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The Sauna Business Surges in Oregon
It’s a sauna boomtime. Also a boomtime, perhaps, for legally ambiguous cold plunges.
Oregon’s Largest Home Health Care Network Could Soon Be Under New, Private Equity-Backed Management
Oregon is poised to OK major deal between nonprofit Providence and for-profit Compassus—under certain conditions.
Oregon Court Paves Way for Washington County Ban on Flavored Tobacco
Meanwhile, Multnomah County awaits a ruling of its own on it’s own delayed efforts to prohibit the sale of flavored synthetic nicotine and tobacco products.
Multnomah County Budget Proposal Would Mean Cuts to Oregon Youth Crisis Hotline
Weeks after a national study showed crisis hotlines reduced suicides in young people, a youth hotline could lose 8% of its funding if Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson’s proposed budget goes through.
In Retreat, Health System Drops Plans to Outsource Eugene Area Emergency Departments to Out-of-State Firm
Lawmakers, providers hail victory for Oregon’s newly-bolstered law limiting corporate control of medical practices.
In Oregon and Beyond, a Built-Out Crisis Hotline Shows Promising Results
Researchers finds the suicide rate to be 11% lower than projected among young people after the 988 crisis hotline launched.
In a Warning Shot, Oregon Insurance Regulators Oust Alternative Health Plan From the State
State takes first enforcement action against health care sharing arrangement since 2021.
How a Schism Grew Ugly Between a Popular OHSU Doctor and the Dean
A prominent faculty member accuses the dean of the School of Medicine of gender discrimination—and threatens to sue.
‘New Strategic Direction’: Layoffs Hit Portland’s Knight Cancer Institute
The news of the cuts comes less than a year after the institute announced a mighty $2 billion windfall from the Nike fortune of Phil and Penny Knight.
Quietly Powerful Multnomah County Health Board Ousts New Chair
Chambers said she did not think her removal was reasonable, though she acknowledged that the matter was still raw. She also acknowledged there is a bigger story here.
Before OHSU CEO’s Abrupt Ouster, He Made Some Colleagues Uneasy
Tarek Salaway said his firing was retaliation after he raised serious concerns about the medical center. Internal documents suggest there is more to the story.
Measles Reported at Southeast Portland Middle School
Health officials announced that, for several days early this month, people at Centennial Middle School were exposed to the respiratory virus.