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Trump administration seeks Medicaid data from Oregon amid immigration crackdown

In a move questioned for its ethics and legality, the administration is giving the state until July 30 to hand over personal data of a kind it has started sharing with immigration enforcers at the Department of Homeland Security

Jun 13, 2025

Abbie Reed and her daughter, Clara at Reed's home in Wheeler, Ore. on Oct. 22, 2025. Rachel Miller-Howar / Northwest News Network

Abbie Reed and her daughter, Clara at Reed's home in Wheeler, Ore. on Oct. 22, 2025. | RACHEL MILLER-HOWARD / NORTHWEST NEWS NETWORK

Seaside loses trusted labor and delivery unit, reflecting a growing challenge in the rural Northwest

At its peak in 2015, Seaside Providence was delivering around 120 babies a year. In 2024, that number had dropped to 66 babies a year. Six rural hospitals in Oregon and Washington have closed their obstetrics units since 2020, according to the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform.

Dec 11, 2025

Eugene Emergency Physicians is a locally based group of doctors providing Emergency Medicine at two locations: PeaceHealth Riverbend (seen here in an undated photo) and PeaceHealth Cottage Grove. The doctors also support needed emergency department staffing at PeaceHealth Peace Harbor in Florence. EEP was notified on Feb. 4, that their contract with PeaceHealth will end June 30, 2026, after 35 years of partnership. | RACHAEL MCDONALD | KLCC

Emergency doctors welcome 'path forward' to continue local practice with PeaceHealth

PeaceHealth expresses hope physicians will continue to treat its patients, but says they must negotiate with ApolloMD

Feb 19

OHSU and Salem Hospital Lead State in Infection Rates

October 3, 2013 -- Oregon Health & Science University and Salem Hospital lead major Oregon hospitals in hospital-acquired infections of a bacterium that’s come to plague American hospitals — Clostridium difficile, often abbreviated as C. diff.

Sep 30, 2013

Hospital Closing Would Accelerate State’s Direction on Mental Health

It’s unclear if the Legislature will actually approve the closure of the Junction City as the same forces that won $130 million to build it over the concerns of the mental health community will fight to save it. But it’s possible it could be used as a prison hospital while patients are treated in the community with funding from Medicaid through CCOs.

Dec 8, 2016