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Jake Thomas/The Lund ReportThe providers say the Oregon Health Authority is overstepping its authority in making them prioritize patients discharged from the Oregon State Hospital, but the state argues the requirement is needed to help it satisfy court orders. -
Vitaly Gariev/PexelsState officials worry that consumers who buy their own health insurance could end up with misleading policies that stick them with big medical bills.
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After two years of planning, Oregon is officially expanding its Medicaid program to give tens of thousands of more people access to the free health insurance program. -
Oregon’s first service center for the psychedelic drug psilocybin received its license one year ago this month. -
Staff at a center in Medford serving vulnerable populations hosted a roundtable with the new Oregon Health Authority director to discuss challenges and solutions for health care in the Rogue Valley. -
Oregon Health Authority staff say a look at behavioral health treatment across the state will help it map out solutions. -
The famous lithia water drinking fountains in Ashland’s downtown plaza have been shut down for over a month. Ashland could be at risk of losing access to this mineral water source permanently. -
Oregon Health Authority data show Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center had high numbers of central line-associated bloodstream infections in the last two years. That’s the same timeframe a nurse was allegedly replacing patients’ fentanyl with tap water. -
State health authority officials have launched their second annual campaign aimed at stimulating conversation about drinking and urging those who drink excessively or binge drink to stop. -
Six hundred patients have participated in Oregon's first-in-the-nation psilocybin therapy program since May. -
Oregon ranks the 9th highest state for syphilis infection rates compared to other states, according to the CDC. Here's a few reasons why and what we know. -
Hathi is New Jersey’s deputy health commissioner for public health services and the designated state health officer. The Oregon Health Authority has been without a permanent director for nearly a year. -
The Oregon Health Authority’s system that determines whether vulnerable Oregonians receive mental health care has widespread “failures” that hurt the people who need care, an internal audit found. -
State health officials are checking to see whether kids in the state have been wrongly kicked off the free health care as they have been elsewhere.
