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A view of OHSU's South Waterfront campus in September 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

OHSU ties to key players in its merger review reflect a larger problem, some say

State officials defend their work. But conflict-of-interest concerns raised about two members of a state review board — as well as the consultant leading its efforts— show that shortcomings of a high-stakes state program have not been addressed, a former state health official says.

Apr 4
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Lane County is seeking to expand Mobile Crisis Services to 24/7 coverage by this summer. | LANE COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Lane County's Mobile Crisis services to expand, as White Bird makes cuts to CAHOOTS

Mobile Crisis Services of Lane County works to deescalate people experiencing mental health crises and connect them with social services, sometimes in cooperation with law enforcement, and hopes to expand its services to 24-7 this summer.

Apr 3

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For people with higher body weights, abortions can be more costly or out of reach

For the past decade, the body mass index formula has been used to deny or delay abortion care, despite researchers finding little evidence of increased adverse outcomes based on higher body weight alone.

Apr 3

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Counselors, therapists want limits on audits by health insurers and the state

Providers say audits are unfairly demanding costly repayment of very old claims — but health insurers say the proposed new rules would be unworkable

Apr 3
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Trump's DEI undoing undermines hard-won accommodations for disabled people

From halting diversity programs that benefit disabled workers to making federal staffing cuts, the Trump administration has taken a slew of actions that harm people with disabilities.

Apr 3

Pre-filled insulin syringe ("insulin pen"). | PICTURE TAKEN BY PERPLEX/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Did Trump tank the FTC’s insulin suit? Observers want to know

The federal watchdog was suing pharmacy middlemen for allegedly driving up the cost of the drug diabetics rely on. But now there are no commissioners to hear the suit.

Apr 3

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Hospital price transparency bill in Washington Legislature gets reworked

The Senate-approved version removes enforcement provisions.

Apr 3

Patients who contract measles, a highly contagious disease, develop a skin rash. | WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations

Records show leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered staff not to release experts’ finding that the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lagging

Apr 2

CAHOOTS provides mobile crisis intervention services in Eugene and Springfield. | BRIAN BULL/KLCC

White Bird Clinic announces deep cuts to CAHOOTS, crisis hotline

Widely praised mobile crisis intervention unit, considered a national model, will be cut back, as will a crisis hotline

Apr 2

Rep. Rob Nosse (pictured upper right) says outside advice would help lawmakers and the public when bills are proposed to require insurance companies to cover a specific treatment, device or procedure. Such bills balance complicated questions of cost and and access. | OREGON HEALTH FORUM

Bill to help lawmakers mull health insurance decisions is back

For the third session in a row, lawmakers have the opportunity to address what Rep. Rob Nosse calls a ‘lousy’ process when it comes to bills to mandate health coverage

Apr 1
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