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UC-San Francisco is pausing its long-running master’s program in nurse-midwifery and plans to shift to a lengthier, costlier doctoral program. Midwives criticized the move and questioned the university’s motivations at a time of serious shortages of maternal care workers.

The Oregon Medical Board scaled back the rule in response to physicians’ concerns, but Disability Rights Oregon says the new version could permit discrimination against patients with disabilities

While fighting potential fraud in government programs has long been a conservative rallying cry, recent criticisms of the Affordable Care Act represent a renewed line of attack on the program when repealing it is unlikely.

Well after the purchases of Mid-Columbia Medical Center and Kindred Hospice by Adventist Health and a private equity firm, respectively, officials want to know how they are doing

Some states are forcing drugmakers to continue to sell cheaper medications to thousands of pharmacies through a federal drug-discount program that the industry says is being abused

The Oregon College of Oriental Medicine is closing. Its graduates face one of the worst combinations of high debt and low earnings in the country.

They transmit viruses by biting infected humans, their favorite food

Neuro-oncologists are few in number, but after losing one to Providence, Oregon Health & Science University has hired two to help coordinate care.

Earlier this year Oregon lawmakers renamed physician assistants to be associates, and one PA says that’s appropriate — if a little challenging to explain

Pennant Group wants to acquire home health and hospice agencies from Signature Group, an affiliate of Avamere Health