Oregon's hospital landscape is shifting. PeaceHealth has ended its 35-year relationship with Eugene Emergency Physicians and signed a contract with ApolloMD, an Atlanta-based staffing company. Some say the figure is too low as law firms seek $2.2 million in fees Legacy Health has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over the way it collects and shares the data. A bid to get help to the publicly owned Coos Bay facility squeaked through a key committee Tuesday. Also, a Kitzhaber-backed affordability resolution advances in state Legislature. News outlets highlight the upcoming opening of the Vista Pavilion, which will add 128 new patient beds and expand access to high-acuity, specialized care. SB 538 drew 837 testimonies (832 in favor) on pay parents to provide attendant care services for children with developmental disabilities. SB 951 was signed into law — Private Equity and Management Services Organization Restrictions in Healthcare.

Oregon's health insurance marketplace enrollment dropped 16.5% for 2026 — approximately 6,000 fewer people signed up compared to last year. PacificSource ended its Medicaid contract in Lane County effective January 31, 2026. The Oregon Health Authority increased CCO capitation payments by an average of 10.2% for 2026 — the largest rate boost in recent memory. For the first time in years, Oregon lawmakers in Salem’s newly-reopened Capitol streamed out of the chamber floors into the rotunda to cap the end of a short legislative session. The laws are pushing multistate employers to provide leave even in areas that don’t require it. SB 29 drew 62 testimonies (53 in favor) on Consumer and Business Services to study health insurance plans.

Governor Tina Kotek directed $25 million to stabilize maternity services at Oregon's most vulnerable rural hospitals. Oregon will receive $197.3 million over five years (2026–2031) for rural healthcare infrastructure, the largest federal health investment in state history.

OPB "Think Out Loud" broadly covers the issue of substance use disorder during pregnancy. SB 8 is splitting the legislature — 79 testimonies, 28% opposed, over study behavioral health.

Had it passed, cannabis companies would have had to individually wrap every piece of a THC-containing edible. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump Thursday said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will be leaving the post for a job as a special envoy. Through long-term partnership with territory, OHSU pediatric cardiologists fill severe need identifying, treating heart condition rarely seen in mainland United States. Oregon tenants whose landlords leak confidential information such as their immigration status or medical records could soon have a pathway to collect up to twice their monthly. An OHSU-led study fins an oral form of semaglutide, a widely used diabetes drug. SB 533 passed one chamber on civil penalty for drug manufacturers that interfere directly or indirectly with certain.

An attempt to limit how much THC can be in an individual edible isn’t advancing this year in Oregon.

OHSU research finds certain nerves that play an integral role in the body’s “fight or flight” stress response can support pancreatic tumor growth.

In Salem, the bills that matter most right now: SB 1 is splitting the legislature — 290 testimonies, 58% opposed, over epinephrine in schools by methods other than injections.

hospital ownership restructuring, Medicaid coverage in flux, behavioral health demand outpacing capacity, workforce shortages deepening — Oregon's healthcare landscape is being reshaped on multiple fronts simultaneously.

Sources: Lund Report, OHA, OHSU, OLIS, Oregon Capital Chronicle. Built by Oregon Intel — Praxis AI.