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A hallway in OHSU's main campus in Portland in September 2024 | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Physicians group raises concerns over OHSU-Legacy merger

The Oregon Academy of Family Physicians says patients may pay more to see doctors, urges officials to demand a plan to boost access and address the statewide primary care shortage
Mar 6
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James Schroeder is taking over as CEO of Cascadia Health. | COURTESY OF CASCADIA HEALTH

Cascadia Health names James Schroeder to lead it as longtime CEO Derald Walker retires

With Walker hanging it up after 17 years, Schroeder will move from being his deputy to taking the top job at the nonprofit behavioral health provider. He previously worked as CEO of Health Share of Oregon and as interim director of the Oregon Health Authority.
Mar 5
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Dr. Win Kyin worked in primary care in Myanmar before fleeing the country, but she ran into roadblocks when she tried to get licensed to practice medicine in the U.S. Kyin pictured here on March 3 at the IRCO Pacific Islander and Asian Family Center. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

States facing doctor shortages ease licensing rules for foreign-trained physicians

Amid doctor shortages, several states have stopped requiring foreign-trained providers to repeat residencies before they’re fully licensed. Critics say patients could be harmed because of the loosened training requirements.
Mar 4
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Members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation participate in a drumming demonstration at a conference in 2017. | COURTESY/OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

For Indian Country, federal cuts decimate core tribal programs

Tribal services aren’t national altruism. They’re written into centuries-old treaties.
Mar 4
Senate Judiciary Death with Dignity
Drs. Sharon Quick and Brick Lantz (upper panels), as well as psychologist Angela Plowhead (lower left), testify against a bill that would make far-reaching changes to the Oregon Death with Dignity law during a Oregon Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on March 3, 2025. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Senators hear passionate arguments over how terminally ill patients end their lives in Oregon

Critics, including the Oregon Medical Association, say a proposal to update state’s Death with Dignity law would rush the process with harmful results
Mar 4
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The Oregon House of Representatives convenes on inauguration day at the Capitol in Salem, Ore., Jan. 9, 2023. On Feb. 27, 2025, the House passes a bill to raise billions of federal dollars for Oregon's Medicaid program by a margin of 40-15, with six Republicans voting to approve. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

6 Republicans join Democrats, pass Medicaid funding bill in the Oregon House

Without legislative action both taxes will sunset in the next two years, leaving a $1.1 billion hole in the state’s budget
Mar 1
Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay. | COURTESY BAY AREA HOSPITAL.

Union wants to keep Coos Bay hospital in public hands

With a Tennessee-based firm poised to take over operation of Bay Area Hospital, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 says a few changes and a temporary loan are what's needed to get the facility breaking even again
Feb 27
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