Healthcare

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.

A new program in Eugene’s Whiteaker neighborhood will preserve aging homes in hopes of improving public health and protecting vulnerable community members against the impacts of climate change.

The South Lane Clinic in Cottage Grove is officially open. The federally-qualified community clinic offers primary care services to low-income residents.

The Virginia Garcia clinic offers vital care to low-income residents, but President Donald Trump’s budget bill, with cuts to Medicaid and food stamps, could derail its progress.

Two top administrators for the McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield are out of a job, and the company that owns the hospital isn’t saying why.

Rep. Val Hoyle, a Democrat from Springfield, said the bill will reduce the state’s access to healthcare and imperil Oregon’s efforts to address climate change.

A new collaboration between PeaceHealth, Eugene transitional housing community Everyone Village and other groups will provide 10 recovery cottages and a clinic for people without a safe place to go after surgery.

The imminent departure of two Rite Aid pharmacies in Newport and Lincoln City has added some urgency to potential plans by Samaritan Health Services to open its second pharmacy in Lincoln County.

A bill to sharply limit corporate decision making in clinics and ban most healthcare noncompete agreements in Oregon cleared a key legislative committee Thursday.

Nearly 10% of Oregon kindergartners have a non-medical exemption to some or all of the vaccines that are required to attend school. That’s according to numbers released Thursday by the Oregon Health Authority.

PeaceHealth broke ground on a new rehabilitation hospital in Springfield Wednesday.

PeaceHealth has announced it plans to sell its University District Hospital campus in Eugene.