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Providence Portland Medical Center. | M.O. STEVENS/CC BY 3.0/WIKIMEDIA

Rate clash between Regence BlueCross BlueShield, Providence could affect 260,000

Regence is taking a reimbursement dispute public, saying its members could be deemed out-of-network starting early next year

Dec 4, 2023
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FTC chief gears up for a showdown with private equity

In the first Federal Trade Commission legal challenge against a private equity purchase of medical practices, the agency targeted one of the most aggressive firms building large, market-dominating medical groups

Dec 3, 2023

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Uncle Sam wants you … to help stop insurers’ bogus Medicare Advantage sales tactics

Federal officials encourage seniors and other members of the public to become fraud detectives by reporting misleading or deceptive sales tactics to 800-MEDICARE

Dec 2, 2023

PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center University District in Eugene, Ore. | COURTESY OF PEACEHEALTH

As Eugene's emergency room closes, the fire department plans to step up

With PeaceHealth's University District Hospital closing, local first responders are bracing

Dec 1, 2023

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

More than 1,700 PeaceHealth workers voting on tentative deal

Oregon and Washington workers in line for hefty raises

Dec 1, 2023

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The state’s climate benefit for low-income Oregonians is shrinking

State officials failed to persuade the federal government to embrace changes to an agreement around a climate-related devices such as air conditioners, and now are planning a scaled-down program for March

Nov 30, 2023
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Idaho’s infant, mother death rate is rising, new report finds

The report recommends that legislators in Oregon's bordering state revamp Medicaid coverage for children and mothers

Nov 30, 2023

Two bottles of Buprenorphine-Naloxone, a drug used to treat opioid use disorder. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Evolving overdose crisis shakes previously effective treatments

Buprenorphine and Suboxone have proved less effective against fentanyl, and commonly used doses can trigger violent, immediate withdrawal

Nov 30, 2023

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Medicare Advantage increasingly popular with seniors — but not hospitals and doctors

Hospital and medical groups are bristling at payment rates the plans impose and at what they say are onerous requirements for preapproval to deliver care and too many after-the-fact claim denials

Nov 30, 2023

Federal officials issued warnings about three apple cinnamon flavored fruit puree pouches that could contain high levels of lead, which is extremely dangerous to people, particularly to children. | COURTESY U.S. FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION

Several children in Oregon report adverse effects after eating lead-contaminated applesauce

State officials identified six cases of elevated blood lead levels in children related to the recall, including in Multnomah, Washington, Lake and Lincoln counties

Nov 30, 2023
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