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Nurse Practitioners and Chiropractors Want More Workers’ Comp Patients

Senate Bill 533 awaits only a House vote to become law, expanding the length of time that a nurse practitioner can see an injured worker and giving workers access to their preferred chiropractor.
May 2, 2013 -- People who suffer an injury on the job will get better access to a nurse practitioner or their favored chiropractor under a Senate bill that should become law. Read More >>

Youth Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers Push for Higher Reimbursement Rates

Current state reimbursement rate is about half the actual cost of providing services
May 2, 2013 – In the 28 years that De Paul Treatment Services has provided youth alcohol and drug treatment services, it's only seen a minor increase in reimbursement rates from the state. Now its future, along with the future of other youth treatment facilities around the state, is uncertain, according to Sheila North, executive director. Read More >>

How Medicaid Affects Adult Health

May 1, 2013 -- Enrollment in Medicaid helps lower-income Americans overcome depression, get proper treatment for diabetes, and avoid catastrophic medical bills, but does not appear to reduce the prevalence of diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, according to a new study with a unique approach to analyzing one of America’s major health-insurance programs. Read More >>

Expanding Medicaid -- Mental and Financial Health Improve, But No Improvement Shown in Physical Health

May 2, 2013 — New findings from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment show that Medicaid coverage had no detectable effect on the prevalence of diabetes, high cholesterol, or high blood pressure, but substantially reduced depression, nearly eliminated catastrophic out-of-pocket expenditures, and increased the diagnosis of diabetes and the use of diabetes medication among low-income adults. The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment is the first use of a randomized controlled study design to evaluate the impact of covering the uninsured with Medicaid and provides important evidence for policy makers as the U.S. undertakes Medicaid expansion in 2014. Read More >>

What If You Could Prevent Even One Family From Hearing the Words, “You Have Cancer”?

Adventist Medical Center helps facilitate national cancer research
May 1, 2013 – Local residents have an unprecedented opportunity to participate in a historic study that has the potential of changing the face of cancer for future generations. Men and women between the ages of 30 and 65, who have never been diagnosed with cancer, are needed to participate in the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) happening at Adventist Medical Center on June 12 and 13. Online enrollment begins by visiting cancer.org/cps3, or calling toll-free 1-888-604-5888.  Read More >>

Adequate and Stable Nurse Staffing Is Key to Improving Care for Heart Failure Patients

New Study Finds Nurse Staffing Plays Important Role in Implementation of Measures That Improve Care for Heart Failure Patients in Rural Hospitals
 
May 1, 2013 -- Ensuring that heart failure patients receive optimal care can be difficult, particularly in rural hospitals. Now a new study suggests that rural hospitals may be better able to ensure high-quality care if they have lower nursing turnover and better practice environments.
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Bill Lets Women Take Placenta Home with Baby

Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer has sponsored HB 2612, which would let mothers legally remove a placenta from the hospital for cultural purposes.
May 1, 2013 — The placenta is what separates us from the marsupials. The organ connects a fetus to a mother’s uterine wall and allows for the exchange of nutrients and waste for the developing baby. Read More >>

Local Family Physician Assumes Presidency of State Academy Board

  May 1, 2013 -- Evan Saulino, M.D., Ph.D., family physician from Portland, Oregon was installed as President of the Oregon Academy of Family Physicians at the Academy’s annual business meeting on April 13 at the Salishan Lodge in Gleneden Beach. Dr. Saulino has been a member of the OAFP since 2000 and on the Board of the Academy since 2010; his term as President will last one year.
 
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Oregon Pioneered Home Care Workers, Who’ve Waited Six Years for Raise

Home care workers provide long-term care to Medicaid clients and help low-income senior citizens stay in their homes and communities, but the workers are also the second-largest Oregon workforce eligible for food stamps.
May 1, 2013 — At 56, Rebecca Sandoval has grown kids but decided several years ago she would adopt someone new — a grandmother. Read More >>

ASCA Appoints Oregon Ambulatory Surgery Center Association Past President Kecia Norling to Board

  April 30, 2013 -- Former Oregon Ambulatory Surgery Center Association President Kecia Norling has been appointed to the ASCA national board.  Read More >>
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