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Idaho’s infant, mother death rate is rising, new report finds

The report recommends that legislators in Oregon's bordering state revamp Medicaid coverage for children and mothers

Nov 30, 2023

Two bottles of Buprenorphine-Naloxone, a drug used to treat opioid use disorder. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Evolving overdose crisis shakes previously effective treatments

Buprenorphine and Suboxone have proved less effective against fentanyl, and commonly used doses can trigger violent, immediate withdrawal

Nov 30, 2023

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Medicare Advantage increasingly popular with seniors — but not hospitals and doctors

Hospital and medical groups are bristling at payment rates the plans impose and at what they say are onerous requirements for preapproval to deliver care and too many after-the-fact claim denials

Nov 30, 2023

Federal officials issued warnings about three apple cinnamon flavored fruit puree pouches that could contain high levels of lead, which is extremely dangerous to people, particularly to children. | COURTESY U.S. FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION

Several children in Oregon report adverse effects after eating lead-contaminated applesauce

State officials identified six cases of elevated blood lead levels in children related to the recall, including in Multnomah, Washington, Lake and Lincoln counties

Nov 30, 2023
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Gov. Jay Inslee cuts the ribbon at a ceremony formally opening Olympic Heritage Health Hospital. Nov. 21, 2023. | GRACE DENG/WASHINGTON STATE STANDARD

Over 200 employees hired to staff Tukwila behavioral hospital bought by Washington

Under pressure to get people experiencing mental illness out of jails, the state spent $30 million to add 100 behavioral health beds

Nov 29, 2023

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Cascadia Health security guard hospitalized after stabbing

The alleged assailant had previously received services at the health center without incident, according to a court filing

Nov 29, 2023
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CareOregon urges Kotek to speed up merger review

The Oregon Health Plan provider, which would send $120 million to a merged California nonprofit under the deal, wants the state to wrap up a process nearing the 12-month mark — even as opposition mounts

Nov 28, 2023
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Lawsuit seeks $2 million over allegedly illegal hospital debt collection practices

The suit against Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls comes despite recent protections in Oregon to ensure poor patients access charity care

Nov 28, 2023
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PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield. | COURTESY OF PEACEHEALTH

New discrimination suit filed against PeaceHealth Riverbend

A nurse filed a lawsuit alleging age and disability discrimination, and claiming management suggested she was faking her injury

Nov 28, 2023
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Kevin Heinrich a licensed practical nurse at a workstation at Mirabella Portland’s skilled nursing facility. Nurses and other health care workers have become increasingly hard to find after the pandemic. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Many at Oregon's nursing homes haven't gotten the new COVID booster

The updated vaccines are targeted at XBB 1.5, an omicron subvariant whose close relatives have been detected in recent Oregon samples

Nov 28, 2023

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