Dave Baden, interim director of the Oregon Health Authority, speaks to the House Interim Committee On Behavioral Health and Health Care on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, about the financial strength of the state’s Medicaid insurers.
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Citing reporting by The Lund Report, lawmakers highlighted more than $400 million in profits, which insurers defended as needed reserves and money for future community investments
Sep 28, 2023
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Rachael Banks, who served as public health director for the state of Oregon for three years, was appointed in September 2023 to head the Multnomah County Health Department. The position requires board confirmation.
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COURTESY MULTNOMAH COUNTY
For the second time in two years, federal regulators have ordered the state hospital to take action to address unsafe conditions
Sep 20, 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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Dean Kienholz in his office at Columbia River Correctional Institution in Portland, Ore. on July 19, 2023. Kienholz is a prisoner who became a certified alcohol and drug counselor while incarcerated.
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The state corrections department is expanding a program that certifies prisoners to be drug and alcohol counselors and mentors — and it couldn’t happen at a better time
Aug 25, 2023
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Former legislative aide Kristina Narayan is going back to work for Tina Kotek, now in the governor's office.
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