Oregon's hospital landscape is shifting. Few big-dollar proposals passed, but lawmakers made changes that will affect providers, patients and industry Oregon lawmakers have wrapped up this year’s legislative session. OHSU among more than 50 universities nationwide committed to improving, expanding nutrition within their medical school curricula. Emergency room doctors from Eugene are calling on lawmakers to consider whether the state should do more to watchdogcorporate takeoversof medicine in light of nonprofit. FILE - EEP co-Vice Presidents Dr. 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. 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.

This article will be updated. Oregon's health insurance marketplace enrollment dropped 16.5% for 2026 — approximately 6,000 fewer people signed up compared to last year. The Oregon Health Authority increased CCO capitation payments by an average of 10.2% for 2026 — the largest rate boost in recent memory. They continued, “Oregon has strong protections in place to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse. 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. 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. Courtesy of Fibonacci Blue / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 SALEM, Ore.

Courtesy of Oregon Department of Veteran Affairs. 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. A federal judge on Monday ordered federal officers at Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility to continue to restrict their use of tear gas and less-lethal. session that wrapped on Friday, including dozens that failed to cross the finish line. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump Thursday said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will be leaving the post for a job as a special envoy. It all began with a phone call. 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.

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