John Kitzhaber news and information

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber topped this year's list of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare.
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As Oregon's governor, Dr. John Kitzhaber brought Democrats and Republicans together to reform his state's Medicaid program, and he brought doctors and lawyers together to advance tort reform.
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In another display of bipartisan healthcare reform, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber signed a bill Monday that creates a process in which adverse healthcare incidents can be resolved without patients and providers going to court.
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Usually staunch adversaries, doctors and trial lawyers have both gotten behind an Oregon bill creating a new mediation process for patients injured by medical mistakes. Gov. John Kitzhaber, a doctor, called their agreement "the holy grail of medical and legal politics," something he never thought...
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Most physician groups either are being slow to respond to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address or are staying out of the pundit game. But those that did comment supported the president's plans to address gun violence and his Medicare remarks.
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In 2011, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber faced a vexing problem: The state had a $2 billion hole in its Medicaid budget and no good way to fill it.
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Following are the titles and affiliations for the 100 nominees for Modern Healthcare's 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare for 2013.
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With the recent passing of Jerry Nelson, the voice of Sesame Street's Count von Count, I'm compelled to note that the 2012 edition of Modern Healthcare's 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare list had 18 first-timers, eight 11-timers, 78 men, 22 women and 25 doctors (20 men and five women).
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This year's ranking of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare includes 18 newcomers as well as eight honorees who have been on every list since it started in 2002.
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During confirmation hearings in 2005 after he was nominated to become the next chief justice of the United States, John Roberts described a judge's role as that of an “umpire.”
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