Applications are being accepted for the new position, which will play a key role in helping the board develop a potentially sweeping overhaul of the state’s health care system
Oct 17, 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.
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Dozens of Oregonians have commented on new federal rules
Oct 5, 2023
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Jordan Morelli, a supervisor at the David Romprey Oregon Warmline, pauses in between calls. Morelli has worked at the warmline for about nine years, taking calls from people who need help talking through mental health struggles.
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COURTESY COMMUNITY COUNSELING SOLUTIONS
State officials have called the service ‘essential’ and a money-saver, but want others in the fragmented behavioral health system to step up with funding
Oct 3, 2023
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St. Charles Health System in Bend.
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COURTESY OF ST. CHARLES HEALTH
Announced shortly before open enrollment begins, the deal affects PacificSource members, but the Central Oregon hospital system has not yet reached Medicare Advantage agreements with Humana, HealthNet and WellCare
Sep 29, 2023
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PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center University District in Eugene, Ore.
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In a meeting with executives, Kotek offered collaboration and a new look at some rates in return for more time; spokesperson says system will “continue discussions” on ED closure date
Sep 22, 2023
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Becky Hultberg, president and CEO of the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, speaks at a bill signing event in Salem, Ore., on Aug. 15, 2023.
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As hospitals across the state face unprecedented challenges, the industry group CEO sits down to discuss an uncertain future
Sep 14, 2023
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Oregon Recovers co-founder and director, Mike Marshall (at right), speaks at an Oregon Recovers event last year. Tony Vezina, founder and director of 4D Recovery stands at left.
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COURTESY OREGON RECOVERS
Oregon Recovers wants state officials to declare a state emergency and mobilize a response that includes temporary field services, immediate access to care and changes to Measure 110
Sep 13, 2023
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem.
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OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
Seeking home turf after a federal court ruling, Marion County wants a local court to find that the state is not fulfilling its duties to patients and the public
Sep 12, 2023
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During a rally at PeaceHealth's University District hospital in Eugene on Sept. 11, 2023, Oregon Nurses Association executive director Anne Tan Piazza addresses the crowd.
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Despite outcry from community leaders and workers, the health system shows no sign of changing course, and officials may have scant authority to prevent closure
Sep 12, 2023
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A Fred Meyer store in Tigard, Oregon. Kroger owns the Fred Meyer brand.
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With rural access to health care and pharmacies a hot topic, a national deal is getting closer scrutiny from the state’s relatively new health care merger review program