Oregon news and information

Doctors who get paid by makers of artificial implants for using their product must let patients know about it, according to a first-of-its-kind legal action by the Oregon Department of Justice.
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The Oregon Health & Science University is notifying more than 3,000 of its patients of a breach of their personally identifiable information after their data were placed by OHSU resident physicians on a pair of Google's cloud-based information-sharing services.
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Doctors should talk to patients about their financial concerns relating to their medical care with questions such as, “Are you worried about how your medical care will be paid for?” And they should discuss treatment options and costs with patients, according to a commentary in the...
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OAKLAND, Calif.—The Kaiser Foundation Health Plan was fined $4 million by the state of California for failing to correct violations of mental health laws, including publishing materials that wrongly said the organization could deny...
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A leading proponent of Medicare reform on Capitol Hill says Congress should change the accountable care program to make sure ACOs are improving care for the sickest patients.
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A bill that is intended to persuade more Oregon parents to take their kids to doctors for shots and get over their mistrust of conventional medicine has taken a big step in the Legislature with passage by the state Senate.
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Opposition to the healthcare reform Medicaid expansion may be stiffening in one of the least likely regions of the country—New England.
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Salem (Ore.) Hospital officials are offering to enter mediation with the local coordinated care organization in hopes of resolving a high-profile dispute that has drawn the ire of state lawmakers and threatens to undermine Oregon's effort to redesign Medicaid.
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Recent findings from the Oregon Health Study have resulted in headlines intended as a warning for next January's planned expansion of the Medicaid program (as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act): “Bad news for Obamacare: A...
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About four years ago, Nick Macchione had an idea to expand the ACO concept in a way that would involve a much broader range of stakeholders working together to improve the health of an entire region.
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