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Oregon Health Authority layoffs spark concern Premium

The agency is conducting the first of what could be multiple rounds of job cuts — sparking concerns at a time when far greater cuts to services for 1.4 million Oregonians are on the horizon

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Medicaid fraud indictments continue to be handed down as state and federal officials fault each others’ efforts

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Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis, Ore.

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Samaritan seeks a break from bondholders Premium

Hoping to be absorbed by the Washington state health system MultiCare, the Corvalis-based health system’s executives are asking the investors holding its debt to waive an earlier default

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State Health Policy

The Oregon Health Authority's headquarters in Salem in November, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Former Health Authority equity director Leann Johnson wins $630,000 settlement

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Nicci Schaefer-Limbach and her husband Jordan Schaefer-Limbach turned to in-vitro fertilization to have their daughter, Luella Ray Schaefer-Limbach, who was born in 2022. Every year, they celebrate not only her birthday but also the day in February when the embryo transfer was made. “That's a holiday in this house,” Nicci Schaefer-Limbach said. “That's love child day.” | COURTESY PHOTO

Thousands of Oregonians wrestle with trying to have a baby

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Oregon lags many states in passing infertility coverage but lawmakers not giving up

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Money Flow

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Willamette Valley Medical Center, UnitedHealthcare may be close on contract

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Florida-based bid to take over Housecall Providers under state review

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Oregon health care providers decry use of AI to ‘downcode’ bills

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Behavioral Health

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Oregon civil commitment reforms key to fixing system, advocates say

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Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, on Nov. 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Sean Murphy picked for top job at Oregon State Hospital

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Oregon’s new civil commitment law is slow to spark change

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Health Equity

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Oregon dental shortages leave gaps in access to care

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THE COMMONWEALTH FUND

Health care lags for Black, Hispanic and Native American Oregonians

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Bill to curb immigration enforcement at hospitals sparks mixed response

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Hospitals

St. Charles Health System in Bend. | COURTESY OF ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM

Small Doses: St. Charles eliminates jobs amid tilt toward profitable specialties

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OHSU's main campus in Portland in September, 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

OHSU credit rating downgraded

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Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford in June, 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Feds find Asante violated labor law

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Opinion

Opinion: Primary care access in Portland is worse than you think

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Opinion: Eulogy for a medical home

Feb 19

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Opinion: Hospitals’ deregulation push is misplaced

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Caregivers

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Kathie Hightower in her home in Nehalem. When her husband was dying of a rare form of cancer, community support helped her get through the challenges. She's one of a group of volunteers training to do end-of-life caregiving in Oregon's rural coastal communities. | RACHEL MILLER-HOWARD/THE LUND REPORT

As rural Oregon ages, communities turn to volunteers for death care

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Oregon doctor convicted in fatal hit-and-run was already under medical board investigation

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Oregon’s U.S. senators demand answers from Trump administration over leak of providers’ personal data

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SW Washington

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Child abuse charges spark firings at Kaiser, PeaceHealth

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Nurses represented by the Washington State Nurses Association picket outside PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver on April 18, 2024. The picket came during difficult contract negotiations between the nurses and hospital management. | COURTESY/WASHINGTON STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION

PeaceHealth nurses in Vancouver win boost in pay but not staffing

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Vancouver nurses eye Oregon’s new hospital staffing law

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Oregon Health Plan

Panelists speak at the Oregon Health Forum on June 9, 2026.

Panelists discuss the upcoming Medicaid changes at the Oregon Health Forum on June 9, 2026. | NICK BUDNICK/THE LUND REPORT

Pandemic response holds lessons as Medicaid work rules approach

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Gov. Tina Kotek speaks to reporters at a press event in April 2023 in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon health officials scramble to meet deadline on Medicaid work rules

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New Medicaid work requirements could undermine care for Oregon’s most vulnerable

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Aging

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Sleep well to live longer, new OHSU study says

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It's time for Oregon seniors on Medicare Advantage to shop around

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Hillsboro residential facility hit with $12 million suit

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Rural Health

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Oregon gets federal boost to help stabilize maternity care in rural areas

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Oregon awarded $197 million for rural health, hospitals

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Rural Clackamas County in Oregon. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Oregon seeks $1 billion for rural health

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Children’s Health

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Sale of largest Oregon provider of pediatric in-home care to Texas company wins state approval

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What young Oregonians want adults to know about their mental health

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Oregon AI chatbot bill headed for Senate floor

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Gender Health

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For now, Supreme Court allows mailing of abortion pills after appeal by Oregon, other states

May 4

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Federal judge rules against Trump administration in gender-affirming care case

Apr 20

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Federal judge rules in favor of Right to Life on Oregon’s law mandating free abortions

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Public Health

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Heat wave expected to hit Oregon on Sunday

Jun 11

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Small Doses: Serious injuries, deaths from e-scooter use alarm Oregon health officials

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Oregon filing suit with other Democratic states against Trump administration’s vaccine rollback

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Access & Quality

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Oregonians' health insurance premiums slated to jump in January — again

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PacificSource layoffs coming as insurer leaves Montana, individual market

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THE LUND REPORT

Oregonians’ annual health premium costs jumped $1,800

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Drugs & Pharmacies

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Portland-based Legitscript asks federal judge to reconsider demand for 1.2 million documents

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Oregon push to shine a light on drugmakers' help to patients fails

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The Malhotra Lab team includes Dhanir Tailor, Sanjay Malhotra, Arpit Dheeraj and Carrsyn Haley. | COURTESY OF OHSU

OHSU study highlights potential new drug for aggressive breast cancer

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Housing & Poverty

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington, on Aug. 7, 2013. | RYTYHO USA/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

PeaceHealth to refund millions to low-income patients in Washington, but not Oregon

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Oregon hospitals’ reported 'community benefit' grew in 2021

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House passes bill to boost Oregon hospitals’ charity care

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Prison Health

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Oregon prison health care changes underway

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Clackamas jail care failures led to man’s death, suit claims

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PIXABAY

Consultant vows to ‘zero in’ on Oregon prison care denials in wake of blistering report

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Environmental Health

Moss isn’t a likely source of lead exposure for humans. But researchers took samples from it in Portland neighborhoods to see how environmental lead levels vary across the region. | COURTESY/OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

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