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Partners in Care, Inc is a nonprofit hospice provider that runs the only inpatient facility of its kind in Oregon east of the Cascades.

Central Oregon hospice sues feds over challenged Medicare claims

One of a declining number of nonprofit hospice providers, Partners In Care leaders have successfully defended the vast majority of disputed claims. Now they've sued to erase the rest while challenging government methods, in a case that could have 'huge ramifications.'

Apr 11, 2024
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Dana Williams, top, and Khalyson McDuffie, doulas with Birth in Color, a Virginia group that offers doula services for pregnant patients of color and training for local maternal health care workers to combat racial bias, participate in a doula simulation training session. Some states are mandating implicit bias training. | COURTESY OF KENDA SUTTON-EL/BIRTH IN COLOR

To close racial gap in maternal health, some states take aim at implicit bias

Black, Hispanic and Indigenous pregnant patients often report facing unfair treatment at hospitals and clinics

Apr 11, 2024

Nurses at Legacy Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

As demand for nurses rises, OHSU expands nursing program to central Oregon

Central Oregon will be the third spot for OHSU’s accelerated bachelor’s degree in nursing, which already is available in Portland and Ashland

Apr 11, 2024

Pediatrician Patricia Braun (left) and registered dental hygienist Valerie Cuzella, who works with Braun and other Denver Health pediatricians, sit in Cuzella's office. | KATE RUDER/FF HEALTH NEWS

Doctors take on dental duties to reach low-income and uninsured patients

Oral health is increasingly being integrated into medical checkups for children, pregnant women, and others who cannot afford or do not have easy access to dentists

Apr 11, 2024

The Oregon Health Authority headquarters in Salem on Nov. 8, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS

Oregon maternal health employee indicted in Texas

An Oregon Health Authority employee has been accused of exporting marijuana to a Texas crime ring

Apr 9, 2024
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Two bottles of Buprenorphine-Naloxone, a drug used to treat opioid use disorder. | SHUTTERSTOCK

More kids are dying of drug overdoses. Could pediatricians do more to help?

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends offering a medication that curbs cravings to teens addicted to opioids. But few report doing so.

Apr 9, 2024

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Hospitals cash in on a private equity-backed trend: concierge physician care

Critics of concierge physician practices say they contribute to primary care shortages while catering to the wealthy. Backers say it's better to give world-class care to a few than inadequate care to many.

Apr 9, 2024

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Idaho is losing OB-GYNs after strict abortion ban. But health exceptions unlikely this year

Idaho medical leaders say the state is losing critical workforce as physicians are fleeing out of fears of incurring potentially stiff penalties under the state's abortion ban.

Apr 9, 2024

OREGON MEDICAL GROUP IS A MAJOR PROVIDER IN LANE COUNTY,/CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/THE LUND REPORT

Lane County patients turned away from Oregon Medical Group in possible corporate pinch

Physicians have left Oregon Medical Group, which is owned by national health care giant Optum. The situation has renewed fears about large corporations and other investors' influence over medical practices.

Apr 9, 2024

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Oregon regulators missed ‘red flags’ leading to senior’s death in Sandy care facility, ombudsman says

Ki Soon “Harmony” Hyun died after she wandered away from the facility. The state’s licensing officials waited nearly one month after to enter the facility, where they found a range of concerns, a watchdog found.

Apr 9, 2024

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