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OHSU and Legacy Collaborate on Answers to State …

WEBAs part of the process, OHSU must pass muster with Oregon’s Health Care Marketplace Oversight program, a division of the Oregon Health Authority mandated by the state …

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A New Report Offers a Look Into Oregon’s Good, Bad and Ugly …

WEBOregon has weathered the pandemic in relatively good health, according to a new report out June 16 from the Commonwealth Fund, a century-old foundation that advocates for …

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Seeking to Grow Membership, AFSCME Leverages the Legislature …

WEBThe Oregon Health Authority provides Medicaid services through the Oregon Health Plan to more than 1 in 3 Oregonians. And 15.3% of Oregonians (about 650,000 people) …

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Emails Show Gov. Tina Kotek Overruled Staff’s Qualms About First …

WEBOn Jan. 17, for instance, Kotek wrote an email to chief of staff Andrea Cooper and Tibbs, with the subject line “next steps on behavioral health.”

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Legacy Health CEO Kathryn Correia to Retire as Purchase by OHSU …

WEBBy Anthony Effinger. April 17, 2024 at 1:12 pm PDT. Kathryn Correia, who has been chief executive at Legacy Health since June 2018, is retiring, prompting a change in …

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Doctors, Nurses Tell Legacy Health They Plan to Unionize as OHSU

WEBBy Anthony Effinger. September 28, 2023 at 1:22 pm PDT. Doctors, nurses and physician assistants at Legacy Health informed CEO Kathryn Correia today that they plan to …

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COVID Infections Are Rising Faster in Southwest Oregon Than …

WEBIn fourth place? The counties surrounding Eugene. Southwest Oregon is seeing the highest average daily growth rate of COVID cases in the past seven days of any hospital region …

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County Nurses Lay Out the Case for Firing Their Boss

WEBApril 25, 2024 at 12:54 pm PDT. This morning, eight Multnomah County corrections nurses hand-delivered a letter to county commissioners demanding the firing of their boss, …

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OHSU Gives Upper Management, Administrators $12.5 Million in …

WEBIn total, OHSU is handing out $12.5 million to just 2,000 of the university’s 19,765 workers. Most of the payouts will be made Oct. 13, the presentation said. Managers got notices …

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OHSU Buys Defaulted Office Building for $17.7 Million

WEBApril 25, 2024 at 7:01 pm PDT. Oregon Health & Science University went bottom-fishing in the Portland real estate market, purchasing the defaulted Crossing at First for $17.7 …

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The State’s Largest Provider of Community Mental Health and …

WEBRecords show it's in danger. In a Jan. 15 letter to the Oregon Health Authority that WW obtained through a public records request, Cascadia CEO Dr. Derald Walker asked …

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Multnomah County’s Cardiac Arrest Survival Rate Dropped 19

WEBThe 2023 rate fell 3 percentage points, according to data presented at recent EMS training and obtained by WW today from the county’s health department. That’s a 19% drop in a …

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Labor Unions Outraged at City Council for Mulling Plan to Reduce …

WEBBy Sophie Peel. April 16, 2024 at 4:10 pm PDT. The Portland City Council finds itself in a headlock with labor unions over health insurance benefits for city employees. At issue: …

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The State’s Leading Psychiatrist Says Oregon’s Approach to Mental

WEBKeepers noted that Oregon spends more per capita on mental health care than most states but our results are among the nation’s worst. Specifically, Keepers noted, Oregon …

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OHSU President Danny Jacobs Asks Medical School Dean to …

WEBDanny Jacobs, president of Oregon Health & Science University, has asked the respected dean of the medical school to resign his post over the way he handled the case of a …

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VA to Demand Productivity Increases From Employees to Fix …

WEBYesterday, a top official offered details into how cutbacks at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs could impact Portlanders. In an email obtained by WW, David L. Holt, …

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Striking Teachers’ Health Insurance Coverage Expires in December, …

WEBStriking Teachers’ Health Insurance Coverage Expires in December, and Portland Public Schools Spies Leverage State-level union calls the move “threatening,” “unlawful,” …

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Aimee Kotek Wilson’s Calendar Shows Widespread Involvement

WEBApril 26, 2024 at 8:41 pm PDT. First lady Aimee Kotek Wilson has ranged far and wide in the first 15 months of her wife’s administration, meeting with a variety of people who …

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Meieran Asks State to Take Over Multnomah County’s Mental …

WEBJanuary 18, 2024 at 4:37 pm PST. Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran called on Gov. Tina Kotek today to take over the county’s beleagured mental health …

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Providence Reports Nearly $1 Billion Loss for First Half of 2022

WEBBy Nigel Jaquiss. August 16, 2022 at 11:01 am PDT. Providence, the state’s largest health care provider, recorded a net operating loss of $934 million for the first half of 2022, the …

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National Institute of Corrections Recommends Sweeping Changes …

WEBJanuary 13, 2024 at 7:24 pm PST. A report submitted to Multnomah County on Jan. 12 by a National Institute of Corrections contractor calls for the sheriff to hire an independent …

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Prominent Adventist Doctor Charged With Raping His Daughter

WEBBy Lucas Manfield. April 18, 2024 at 6:03 pm PDT. Dennis Lippert, a prominent doctor at Adventist Health Portland, was arrested last month on charges of raping his now 12 …

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Mother of Portland Man Killed by Cannabis Extraction Machine …

WEBThe mother of a Portland man killed in a White City, Ore., warehouse explosion after a butane hash oil extraction machine malfunctioned is suing the owner of the company, as …

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