A nonprofit says it’s ready to bring CAHOOTS-like services back to Eugene if it can secure city funding.

The Oregon Health Authority says insurer Trillium will take over 90,000 low-income patients served by PacificSource in Lane County.

Neighboring landowners hope to block PeaceHealth’s behavioral health hospital and a Lane County mental health crisis center

Over the past few years, pregnant women in the Eugene-Springfield area have seen birthing options dwindle. Maternity health services, including midwifery units, have been shut down. A recent exodus of OB-GYN doctors from Oregon Medical Group has left some expecting moms feeling uncertain about their birth plans.

The Oregon Health Authority will soon start the process to search for a new insurance provider for more than 90,000 low-income Lane County PacificSource members. The agency must decide whether to allow a new insurer to move in, or let the remaining company, Trillium Community Health, take over health coverage for low-income residents.

On this edition, we talk with OSU’s Richard van Breemen about his study showing that retail shops selling purported magic mushrooms have no psilocybin and other unlisted ingredients. Then, we say goodbye to our journalism fellow Sajina Shrestha.

This is the time of year when updated boosters for COVID-19 are typically available. But this year has been anything but typical.

Springfield-based insurer says it can't make the state's proposed rates work, meaning it can't sign a contract to oversee care for low-income people. It's unclear if the state will extend the deadline to allow further negotiations, or if about 90,000 low-income people will face changes in how they get care.

Agencies say they felt the need to do so because of changing rules at the federal level.

A bill sponsored by Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley in the Senate and Rep. Val Hoyle in the House, would force insurers to divest ownership of medical practices. Merkley said his goal was to return Oregon Medical Group and the Corvallis Clinic to physician ownership, or non-profit management.