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State wants input on CareOregon merger

California-based SCAN Group would absorb the nonprofit that oversees health care for 500,000 low-income Oregonians, but many details have not been disclosed to the public
Oct 10, 2023
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Sarah Holland, a director at Portland-based Central City Concern, (right) speaks about housing and health care with Oregon Medicaid director Dana Hittle (middle) and Marin Arreola, a member of the Governor’s Racial Justice Council. The group spoke about Oregon’s Medicaid expansion at CCO Oregon’s annual conference about health care in Salem. | BEN BOTKIN/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Oregon health leaders warn of bumpy start for expanded Medicaid system

Oregon’s new Medicaid plan will offer people help with housing and food as state faces homelessness crisis
Oct 6, 2023
Gov. Tina Kotek speaks at the signing of the health care staffing bill on Aug. 15, 2023 at the Capitol in Salem, Ore. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Kotek closes in on new Oregon Health Authority director pick

New director will take over a crucial agency that’s lacked a permanent leader for seven months
Oct 5, 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

Reactions split on nursing home staffing measure in Oregon

Dozens of Oregonians have commented on new federal rules
Oct 5, 2023
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Kaiser Permanente workers represented by the Service Employees International Union Local 49 hold a picket outside Westside Medical Center in Hillsboro on July 24, 2023 to pressure the managed care consortium on contract negotiations. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Kaiser Permanente workers in Oregon join thousands across U.S. in 3-day strike

System officials said their hospitals, emergency departments and urgent care locations remained open, but several facilities in the Portland metro area, Salem and Eugene will close
Oct 4, 2023
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Calli Ross tends to her disabled 8-year-old son, Tensy, after watching the Oregon Senate in the Capitol on Friday, June 23, 2023. Having a disability can qualify children for Medicaid. | BEN BOTKIN/OREGON CAPITOL CHRONICLE

Did Oregon children eligible for Medicaid lose coverage?

State health officials are checking to see whether kids in the state have been wrongly kicked off the free health care as they have been elsewhere
Oct 4, 2023
The state plans to acquire Cascade Behavioral Health Hospital under a nearly $30 million purchase agreement. | COURTESY WASHINGTON STATE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE

As union lawsuit falters, state readies Tukwila psychiatric hospital for patients

Opening the facility is part of Washington’s strategy for addressing years of problems with providing behavioral health services to people caught up in the criminal justice system.
Oct 4, 2023

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