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WEBThe Lund Report is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit, online news source. We exist to provide people in Oregon and southwest Washington with high-quality journalism about health care that promotes awareness and understanding of pressing issues while holding government and industry accountable. Our reporting seeks to reflect and respond to ...
Portland To Create First-Responder Program For Low-Level …
WEBOct 14, 2021 · Portland Fire & Rescue estimates they respond to roughly 28,000 of these low-level medical calls each year. Though many callers could be treated for their ailments at home, they will nevertheless be transported to a nearby hospital. Officials with the Portland Fire Bureau say the current system is wildly inefficient, clogging up emergency rooms ...
Washington pays $100M fine for neglecting mental health services ...
WEBDec 12, 2023 · Washington late last month paid a $100 million court-ordered fine for failing to provide mental health services to people in jail, even though the state wasn’t required to hand over the money until next year.
Bucking bottom-line gloom, OHSU racks up surprise profits as …
WEBJan 23, 2023 · In July-September, OHSU reported an operating loss of $5 million, compared to a budgeted $16 million loss. Then, in October-December, revenues jumped, creating a profit of $61 million, compared to an anticipated $13 million profit. Net patient revenue was up 12.6% in the second half of 2022 compared to the year-earlier period, while OHSU’s ...
Lack Of Affordable Housing Is Biggest Cause Of Homelessness, …
WEBMay 31, 2019. “Homelessness is caused by a lack of housing, full stop.”. It really is that simple, Dr. Margot Kushel, a professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco, told an audience Friday morning at the Oregon Health Forum. Homelessness, she said, can’t be blamed on an opioid epidemic or shortcomings in the mental ...
Legacy and Samaritan Health Merger Unlikely in Near Future
WEBMar 10, 2015 · Legacy and Samaritan Health Merger Unlikely in Near Future. In an interview yesterday, Larry Mullins, president of Samaritan Health Services, discussed the latest collaboration with Stanford Health Care and its cancer center. Late last year, the word on the street pointed to a potential merger between …
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.
Oregon Health Care Workers Increasingly Turn To Unions
WEBJun 21, 2022 · The state’s health care workers are increasingly turning to labor unions and organizing, bargaining and seeking better pay and working conditions two years after COVID-19 hammered the industry. The shift reflects concerns about safety in the health care industry and is part of a broader push to organize, from logistics workers at Amazon ...
Insurance Giant UnitedHealth Expands Into Oregon Primary Care
WEBApr 21, 2022 · Big Profits From Clinics. Optum Health’s primary care and specialty clinics are giving the parent company a big financial boost. In 2021, Optum Health reported $4.4 billion in profits on $54 billion in revenue, a sizeable chunk of UnitedHealth’s overall profit of $16 billion on revenues of $287 billion. Optum Health has grown fast.
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