Oct 2, 2024 · I watched with interest the CCO of Oregon meeting on Wednesday. Being a dentist with long interest and history with all things Medicaid dental, I have to say as long as we have a system that treats the results of the dental infection rather than the infection, more money will be needed as both Dr. Javadi and Pham stated.

Dec 30, 2024 · This article has been updated and expanded to incorporate additional reporting. Oregon likely is on the brink of the largest health care strike in state history, with more than 4,000 nurses as well as some doctors and other providers across Providence Health’s eight hospitals in Oregon prepared to go out on strike Jan. 10 if the health system doesn’t improve upon the pay increases and ...

Oct 29, 2024 · Two Oregon cities, Hillsboro and Lebanon, are holding votes on whether to fluoridate their tap water amid increasing national debate questioning the practice’s safety versus its benefits to oral health. In Hillsboro, the City Council put on the ballot an advisory measure asking voters if the city should start adding fluoride to …

At least 456 people experiencing homelessness died in 2023, according to an annual report from the Multnomah County Health Department published Friday.

Nov 7, 2024 · This article has been updated with additional comment from Oregon Health & Science University. One of the most influential voices in Oregon health care, former Gov. John Kitzhaber, has gone public with concerns that the proposed takeover of Legacy Health hospitals and clinics by Oregon Health & Science University “raises more questions than answers.”

Jan 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.

Dec 10, 2024 · Gayle Williams-Brett is frequently overwhelmed by the responsibility of caring for her severely disabled mother, who lives with her in a two story brownstone in Brooklyn.

In southern Oregon, an emergency housing program shelters people while they are waiting to enter residential addiction treatment. Two providers teamed up to start the program, called waitlist emergency housing, within the last two years. The goal …

Oct 10, 2024 · A new look at the state’s historically troubled $416 million eligibility system found that enrollment and benefit errors during the pandemic largely were not the fault of its automated processes, providing counterpoint to the state's earlier record in costly IT projects

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