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Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles is tentatively being absorbed by California-based Adventist Health. | PHOTO BY LARVICK MEDIA/COURTESY OF MCMC

Adventist Health wants to cut hospital beds in The Dalles to boost reimbursements

Adventist Health, which promised to maintain services if the state approved its takeover of a community hospital in The Dalles, has asked for permission to cut beds there by nearly half to secure higher Medicare rates through a federal rural hospital program

Sep 26, 2025
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Providence will shutter pediatric ICU at St. Vincent

Unit in Washington County had low patient volumes; patients will be transported to larger units at Doernbecher and Randall children’s hospitals. Nurses union blasts the decision.

Sep 16, 2025
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Providence reports major losses in Oregon while cutting birthing center and more

A heart clinic closing in Gresham, obstetrics no longer offered in Seaside: after two rounds of layoffs, Providence is cutting or consolidating patient services around the state

Aug 19, 2025
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Controversial deal spiked between Coos Bay hospital, Tennessee firm

Following a community uproar and leadership turnover, Bay Area Hospital has announced that a for-profit company owned by private equity, Quorum Health, has pulled out of a deal to run the financially struggling hospital. The publicly owned facility is the largest hospital on the Oregon coast.

Aug 8, 2025
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Drugmakers sue to block Oregon's new prescription discount law

The litigation is the latest round in a long-running dispute between drugmakers and federal and state lawmakers who seek to ensure that low-income patients have access to the discounted drugs

Jul 31, 2025
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Samaritan Health’s survival lies in cutting costs, raising revenues, consultants say

After notifying bankers earlier this year that it would fail to meet its debt obligations, Samaritan considered finding a partner to stabilize finances. But an analysis suggests that won't be necessary.

Jul 29, 2025
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New suit claims Legacy website and patient portal violated users’ privacy

The health system won’t comment on the suit. It’s one of dozens that have targeted website trackers that subject people to ads based on their health conditions

Jul 22, 2025
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Oregon nurses union organizes 200 more at Legacy Health

Floating nurses have joined about 3,000 of their unionized colleagues at Legacy, continuing a major shift at the independent Portland-based health system

Jul 15, 2025
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Legacy mismanaged retirement plan, new lawsuit claims

The class-action suit alleges the company made bad investments and inflated fees while the plan’s administrators profited — all at the expense of employees’ financial future

Jul 3, 2025
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New report ranks Oregon’s health care system better than most

But changes coming out of Washington, D.C., could hurt access and affordability — and block researchers’ ability to measure those effects, expert says

Jun 24, 2025
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