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Director Sejal Hathi has submitted a budget to Gov. Tina Kotek that beefs up spending on residential treatment and the state's beleaguered behavioral health workforce, while offering potential cuts as well.

The hybrid model could save money for patients who would otherwise seek emergency room care for an urgent care-level problem. But the model is backed by private equity and advocates worry hospitals will steer patients to costlier options

The number of abortions performed in the U.S. has increased despite the Dobbs decision. But a smaller number of clinics are reporting increased demand at a time when abortion fund directors have raised alarms about declining revenue

The state's first-ever climate change vulnerability assessment focused on rural areas where resources to improve water treatment or plan responses to wildfires are more scarce

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.