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Collaboration Aims To Help Mentally Ill Caught In Criminal Justice System

A group of Oregon health officials, law enforcement and legislators discussed Wednesday how to provide supportive services for people with mental health issues to keep them from being locked up.

Oct 31, 2018

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Patients Could Face Tough Health Insurance Choices During Open Enrollment

Open enrollment starts Thursday, and health insurance agents are urging patients to check their policies and whether they qualify for health insurance discounts because costs and coverage could change.

Oct 30, 2018

Oregon Discourages Excessive Opioid Prescribing In Guidelines For Acute Pain

A state report on opioid prescribing guidelines for acute pain said prescriptions should be a last resort and limited in duration, to decrease chances of long-term use and addiction.

Oct 25, 2018

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Executives At Oregon’s Coordinated Care Organizations Made $12 Million In 2017

Philip Greenhill, chief executive officer at Western Oregon Advanced Health, made the most in 2017, taking home more than $692,000.

Oct 25, 2018
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JON BARTHOLOMEW OF AARP, HEALTH POLICY ANALYST JANE HORVATH, HEALTH INSURANCE CONSULTANT TERRANCE KILLILEA AND SEN. ELIZABETH STEINER HAYWARD DISCUSSED DRUG PRICING AT AN OREGON HEALTH POLICY FORUM./EDIS JURCYS PHOTOGRAPHY

Oregon Health Experts Call For Transparency, Competition, State Action On Drug Pricing

Oregon legislators, health policy analysts and industry experts discussed the barriers to affordable drugs at an Oregon Health Forum breakfast meeting in Portland on Tuesday.

Oct 23, 2018

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Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare walk-in clinic in Portland. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare Workers Endorse Union

Counselors, case managers and others at one of Oregon’s largest non-profit mental health providers are the latest in the sector to vote to join a union.

Oct 17, 2018
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Oregon Has Long Way To Go To Reach Ambitious Medicaid Goals, Critics Say

Health experts support the direction of the state’s latest health care policies but say it remains unclear how the state will get there.

Oct 15, 2018
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Oregon pain patients protest against a proposal to cut opioids to chronic pain patients on Medicaid.

Patients, Experts Warn That Plan to Cut Opioids Could Mean More Pain

Oregon is considering a proposal that would force Medicaid chronic pain patients to cut opioids entirely.

Oct 9, 2018
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Oregon To Increase Medicaid Spending In 2019, Will Miss Spending Goals

Coordinated care organizations will receive an average of 4 percent more each month than in 2018, overshooting the 3.4 percent growth target.

Oct 1, 2018

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KNUTE BUEHLER, KATE BROWN CAMPAIGNS

Brown, Buehler Struggle To Differentiate Themselves On Health Care

The two main candidates in the governor’s race largely agree but still blast each other's policies.

Sep 19, 2018