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Oregon Health Care Workers Increasingly Turn To Unions
网页2022年6月21日 · 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 ...
‘It’s crazy out there’: The reasons behind Oregon’s deepening drug ...
网页2023年5月30日 · Some police and prosecutors say Measure 110 is the reason behind a substance abuse crisis that appears out of control. “Since Ballot Measure 110 passed, unequivocally, the price of fentanyl has, in Oregon, dropped precipitously, availability has increased exponentially,” Mygrant, the assistant U.S. Attorney said.
Oregon Prepares To Expand Coverage to Undocumented Adults
网页2021年12月28日 · The free coverage offered under the Oregon Health Plan will soon be open to people regardless of their immigration status. “Cover All People,” which the Legislature passed in the 2021 regular session through House Bill 3352, will extend the Medicaid-funded Oregon Health Plan to low-income adults who are undocumented …
Frequently asked questions as Oregon finalizes psychedelic …
网页2023年8月10日 · Questions, confusion and concerns abound as the Oregon Health Authority finalizes the regulatory framework to manufacture psilocybin, or psychedelic mushrooms, and administer it to treat anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction.
Analysis: Six things to know about the big CareOregon merger
网页2024年1月16日 · 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 …
In fight over Medicare payments, the hospital lobby shows its …
网页2024年2月13日 · The House legislation would save Medicare an estimated $3.7 billion over a decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office. To put this in perspective, the program is projected to pay hospitals upward of $2 trillion during that same period. But hospitals have long argued that any adoption of site-neutral payments would force them …
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网页Deadly high blood pressure during pregnancy is on the rise. More pregnant women are being diagnosed with dangerously high blood pressure, which risks the life of the parent and child. Montana is one of the states improving screening and treatment as health facilities work to match care with best practices. Sep 26.
Hospital physicians at Legacy Health likely to unionize
网页2023年11月16日 · Nevertheless, Seymour and nearly 200 of his colleagues at the eight Legacy Health System hospitals in Oregon are on the brink of formalizing the realization that they don’t have quite as much autonomy as they’d like. After counting votes on Friday morning, organizers expect to announce the formation of the newest hospitalists union in …
Southern Oregon social service company founders charged with …
网页2024年8月13日 · A lawyer for a prominent southern Oregon disability services and support organization, Rever Grand, says recent indictments accusing its cofounders of health care fraud are unrelated to its operations despite the filings’ mention of the company in multiple locations. A grand jury in Josephine County indicted Jolene Sesso and Raymond …