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Hayden Rooke-Lee, from left, Rep. Ben Bowman of Tigard and Sen. Deb Patterson of Salem take part May 10 at a Salem City Club discussion about private equity takeovers of medical clinics and proposed legislation for the 2025 session. | PHOTO COPYRIGHT: PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP/PETER WONG (USED WITH PERMISSION)

Advocates seek limits on corporate control of medical clinics

Rep. Ben Bowman expresses optimism and a work group is gathering steam on language intended to address the influence of corporate ownership on the practice of medicine

Jul 2, 2024
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Oregon Health Authority Sejal Hathi addressed agency employees in a video on her first day, Jan. 16, 2024 | SCREENSHOT FROM OHA VIDEO

New records show relations soured before Oregon Health Authority equity director’s firing

Leann Johnson criticized top agency leaders and filed formal complaints against them claiming discrimination and retaliation. In firing her, Director Sejal Hathi cited a backlog of unresolved civil rights complaints that equity managers attributed to understaffing

Jul 2, 2024

The Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. | PIXABAY

The Supreme Court just limited federal power. Health care is feeling the shockwaves

As a result of the ruling, federal agencies are expected to be far more cautious with regulations, while those in effect are more likely to be challenged

Jul 2, 2024

The Oregon Health Authority in Salem. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

New free health care program to cover about 100,000 Oregonians

New ‘OHP Bridge’ state coverage will cover people who earn too much to qualify for the Medicaid-funded Oregon Health Plan starting July 1

Jul 1, 2024
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State needs to spend $850 million on behavioral health beds over five years, report says

Inpatient psychiatric care gaps fuel racial and geographic disparities, according to an OHA-contracted study

Jul 1, 2024

Marvin Ruckle, who has worked for two decades as a neonatal intensive care unit nurse at an Ascension hospital in Kansas, said confusing paperwork nearly led him to administer the wrong dose of a narcotic to a baby after the health system suffered a cyberattack on May 8. | TRAVIS HEYING/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Experts: US hospitals prone to cyberattacks like one that hurt patient care at Ascension

Most hospital systems are not prepared for cyberattacks despite a major increase in recent years of efforts targeting health care

Jun 27, 2024

An employee of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services helps a consumer pick a health care plan on the federal online health insurance marketplace. | DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND BUSINESS SERVICES

More than 80% keep coverage as Oregon Health Plan eligibility checks near completion

The state will disenroll fewer Oregonians than expected from the state's version of Medicaid, but members are cautioned to watch their mailboxes with 120,000 renewal notices still being sent out

Jun 27, 2024

The Behavioral Health Resource Center at 333 SW Park Avenue in Portland on Nov. 16, 2022. | EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

County health and social services contracts need better oversight, auditors say

Multnomah County's contract oversight practices need revamping to ensure people are getting the services they need, according to a report issued by Auditor Jennifer McGuirk. County officials say they're working on it.

Jun 27, 2024
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