PeaceHealth’s Oregon hospitals, providers may be dropped from PacificSource network
PeaceHealth operates three Oregon hospitals, including the 347-bed Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield, ...
UnitedHealthcare insurance customers may soon find OHSU out-of-network
About 74,000 OHSU patients enrolled in UnitedHealthcare employer-sponsored and Medicare Advantage health plans would be ...
Oregon lawmakers consider consumer protections for ambulance services
Oregon passed balance billing protections for emergency situations, but they applied to inpatient services and not ground ambulances. About half of emergency ambulance rides lead to surprise bills, ...
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‘Not sustainable’: OHSU, UnitedHealthcare near end of contract amid ongoing negotiations
In a statement, a spokesperson for the insurer claimed the hospital system’s proposal to increase commercial plans by 36% and Medicare Advantage plans by 15% within the next two years “is not ...
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House passes bill to save Oregon Health Plan if Congress kills Medicaid funding
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – As the future of federally funded programs like Medicaid hangs in the balance, Oregon lawmakers are working to preserve healthcare coverage for its residents. On Thursday ...
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House passes bill to save Oregon Health Plan if Congress kills Medicaid funding
On Thursday, the Oregon House of Representatives passed HB 2010, a bipartisan bill that would ensure ongoing funding for the state’s Medicaid program known commonly as the Oregon Health Plan (OHP ...
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6 Republicans join Democrats, pass Medicaid funding bill in the Oregon House
Without legislative action, taxes that fund Medicaid will sunset in the next two years, leaving a hole in the state’s budget.
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6 Republicans join Democrats, pass Medicaid funding bill in the Oregon House
If that happens, Oregon lawmakers would need to reallocate ... hospitals recoup the full amount they pay into the tax. The tax on health insurance plans is, more or less, what most people think ...
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Oregon House moves to renew provider tax to fund state Medicaid program
The tax on hospitals in Oregon is set to expire in September, while the tax on health insurance plans would end in 2026. HB 2010 would extend the sunset dates for these tax deals to 2032. “One ...
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Medicaid funding bill easily passes Oregon House
A bill that would raise billions in federal dollars for Oregon’ s Medicaid program and allocate a substantial portion back to hospitals passed in the Oregon House of Representatives on Thursday. It ...
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