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.
Low-Key Salem Health Becomes Financial Powerhouse
WEBJan 27, 2020 · In 2006, it reported a profit of $33 million on revenues of $370 million, for a profit margin of 8.9 percent. After a little more than 10 years of rapid expansion, in 2018, the profit hit $103 million on revenues of $825 million, for a profit margin of 12.5 percent. The hospital accounts for about 90 percent of Salem Health’s overall revenues.
Briefly: In Sudden Move, OHSU Demotes Chair of Anesthesiology ...
WEBby Lynne Terry. July 18, 2018. In a sudden move, Oregon Health & Science University officials have demoted the head of their anesthesiology department. Dr. Sharon Anderson, dean of OHSU’s School of Medicine, asked Dr. Jeffrey Kirsch to step down from his leadership position last week, informing staff in a note: “Earlier today, John Hunter ...
Oregon Health Care Workforce Diversity Still A Long Way Off
WEBMar 9, 2021 · Oregon’s health care workforce is becoming more diverse, but far too slowly to match the changing racial makeup of its residents, a new state report says. Nearly 82 % of Oregon’s health care workers were white as of January 2020, higher than the 76 % found in the state’s overall population, according to the Oregon Health Care Workforce ...
Oregon health systems require some masking despite end of …
WEBApr 4, 2023 · The Lund Report reached out to Oregon’s major health systems to see what they would continue to require. Of those that responded, some will have more relaxed masking requirements. But patients and visitors can expect to mask up in more sensitive areas. More widespread masking could return along …
Hundreds of millions are being siphoned out of Oregon Health Plan
WEBDec 19, 2023 · Nine regional Oregon Health Plan insurers, including Centene’s Oregon subsidiary, Trillium Community Health Plan, have paid out a total of more than $300 million in dividends to the companies that own them. To put that in context, the state of Washington recently spent $30 million to buy a much-needed 100-bed behavioral health hospital.
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 ...
Feds Will Penalize 21 Oregon Hospitals For High Readmissions
WEBNov 8, 2022 · Here are the Oregon hospitals that will be penalized in 2023, along with the percentage by which their Medicare payments will be reduced: Sky Lakes Medical Center, Klamath Falls — 0.65%. Adventist Health Portland, Portland — 0.55%. Samaritan Albany General Hospital, Albany — 0.51%. McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center, …
RAND Corp. Undertakes Analysis of Single-Payer Health System
WEBMay 20, 2016. Supporters of a single-payer healthcare system couldn’t be more pleased that the RAND Corporation was chosen to conduct an in-depth study on the most feasible way to achieve universal coverage. Its work should be completed by Nov. 1, in time for legislators to debate the merits when they gather in Salem next February.
Oregon Health Authority Responds to Conservative Media Barrage
WEBJul 19, 2022 · Discounted rates available. Two weeks after an Oregon Health Authority email became fodder for conservative media criticism, Director Pat Allen has issued a statement defending the employee who wrote it and stressing the agency’s dedication to fighting racism. On July 2, a writer for Reason, a libertarian magazine, highlighted a snippet of ...
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