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State's rules on residential treatment facilities raise county, provider concerns
14+ min ago (162+ words) The Lund Report - More All Sections Latest News State Health Policy Money Flow Behavioral Health Health Equity Hospitals Opinion Caregivers SW Washington Oregon Health Plan Aging Rural Health Children's Health Gender Health Public Health Access & Quality Drugs & Pharmacies Housing & Poverty…...
Washington law says to alert the public when doctors are accused of misconduct. It can take months.
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (1689+ words) Experts on laws protecting patient safety give Washington state high marks for the types of information it is willing to disclose about doctors accused of wrongdoing. Yet an examination of Washington discipline records by KUOW and Pro Publica found that…...
Affordable Care Act insurers want more premium increases as enrollment sags
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (690+ words) For the second year in a row, many Affordable Care Act insurers are proposing double-digit premium increases, driven by rising medical costs as well as policy changes by Congress and the Trump administration. In preliminary filings with state regulators, insurers…...
Exclusive data: More than 74, 000 older adults seek measles immunity tests amid U. S. outbreaks
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (1321+ words) Measles was surging in West Texas as Nancy Churnin eagerly awaited the birth of two grandchildren. She was sure she had been vaccinated decades ago, but she wanted to confirm she was still protected. She didn't want to risk spreading…...
OHSU's Hillsboro Medical Center to shutter inpatient psychiatric unit for elderly people
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (171+ words) OHSU, Hillsboro Medical Center to shutter inpatient psychiatric unit for elderly people The Lund Report - More All Sections Latest News State Health Policy Money Flow Behavioral Health Health Equity Hospitals Opinion Caregivers SW Washington Oregon Health Plan Aging Rural Health…...
OHSU to shutter Hillsboro inpatient psychiatric unit for elderly people
3+ hour, 26+ min ago (166+ words) The Lund Report - More All Sections Latest News State Health Policy Money Flow Behavioral Health Health Equity Hospitals Opinion Caregivers SW Washington Oregon Health Plan Aging Rural Health Children's Health Gender Health Public Health Access & Quality Drugs & Pharmacies Housing & Poverty…...
Patients face a thicket of red tape trying to maintain consistent health coverage
16+ hour, 8+ min ago (999+ words) By the time Derion Blackman collapsed in front of a Dollar General in Kissimmee, Florida, in March, he had been waiting two months to regain access to some of the vital medications he'd been taking since undergoing a heart transplant…...
Metro West hit with federal lawsuits claiming unpaid wages
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (168+ words) The Lund Report - More All Sections Latest News State Health Policy Money Flow Behavioral Health Health Equity Hospitals Opinion Caregivers SW Washington Oregon Health Plan Aging Rural Health Children's Health Gender Health Public Health Access & Quality Drugs & Pharmacies Housing & Poverty…...
Digital Colonialism: U. S. demands to access Africans data raise privacy, sovereignty concerns
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (1477+ words) Frank Ssekamwa says the United States presented his country with an impossible choice. If it accepted the terms of a new health agreement, Uganda would have to give the U. S. access to the data of millions of his fellow citizens " a…...
State selects 136 projects to receive $97 million in rural health care funds
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (181+ words) The Lund Report - More All Sections Latest News State Health Policy Money Flow Behavioral Health Health Equity Hospitals Opinion Caregivers SW Washington Oregon Health Plan Aging Rural Health Children's Health Gender Health Public Health Access & Quality Drugs & Pharmacies Housing & Poverty…...