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WEBUniversity of Oregon to host talk on climate change impacts to public health. The Lund Report is an independent, nonpartisan news service that exists to produce high-quality journalism about health care in Oregon and southwest Washington.
Harney County Health District sued for $1 million
WEBAug 15, 2024 · A new $1 million lawsuit accuses the Harney County Health District of negligence over a two-hour response time it faults for a woman's death. The district, one of several in Oregon, operates Harney District Hospital as well as an ambulance service. It's the latter at issue in the suit filed over Shirley Byram's death late last year.
Our founder's message: Why I’m stepping back from ... - The Lund …
WEBAug 13, 2024 · Realizing there was still a need to expose the health care industry, I launched The Lund Report as an independent news source in 2008. Supporters rallied around me, including state health official Rocky King, advocate Ellen Pinney, FamilyCare Health CEO Jeff Heatherington, Susan Prows and Northwest Health Foundation leader Thomas Aschenbrener.
Analysis: Six things to know about the big CareOregon merger
WEBJan 16, 2024 · This article has been updated to incorporate additional reporting. State officials on Jan. 17 are scheduled to make Oregon health care history when they issue a recommendation on whether to approve the merger of CareOregon — a Portland-based nonprofit that provides care to 500,000 low-income people — into a California-based entity known as SCAN Group.
Drug middlemen say Pharma sets prices. Then why do middlemen …
WEBAug 6, 2024 · Pharmacy middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers deny claims that they’re responsible for the inflating cost of medicine. They say that big drugmakers are the sole culprits for the sticker shock you or whomever pays for your insurance experiences at the pharmacy counter.
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 announcement came after Correia had been on medical leave for months, the length of which had sparked speculation that a transition could be on the way. Legacy will bring back its well-respected ...
Data Portal: Drug prevention in Oregon classrooms - The Lund …
WEBJanuary 11, 2024. This data portal was published as part of "Unsupported: Addiction prevention in Oregon classrooms", a public-service journalism collaboration. Its contents reflect what was true at its time of publication on Jan. 11, 2024. Until now, no public analysis has looked at how substance use prevention is taught in Oregon's public ...
State Health Policy - The Lund Report
WEBOregon’s landmark evidence-based coverage program is going away, but what’s next is unclear. For three decades the state has used public meetings and research to decide what services are covered under the Oregon Health Plan. Officials are deciding how to reorganize the program, but little has been shared publicly about their plans.
Federal court oversight of Oregon State Hospital enters new phase
WEBAug 6, 2024 · Oregon’s lack of behavioral health treatment beds continues to provide new and expanding employment for lawyers, as long-running litigation around the Oregon State Hospital increasingly has put a federal court in charge of managing its day-to-day operations. Based on a lawsuit filed 22 years ago, the …
OHSU, Legacy agree to merge, but state and feds must approve
WEBMay 30, 2024 · Under the deal, financial powerhouse OHSU — a state public agency — would use its bonding capacity to raise $1 billion over 10 years to upgrade Legacy’s footprint of six hospitals, five in Oregon and one in Washington. Legacy, financially wobbly, would likely have trouble undertaking that scope of work on its own.
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