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Ambitious Oregon universal health board launches amid questions

WEBThe board amounts to the latest state-led attempt to offer universal health care after others — including in Colorado and California — faltered over cost and …

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Oregon health care reforms need renewed focus, panel says

WEBToday, as the state prepares to consider revamping the program, some progress has been made — but far more needs to be done to address rising costs, …

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Insurance Giant UnitedHealth Expands Into Oregon Primary Care

WEBBig Profits From Clinics. Optum Health’s primary care and specialty clinics are giving the parent company a big financial boost. In 2021, Optum Health reported …

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Social Determinants of Health: A Case Study The Lund Report

WEBby Michael D. Rohwer, M.D., executive director of Curandi. March 8, 2018. The term “social determinants of health” (SDOH) is inescapable in the healthcare …

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OHSU and Legacy Health merger plan taking longer than expected

WEBDecember 5, 2023. Oregon Health & Science University and Legacy Health have missed their goal for completing a merger agreement and now hope to finalize their proposal to …

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New Report from PCDC Highlights Best Practices for Chronic Care

WEBNew York — The Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC) has released a new report that provides recommendations to support better health care, …

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Analysis: Six things to know about the big CareOregon merger

WEBThis article has been updated to incorporate additional reporting. State officials on Jan. 17 are scheduled to make Oregon health care history when they issue …

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FTC chief says tech advancements risk health care price fixing

WEBLina Khan, who has aggressively enforced antitrust regulations as FTC chair, is turning her attention to how technology is aiding anti-competitive practices in health …

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Pandemic handed big profits to companies serving the Oregon …

WEBSince the onset of the pandemic in early 2020 to early 2023, the insurers serving the Oregon Health Plan have collectively garnered profits of nearly $440 million. …

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Genetic Counselors Struggle To Keep Up With Huge New Demand

WEBErika Stallings’ mom was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 28. When it came back in her early 40s, her physicians started looking for clues.

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Blood Shortage Prompts Call for Donors The Lund Report

WEBPORTLAND, Ore. (Jan. 8, 2018) — This January, National Blood Donor Month, the American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood and platelet donors of all blood types …

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Oregon lawmakers want answers on insurance mandates’ cost, …

WEBOregon lawmakers are considering a bill that will give them more information on how proposed insurance coverage mandates would affect patient access and health care costs. House Bill 4091 would establish the Health Insurance Mandate Review Advisory Committee, a six-member panel tasked with answering key questions about how …

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Oregon’s Biggest Hospitals Feel Worst Financial Pinch From …

WEBThe four-hospital Oregon group as a whole reported an operating loss of $3 million in the first three quarters of 2021. Salem Health:Salem Hospital, the flagship of …

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About Us The Lund Report

WEBThe Lund Report is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit, online news source. We exist to provide people in Oregon and southwest Washington with high-quality journalism about …

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Oregon Legislature’s 2024 session looks packed with health care

WEBLawmakers will take up major health care issues in the five-week session as well as potential Measure 110 changes. Oregon Senate leaders spoke to reporters …

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Oregon Health Care Workers Increasingly Turn To Unions

WEBThe state’s health care workers are increasingly turning to labor unions and organizing, bargaining and seeking better pay and working conditions two years after …

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Hundreds decry UnitedHealth’s proposed purchase of Corvallis …

WEBHundreds of residents in the Corvallis area and across the state have lined up to oppose health care giant UnitedHealth Group buying the physician-owned Corvallis Clinic. But …

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Multnomah County corrections health employees demand …

WEBEmployees at Multnomah County’s jails have asked elected officials to remove top corrections health managers in light of a union vote of no confidence. In an April 25 …

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Your doctor or your insurer

WEBBart Klion, 95, and his wife, Barbara, faced a tough choice in January: The upstate New York couple learned that this year they could keep either their private, …

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Legacy Health CEO Kathryn Correia announces retirement

WEBKathryn Correia will step down as president and CEO of Legacy Health after nearly six years leading the Portland-based hospital chain. The retirement …

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Press Release: Nova Health Announces New Brand In Lane And …

WEBOctober 21, 2019. Nova Health, a comprehensive provider of quality urgent care, primary care, physical therapy, and musculoskeletal services in Lane and Douglas counties, …

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