract

Dr. Alan Bates, a Democratic senator from Medford, helped craft a fixed budget for the Public Employees Benefit Board that would be able to control costs through innovation. The doctor also chided PEBB on offering perks through self-reporting in its smoking cessation program.

Aug 21, 2013

Providence Portland Medical Center. | M.O. STEVENS/CC BY 3.0/WIKIMEDIA

Rate clash between Regence BlueCross BlueShield, Providence could affect 260,000

Regence is taking a reimbursement dispute public, saying its members could be deemed out-of-network starting early next year

Dec 4, 2023
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Federal Mortality Data Shows Portland VA Medical Center with Lowest Mortality Rates on Two Measures

Few hospitals stand out in CMS data, but seven ranked worse than the national average on at least one

Sep 29, 2016
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Nonprofit Hospitals Faulted For Stinginess With Charity Care

Republished courtesy of Kaiser Health News

Apr 30, 2012

Oregon Health & Science University ICU nurse Ansu Drammeh is vaccinated by dental resident Ryan Thrower. | FRITZ LIEDTKE/OHSU

Pfizer-BioNTech’s Deep-Freeze COVID-19 Vaccine Poses Fresh Challenges

The vaccine has to be stored at minus 70 degrees Celsius -- colder than an Arctic winter -- in special freezers that can cost $20,000.

Dec 17, 2020
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