Government
Oregon House passes bill to tax oral nicotine products, direct funds to wildfire mitigation
The Oregon House in a 37-8 vote on Monday passed a bill to create a new tax on ...
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Government
No relief coming for Oregon’s struggling pharmacies as bill fails
Lawmakers couldn’t find a compromise on a bill to regulate pharmacy benefit managers Oregon lawmakers’ latest attempt ...
News
Botox injection in Multnomah County suspected of leading to potential botulism infection
Public health officials are warning that a botulism-like illness has been reported in Multnomah County and could be ...
Government
Oregon Health Authority seeking public input on Providence home health and hospice deal
The Oregon Health Authority is seeking public input on a proposal from Compassus, a home health provider, to acquire ...
News
Trump administration seeks Medicaid data from Oregon amid immigration crackdown
Federal officials are seeking personal enrollee data from the Medicaid-funded Oregon Health Plan as part of a crackdown ...
News
Providence discloses job cuts, citing darkening picture for hospital systems
Providence is cutting 134 jobs in Oregon and more than 450 across six other states, the not-for-profit health ...
News
Portland’s Hopewell House gets custom heart-shaped labyrinth
Hopewell House in Portland celebrated a custom-designed pathway for its nonprofit residential care facility on Thursday, June 12. ...
Business
Bill enacting nation’s strictest limits on corporate health care influence signed by Gov. Kotek
‘We need to make sure that our health care providers and our delivery system stays local,’ the governor ...
Business
A complete list of all the Rite Aid pharmacies closing in Oregon
Recent court filings have detailed which of Oregon’s Rite Aid locations are expected to close, rising to more ...
Business
OHSU board considers former VA official Shereef Elnahal for top job
Former Biden administration official Shereef Elnahal is under consideration to become the next president of Oregon Health & ...