New Oregon legal team tackles elder abuse in Medicaid
The new Department of Justice team has notched two criminal plea deals in the last three weeks, and has tackled seven caregiver cases since January 2023, focusing on mistreatment and neglect in Medicaid-funded care
Oregon agencies renew campaign urging people against excessive …
2024年11月26日 · Videos in English and Spanish show people drinking in a wide range of situations, including baby showers, interviews with people about how much they drink and posters linking drinking with liver disease and colorectal cancer
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Opinion: Top state officials need to ensure OHSU-Legacy merger ...
2024年11月19日 · Gov. Tina Kotek, Attorney General-elect Dan Rayfield and the Oregon Health Authority should fix the review process, demand more detail from Oregon Health & Science University and Legacy Health and ensure transparency before any merger is approved, according to a longtime Oregon health economist
Oregon, PCC May Intervene to Help Nursing Students Marooned …
2016年9月23日 · Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission is working to rescue almost 300 nursing students caught in limbo when ITT Technical Institutes shut its doors earlier this month, with Portland Community College possibly stepping in to take over the curriculum, allowing the students to to finish their educations and address the growing demand for nurses.
As Medicare enrollment launches for 2025, Wyden sounds alarm
With the yearly open enrollment for Medicare kicking off Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden said he is working on fixes to better protect seniors. Speaking at the Community for Positive Aging in northeast Portland — formerly known as the Hollywood Senior Center — Wyden outlined efforts to reform the federal health insurance program that covers about 923,000 senior Oregonians.
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Southern Oregon social service company founders charged with …
2024年8月13日 · “Dream big” Rever Grand, French for “dream big,” was formed in 2013 as a support services agency in southern Oregon that is now licensed to serve clients across the state, according to a 2016 press release. State records show …
Salem Health denies unsavory tactics in cardiology care battle
2024年11月26日 · A battle over cardiac care in the mid-Willamette Valley is heating up, with Salem Health asking a judge to throw out an independent cardiology clinic’s $15 million lawsuit accusing the health system of illegally attempting to monopolize the market.
Attacks on behavioral health workers prompt push for safer …
2024年11月12日 · In connection with Rogers’ death, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health division fined Cascadia $7,250. The agency’s report faulted Cascadia for lack of training as well as staffing the facility with a single employee overnight, not providing workers with walkie talkies or body alarms and allowing a hazardous physical layout.