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The union that represents registered nurses at Oregon State Hospital has filed more than 200 grievances in the past month

Six months after a controversial patient death at the state’s main psychiatric institution, an unannounced federal inspection in September called on the Oregon Health Authority to make changes to how patients are restrained and placed in seclusion

Hospitals say a 2023 charity care law went further than expected and they’re losing lots of money as a result. Advocates say the law has helped reduce medical debt for Oregonians.

The Oregon State Hospital has hired a consulting firm to help it address safety violations that federal inspectors have flagged after three patient deaths and other issues like sexual contact between patients. The hospital will pay the company up to $1.7 million.

A federal judge found that the hospitals' claims of neglected patients and failure to provide adequate care can plausibly be said to 'shock the conscience,' contrary to state efforts to downplay the plight of mentally ill people warehoused in hospitals not designed for their care

The latest in a string of reports questioning the Oregon Health Authority's management of the state's secure psychiatric hospital suggests smuggled fentanyl killed a patient in May