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Residents can get a look at new Talent Health Center in late June
Rogue Community Health helps lead effort; onsite weekly food pantry operates through ACCESS. Rogue Community Health is offering the public a chance to tour its new clinic in Talent. The community is invited to visit the new facility, meet staff and partners, enjoy complimentary root beer floats and refreshments, and...
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Medford physicians explain the long road immigrant doctors face in the U.S.
Nearly one in four physicians practicing in the United States is foreign-born, a group that plays a significant role in the nation’s health care workforce. Many immigrant physicians work on the front lines in rural and underserved urban areas where U.S.-trained doctors are scarce. That dynamic is explored by...
ashland.news
Asante ordered to recognize 2023 vote by hospital techs, LPNs to unionize
Nearly three-year back-and-forth, dubbed ‘Cakegate’ by employees, centered around Asante’s refusal to recognize union vote due to serving of cake and pro-union speeches to on-the-clock employees. Nearing the three-year anniversary of a vote by more than 250 healthcare technical workers and licensed professional nurses (LPNs) at Asante...
KDRV
$30K to expand mental health access in Talent, Phoenix, and Ashland
ASHLAND, Ore. - Ashland Community Health Foundation awarded $30,000 to two projects that will bring mental health and substance use services directly to vulnerable residents in Ashland, Talent and Phoenix. The foundation partnered with Jackson Care Connect and CareOregon to fund the projects. According to the foundation, the investments address...
theashlandchronicle.com
How Will Rural Hospitals Survive? A Candid Interview with Providence Hospital Medford
(Medford) As rural hospitals struggle to stay open, more than 100 have closed in the past 10 years, with 24 shutting down in the past five years. Oregon finds itself in an especially challenging situation. Asante Ashland shuttered all but its emergency room and diagnostic services in May, and Vibra...
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Some Families Put Schools in Ashland Near Bottom of County Vaccination List
Some Ashland Families Put Schools Near Bottom of County Vaccination List. All Ashland City Schools were in the bottom half in the county for the percentage of students who had received vaccinations for all childhood diseases including measles and polio, with the Trails Outdoor School and the Willow Wind Learning Center among the lowest five.
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Asante Community Hospital Closes Its Hospital License, May 22, 2026
MEDFORD, Ore. (May 21, 2026) – Pursuant to OAR 333-500-0060(2), Asante announced. today its public notice that on May 22, 2026, at 11am, Ashland Community Hospital will close its. hospital license. Immediately upon closure, the facility will convert to Asante Ashland, which will operate as an. emergency medical services...
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Asante withdraws request to buy surgery center in Medford
Asante has withdrawn its emergency request to the Oregon Health Authority for approval to buy a stand-alone surgery center in Medford, saying the agency’s request for more information made it clear that the answer would be no. Asante asked the health authority on April 22 to approve its months-old...
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OHA sought payor contracts before Medford surgery center purchase abandoned
Surgery Center of Southern Oregon will close June 30 following withdrawal of request by Asante to Oregon Health Authority for emergency exemption, review to keep center open. Representatives for Asante reportedly engaged in a nine-month process, provided more than 400 pages of requested documents and responded to over 100 supplemental questions by state health officials before throwing in the towel May 1 on efforts to purchase the financially failing Surgery Center of Southern Oregon.
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OHA frustration mounts as Surgery Center announces summer closure
MEDFORD, Ore. – NBC5 News broke the news Friday that the Surgery Center of Southern Oregon will close in June, resulting in the loss of 84 local jobs as Asante is ending its effort to take over as its sole owner. Both Asante and the Surgery Center, which have...
KOBI-TV NBC5
Surgery Center of So. Oregon Closing June 30th
Medford, Ore. — The Surgery Center of Southern Oregon will close after 29 years this summer. The news comes as Asante is no longer asking the state for an Emergency Exemption to take over as the center’s sole owner. NBC5 News told you last week that Asante, who...
ashland.news
Ashland Community Hospital closes birth center on Mother’s Day
Longtime new parents group with access to OB nurses closes with it; community parent group continues on with new time, place. Nurses clocked out from their last shift at Asante Ashland Community Hospital’s birth center early Sunday morning, marking the end of an era of birthing care for new babies — as well as a space where a new parents group met at the hospital for the past 50 years.
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Medford surgery center to close after three decades
Asante officials rescind request from state for exemption process they said would have allowed surgery center to remain in business. After nearly three decades in business, the Surgery Center of Southern Oregon will officially close its doors June 30. Facing ongoing financial struggles and decreased revenues in recent years, surgery...
dentistrytoday.com
BioSmile Health Highlights Advanced Dental Treatments
BioSmile Health has announced the launch of its new website, https://www.biosmilehealth.com, designed to provide patients with an educational and streamlined experience focused on the connection between oral health and overall well-being. The new website reflects BioSmile Health’s commitment to biological dentistry, a philosophy that prioritizes biocompatible materials and minimally invasive...
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Asante Update: Surgery Center of Southern Oregon Closing According to Asante
“Regrettable and Very Disappointing,” Claims Asante. (Ashland) Another blow to Ashland as the Surgery Center of Southern Oregon, in business for more than three decades, plans to close on June 30. Ashland has witnessed the closure of much of Asante Hospital, Ashland, which Asante now refers to as an...