Fancy OHSU State Mental Health Tracker Leaves Lawmaker Underwhelmed
Few can access the new real time bed capacity data that OHSU team is working to collect. And of those who do have access, very few are consulting it to coordinate treatment for patients with mental health and addiction problems.
Oregon May Have Overpaid Medicaid Administrators by Millions, Audit Finds
Secretary of State’s Office traces overpayments to cases where one Oregon Health Plan member got counted multiple times. It says duplicates are rare, but still imperil federal funding. And it has ideas for how state systems could improve.
Providence St. Vincent Will Build Women’s Hospital With Huge New Donation From the Knights
The $1.1 billion gift is one of the largest ever to a U.S. health care institution. Funding also will be routed to Providence’s cardiovascular program.
As Federal Law Kicks In, Oregon Health Plan Will Soon Be Harder for Thousands to Get
In the coming weeks, more than 600,000 Oregonians on the Oregon Health Plan are set to get letters notifying them that they may soon be subject to new work or activity rules if they want to keep the health coverage.
Forensic Report on High-Profile Portland Shooting Undermines Trump Administration Account
The feds said a U.S Border Patrol agent was in the path of a truck when he shot its occupants in East Portland. A newly-released forensic analysis says otherwise.
Updated COVID-19 Vaccines Now Available in Oregon
COVID rates in Oregon and across the U.S. are low but increasing, with slightly higher concentration in the West and South, according to federal data.
Oregon Shroom Facilitators Revolt Against Fee Hike Plan
The state says its trying to raise more money to support its psilocybin program. Critics say making licenses more expensive will make less people likely to get them at all.
Oregon Paid Consultants Handsomely to Recruit a Hospital Chief. Two Years On, the Search Continues.
The Oregon Health Authority says it has paid Spirit Consulting nearly $1 million to recruit for key jobs, mostly at its troubled psychiatric hospital. What did that money buy?
Many Small Health Systems Have Been Hoovered Up. Rejecting This Fate, Rural Oregon Hospitals Are Uniting.
Many independent hospitals are very wary of joining a bigger system. The newly-formed “Cascades Rural High Value Network” is supposed to produce some of the upsides without ceding independence.
Massive Oregon Health Care Disruption Is (Mostly) Averted as Regence and OHSU Resolve Dispute
Deal would preserve in-network access to OHSU for most—though not all—members of one of the largest health insurance operators in the state.










