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May 4, 2012 -- Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center is pleased to announce its receiptof a $41May 4, 2012 -- Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center is pleased to announce its receiptof a $419,764 federal grant to support the transformation of its McMinnville Clinicinto a state-of-the-art patient-centered medical home for more underserved residentsof Yamhill County. This award was made by the Department of Health and HumanServices, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) with funding throughthe Affordable Care Act.

May 3, 2012 --Governor Kitzhaber and the Obama Administration today announced an agreement in principle to coordinate care for Medicaid beneficiaries in Oregon, through a new model of care that will reduce the cost trend in Oregon’s Medicaid program by at least two percentage points within two years while improving health outcomes.

May 2, 2012 -- When Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon decided to slash the medical benefits for people in the Portland metropolitan area, its management team could never have imagined the fury that it set off.“It represents a total destruction of having a choice of providers; the only reason I chose Regence was because of its large PPO network,” said one disgruntled member. “I feel squeezed out.”That woman spoke to The Lund Report on the condition that we wouldn’t disclose her identity for fear of repercussions from Regence.

May 2, 2012 – Three years ago, I started The Lund Report to become the watchdog of the healthcare industry in Oregon. Since then, we’ve brought you stories each and every week that you won’t find elsewhere and done it with a very lean budget – by relying on award-winning freelance journalists.

May 2, 2012 -- Good health is more than individual choices, said Kathleen O'Leary, public health administrator for Washington County, addressing a crowd of more than 300 people at the Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation's Fourth Annual Health Care Symposium yesterday in a conference hall at the Oregon Zoo.