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Dentists are pulling ‘healthy’ and treatable teeth to profit from implants, experts warn. This year, Oregon started requiring dentists to complete 56 hours of hands-on training before placing any implants following dozens of state investigations of botched surgeries and other implant failures. Nov 12. A pile of flowers and a note eulogizing ...
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Ambitious Oregon universal health board launches amid questions
Apr 18, 2024 · The board amounts to the latest state-led attempt to offer universal health care after others — including in Colorado and California — faltered over cost and feasibility questions. Oregon continues to struggle with escalating health care costs, and backers hope the board will succeed where others have failed.
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Analysis: Six things to know about the big CareOregon merger
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.
Hundreds decry UnitedHealth’s proposed purchase of Corvallis …
Feb 26, 2024 · Discounted rates available. Hundreds 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 some critics of the deal fear that if the state bars the purchase, an even worse fate awaits: the 11-clinic, three-county chain will close.
Oregon health care reforms need renewed focus, panel says
Apr 25, 2024 · Roughly 300 attended the “Oregon’s health crossroads” panel organized by the Oregon Health Forum, a sister organization of The Lund Report. It was moderated by journalist Emily Harris. The discussion provided a close-up look at how Hathi, who started in the job in January, will interact with the policies she inherited.
OHSU, Legacy submit long-delayed paperwork for proposed merger
This article has been updated to incorporate additional reporting. Oregon Health & Science University and Portland-based Legacy Health hospital chain have submitted their long-awaited application for state approval of a proposed merger, launching a new phase of scrutiny for the proposed deal. Having announced the idea more than a year ago, the public research university and six-hospital ...
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Feb 2, 2023 · PeaceHealth to acquire four Providence clinics in Vancouver. As OHSU proposes to take over Legacy's Vancouver hospital, the Catholic health systems cite PeaceHealth’s stronger local foothold. Oct 3. Premium. Rep. Travis Nelson, a nurse, speaks at a conference held by CCO Oregon, on Wednesday in Salem as Rep. Lisa Reynolds, a physician ...
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Unexpected signups fuel $260 million budget hole at Oregon Health Authority. Unexpectedly high enrollment numbers in the Oregon Health Plan will cost ‘a big chunk of change’ official says, and agency officials now will ask lawmakers for help funding that care as well as for unplanned staffing costs at the Oregon State Hospital. Oct 22.