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Providence Oregon CEO Discusses “Joint Decision” With Insurer to Restrict Access to Specialty Care
12+ hour, 18+ min ago (478+ words) As WW recently reported, many low income Portlanders have lost a key pathway to Providence health system specialists'the result of a Medicaid insurance network change that went into effect this month. CareOregon, which runs the affected plan, says its broader…...
Providence to Shutter Portland-Area Occupational Health Clinics
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (415+ words) Citing a shortage of clinicians, Providence Health & Services is set to permanently close all its occupational medicine and workplace health services in the Portland metro area on Nov. 7. "Over the past two years, we have lost more than half of…...
In Oregon, Providence Lost a Quarter-Billion Dollars in Three Months. That’s Not Even the Bad News.
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1062+ words) Of the many grim figures emerging out of the health care sector in recent months, one stands out: $261 million, the amount Providence Health & Services, Oregon's largest employer, says it lost through its operations in the state in the first three…...