Health

The Trump administration has appealed the judge’s decision that made this possible, though it’s unclear if it would try to claw the food benefit money back from even if it prevails.

Will make it easier for CareOregon members to access care within Legacy Health System.

Feds send mixed messages, and timeline remains unclear for when 750,000 Oregonians might receive November food benefits.

The company cut a huge swath of its workforce after pulling out of Oregon Health Plan around Portland and Eugene.

“This isn’t complicated—people need to eat,” said Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield in a statement announcing the suit.

Corvallis-based Samaritan Health Services announced this week it is integrating with a larger health system based in Washington State, months after an earlier consolidation effort with a different entity fell through.

The Oregon Department of Human Services on Monday began sending notices of the looming freeze to the Oregonians who receive benefits through the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Urgent care locations in the Pearl District and on Williams Avenue among those getting shuttered.

Health system blames shortage of specialized clinicians.

At 7 am, thousands of Portland area Kaiser Permanente nurses, lab workers and other staff went on strike, joining a massive temporary work stoppage across multiple states.

Lawrence Furnstahl is leaving when OHSU, like many hospital systems, is struggling to contain costs.

It's scuttling a program that the state had earlier argued would help ensure continuous health care for inmates as they reenter society.