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COURTESY OF PACIFICSOURCE

PacificSource Pays $135,000 Fine For Service Appeals Violations

The insurer’s commercial arm violated state-mandated deadlines nearly 4,500 times when members or providers contested denials of service.

Jan 25, 2021
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COURTESY OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

Looking To Sign Up For A Vaccine? Good Luck

Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties have closed their signup form, leaving about 50,000 people in the metro area without an appointment.

Jan 25, 2021

Gov. Kate Brown Mounts Defense Over Decision To Vaccinate Teachers Before Seniors 

Governor sticks with COVID-19 vaccination schedule despite critics, including the group representing Oregon hospitals.

Jan 22, 2021
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Gov. Kate Brown. | JAIME VALDEZ/PORTLAND TRIBUNE

Gov. Kate Brown Commits To Affordable Health Care In Annual Speech

The governor urged Oregon to prepare for a long haul with the pandemic and said she would back a proposal to cap the rise in health care costs statewide at 3.4%.

Jan 21, 2021

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A nurse at Oregon Health & Science University was vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech shot on Wednesday. | FRED LIEDTKE/OHSU

Clark County Widens Access To COVID-19 Vaccine

The area was late in adding seniors 65 and older to its eligibility list along with 50-year-olds in multigenerational households but is now on par with the rest of the state.

Jan 20, 2021

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

COVID-19 Outbreak Hits St. Charles Hospital In Redmond

The outbreak is the latest to affect patients and staff working in a hospital in Oregon or Southwest Washington.

Jan 20, 2021

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Brown Insists Educators Must Be Vaccinated Before Seniors Despite Anger Among Seniors, Questions By Scientists

A retired school teacher with health conditions told The Lund Report that “if I get this I die,” referring to the novel coronavirus.

Jan 20, 2021
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A statue outside the Oregon Capitol. | ALEX VISSER/THE LUND REPORT

COVID-19, Health Care Funding In Full Legislative Agenda

Issues related to the pandemic are certain to dominate the session but there are plenty of other proposals in the works, including legislation on a public option.

Jan 19, 2021
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BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina''s headquarters in Durham, North Carolina./BCBSNC

Regence's Owners Fined By Washington State Over Arrest

The $10,000 fine stems from the arrest in June 2019 of Dr. Patrick Conway who was set to become CEO of Cambia as part of a partnership deal.

Jan 17, 2021
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PeaceHealth plans to demolish builldings at it's Eugene university district site./Christian Wihtol/The Lund Report

PeaceHealth To Demolish Buildings At Hospital Site

The Vancouver, Washington-based company remains silent about its long-range plans for the Eugene site.

Jan 17, 2021
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