The Lund Report
WEBUniversity of Oregon to host talk on climate change impacts to public health. The Lund Report is an independent, nonpartisan news service that exists to produce high-quality journalism about health care in Oregon and southwest Washington.
Latest News - The Lund Report
WEBAsante Rogue sued for $303 million over claims that fentanyl swaps infected patients. The new lawsuit on behalf of 18 patients — half of them now deceased — represents the latest challenge for a health system that struggled financially before this year. Drug possession is a crime again in Oregon. Here’s what you need to know.
State Public Health Director Rachael Banks leaving for a top job at ...
WEBSep 25, 2023 · Oregon Public Health Director Rachael Banks is leaving the state to head Multnomah County’s Health Department. Multnomah County announced on Monday that Chair Jessica Vega Pederson has appointed Banks as director of the department, overseeing nearly $449 million annual budget and more than 1,595 full-time employees.
About Us - The Lund Report
WEBThe Lund Report is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit, online news source. We exist to provide people in Oregon and southwest Washington with high-quality journalism about health care that promotes awareness and understanding of pressing issues while holding government and industry accountable. Our reporting seeks to reflect and respond to ...
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.
Insurance Giant UnitedHealth Expands Into Oregon Primary Care
WEBApr 21, 2022 · Big Profits From Clinics. Optum Health’s primary care and specialty clinics are giving the parent company a big financial boost. In 2021, Optum Health reported $4.4 billion in profits on $54 billion in revenue, a sizeable chunk of UnitedHealth’s overall profit of $16 billion on revenues of $287 billion. Optum Health has grown fast.
Oregon Health Authority workplace investigations took years
WEBBut since 2021, what’s depicted in the records indicates that: At least 15 investigations took more than a year to complete. Two of those took longer than two years to complete, and three other cases still under investigation date back to 2022. Of the health authority’s 26 active investigations, 12 have remained open longer than the 120-day ...
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 ...
Personal Trauma Motivates Naito Family To Invest $1 Million In …
WEBApr 5, 2019 · Anne Naito-Campbell (second from left) announced a $1 million donation to Lines for Life on Friday. Dwight Holton ( left) is the nonprofit's CEO./Jessica Floum/The Lund Report. Anne Naito-Campbell felt appalled when a judge ruled that the man who allegedly sexually assaulted her daughter was not guilty.
Beset by unique, severe financial woes, Coos Bay hospital struggles ...
WEBApr 11, 2023 · With the onset of the pandemic, the hospital barely broke even in the fiscal year ending June 2020, then reported a $10 million operating loss the following fiscal year, capped by the $61 million loss on operating revenues of $182 million. Some unusual chronic factors have driven the hospital’s historically tight finances.
Skip to content