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Employers Use Patient Assistance Programs To Offset Their Own Costs

A Washington woman unwittingly become part of a strategy that employers are using to deal with the high cost of some drugs.

Dec 6, 2022

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They Trusted Their Prenatal Test. They Didn’t Know the Industry Is an Unregulated “Wild West.”

With no regulation, the risk of false positives and other faulty results from prenatal screenings has been known for years.

Dec 6, 2022

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Oregon Health Authority Rolls Out Its 2023 Legislative Agenda

The agency says its focus on behavioral health, maintaining coverage and addressing racism align with Governor-elect Tina Kotek’s priorities.

Dec 6, 2022
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Oregon’s Hospitals Are Struggling With Weeks To Go In Respiratory Illness Season

Emergency rooms across the state are overflowing and in some cases parents are seeking hospital care when it’s not needed — but there may be relief on the horizon.

Dec 6, 2022

Nursing students at Lane Community College in Eugene use simulation models during the pandemic instead of in-personal clinical visits. According to a new report, educational institutions are failing to produce enough new registered nurses. | COURTESY OF LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Nurse Unions Slam Hospitals For Lack Of Hiring

Staff shortages and hospitals’ lack of compliance with staffing plans are leading to high nurse burnout rates and intolerable working conditions, the Oregon Nurses Association says.

Dec 5, 2022
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Employers Use Patient Assistance Programs To Offset Their Own Costs

They Trusted Their Prenatal Test. They Didn’t Know the Industry Is an Unregulated “Wild West.”

Oregon Health Authority Rolls Out Its 2023 Legislative Agenda

Oregon’s Hospitals Are Struggling With Weeks To Go In Respiratory Illness Season

Nurse Unions Slam Hospitals For Lack Of Hiring

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