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New Alzheimer’s drug raises hopes — along with questions

Medicare has said it will pay for Leqembi, but medical providers are cautious. Here’s what patients should know.

Aug 15, 2023

Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center in Hillsboro. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Promising better, cheaper care, Kaiser Permanente’s national expansion faces wide skepticism

Kaiser says acquiring Pennsylvania-based Geisinger would be the first step in the creation of a new national health care organization called Risant Health

Aug 15, 2023

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It’s very hot in Oregon — drink water, find air conditioning, check on your neighbors

Temperatures in much of Oregon are expected to surge well above 100 on Monday and Tuesday, with much of the I-5 corridor under an air quality advisory as well

Aug 15, 2023

Cannabis at Sol Sisters Farms in Oregon. The state legalized recreational use of marijuana in 2015. | OREGON DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Study: Marijuana use increases among young adults after legalization

Nationally, rates of cannabis use and cannabis use disorder are up among non-college-attending young adults and use is up slightly among students

Aug 15, 2023

Washington state will acquire Cascade Behavioral Health Hospital after purchasing it for nearly $30 million. | WASHINGTON STATE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE

Washington state completes acquisition of shuttered Tukwila psychiatric hospital

The nearly $30 million purchase is expected to add 100 new beds for patients who are committed to state hospital care

Aug 15, 2023

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Prospects of saving Baker City hospital birth center fade

Elected officials say hospital owner Trinity Health is backtracking on staffing to continue obstetrics unit at Saint Alphonsus

Aug 14, 2023
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St. Charles may cut ties with Medicare Advantage plans that cover more than 20,000 seniors

Seniors who depend on the Central Oregon health system’s network could face higher premiums and should start researching new plans as open enrollment begins in October.

Aug 14, 2023
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Nurses and other health care workers along with their supporters took to the picket lines outside Providence Portland Medical Center on Monday as the state’s largest nurses union called a five-day strike. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Nurses declare victory in negotiations with Providence in Portland, Seaside

A notice from the Oregon Nurses Association to members before any official announcement called the tentative contracts 'historic,' but talks continue for home health care nurses

Aug 11, 2023
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Measure 110 program manager resigns, says state was ‘maliciously negligent’

Angela Carter said Oregon Health Authority ignored repeated requests for staffing and resources and fostered secrecy and manipulation as the drug decriminalization law rolled out

Aug 11, 2023
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Rights group accuses Marion County judges of ‘obstructing’ state hospital discharges

In a new filing, Disability Rights Oregon says some judges and other officials are thwarting a federal court order intended to open up beds at the state psychiatric facility

Aug 10, 2023
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