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Lawmakers urged to protect Oregon Health Plan against threat of federal funding cuts
The Oregon Hospital Association is urging lawmakers to pass HB 2010-A, which would protect access to healthcare for 1.4 million patients in Oregon, as the state healthcare system faces a potential ...
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A landmark Oregon hospital staffing law wasn’t enough to avert a massive nurses strike
Law designed to fix hospital staffing issues House Bill 2697, enacted in 2023, made Oregon the second state to require hospitals meet minimum nurse-to-patient ratios, and the first to set those ...
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Oregon hospitals face financial strain as funding pressures threaten key health services
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Oregon's community hospitals are grappling with significant financial pressures that threaten their ability to serve as a critical safety net, said Becky Hultberg ...
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Oregon hospitals seek more state funding to close reimbursement gap
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Oregon hospitals are operating at a loss or often with thin profit margins, with patients boarding in emergency rooms and rural facilities forced to consider closing ...
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Oregon hospitals push to keep tax core to funding Medicaid
Oregon’s hospitals are lobbying to renew a tax on themselves, and on health insurance plans, that the state uses to shore up funding for the Oregon Health Plan, the Medicaid program that pays ...
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Providence and hospital doctors reach tentative agreement in Oregon's 27-day health care strike
Providence and dozens of doctors at a hospital in Portland, Oregon, have reached a tentative agreement after 27 days of strike PORTLAND, Ore. -- Providence and dozens of doctors at a hospital in ...
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Oregon hospitals seeks more funding to close reimbursement gap
Oregon hospitals are operating at a loss or often with thin profit margins, with patients boarding in emergency rooms and rural facilities forced to consider closing maternity wards. The space ...