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Holding cells at the Josephine County Jail. | DAVE BLANCHARD/OPB

A health care goliath operating in jails in Oregon and Washington files for bankruptcy

Wellpath’s move could impact at least one wrongful death case out of Southern Oregon

Nov 14, 2024

A doctor using a digital tablet. | SHUTTERSTOCK

State regulators know health insurance directories are full of wrong information. They’re doing little to fix it.

Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services conducts spot checks of provider networks to see if listings are accurate, but does not track results. It hasn’t issued a fine for directory errors since 2019.

Nov 14, 2024

Unity Center for Behavioral Health is in Northeast Portland.

Health authority is flouting new Biden anti-discrimination rules, hospitals claim

A federal court battle over who should care for severely mentally ill people is evolving as advocates join hospitals in saying the state neglects its obligations

Nov 14, 2024
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Oregon Health & Science University at night. | OHSU/CHRISTINE TORRES HICKS

OHSU paused live-pig training for OB/GYN residents after ‘many’ opted out

Records indicate a years-long pressure campaign by animal rights activists may be bearing fruit, and in light of the pause the group PETA says it will temporarily stop protesting at board meetings

Nov 12, 2024
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Dentists are pulling ‘healthy’ and treatable teeth to profit from implants, experts warn

This year, Oregon started requiring dentists to complete 56 hours of hands-on training before placing any implants following dozens of state investigations of botched surgeries and other implant failures

Nov 12, 2024

A pile of flowers and a note eulogizing Bobby Smallwood, a security officer for Legacy Health, sit outside the Good Samaritan Medical Center, where he was killed during a confrontation on July 30, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Family of slain Legacy security guard files $35 million lawsuit against hospital system

Complaint alleges management repeatedly failed to follow its own safety policies

Nov 12, 2024
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Washington’s rural maternity wards are struggling to stay afloat

Rural hospitals are supporting a bill, co-sponsored by Democratic U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington and Democratic U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, to increase Medicaid reimbursements for rural hospitals and provide other support

Nov 12, 2024

A vial of liquid methadone | SHUTTERSTOCK

Medicaid funding for addiction treatment has not slowed national overdose deaths, OHSU study finds

An Oregon Health & Science University study found states cannot slow the opioid crisis solely with more flexibility to use Medicaid funding for addiction treatment

Nov 12, 2024

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

Attacks on behavioral health workers prompt push for safer workplaces

Violence at behavioral health facilities has a task force honing recommendations that could ensure a worker need never be alone with a client they feel is a threat

Nov 12, 2024
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Health experts outline how Trump administration could affect abortion, contraception access

Trump cannot enact nationwide laws or abortion bans without Congress, but he and the people he picks for key federal posts will have significant influence on reproductive rights nationwide

Nov 12, 2024

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