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Social Security closed its Portland repayment lockbox, and overpayment checks reaching the old post office box after December 30 are returned to sender
Social Security has retired the Portland, Oregon, post office box that took repayment checks, and mail still sent there after December 30, 2026, will go back to the sender. The agency now directs those payments to a post office box in Philadelphia. People who are repaying an overpayment by mail have until December 30 before […] The post Social Security closed its Portland repayment lockbox, and overpayment checks reaching the old post office box after December 30 are returned to sender appeared first on The Money Overview .
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Nehalem Bay Health Center & Pharmacy Names Bernadette Thomas Medical Director
Nehalem Bay Health Center & Pharmacy (NBHCP) has named Bernadette Thomas, APRN, DNP, MPH, as Medical Director. Bernadette began serving in the role in September and also provides primary care as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Bernadette brings more than 20 years of experience providing care in community settings, including primary...
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Organization is trying to help healers amid Oregon nursing shortage
PORTLAND, Ore. (Aging Untold)— Oregon faces a nursing crisis that experts say stems not from a lack of licensed nurses, but from workplace conditions that drive healthcare workers away from frontline positions. The U.S. will see nearly 200,000 job openings for registered nurses each year until 2032, according to...
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Dailyfly News
Oregon retreats from enforcing landmark trans health care coverage mandate
SALEM, OR – Three years after Oregon lawmakers passed a law requiring insurers to cover transgender medical services, state regulators have quietly delayed their efforts to ensure the law is making a difference for a group that’s
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Big changes are coming to health coverage in 2027. We are here to provide clarity.
Providence Health Plan is transitioning out of most of its health insurance lines, including Individual & Family, employer group/commercial, and Medicare Advantage plans. At the same time, Oregon is launching its own health insurance Marketplace, Explore Health, for 2027 coverage. That means changing plans, a new Marketplace, new options, and...
Statesman Journal
Oregon State Hospital lacks capacity, staff, training, grand jury finds
The state's psychiatric hospital is understaffed, has unstable leadership and lacks capacity, training and safety measures, according to a Marion County Grand Jury report . Marion County District Attorney Paige Clarkson convened the grand jury in March . Oregon law requires a grand jury to review correctional facilities each year. The grand jury's principal finding in its report released Sept. 30 is that Oregon State Hospital capacity can't meet current treatment needs. The capacity issue affects both patients and staff, the grand jury found, and the deficit has led to a decrease in patient restoration and rehabilitation. OSH accepts aid and assist, civil commitment and guilty except for insanity patients. The hospital's demographics have changed over the years, the majority being aid and assist patients. During the six-month inquiry, the grand jury made 19 findings and held 13 sessions where they examined conditions and management of OSH in Salem, heard over 47 hours of testimony from about 40 witnesses and toured the campus grounds. Other key findings include long wait times for admission, inadequate campus layout and frequent use of seclusion. Witnesses who testified include current and former OSH employees, medical providers, OSH management, union representatives, forensic evaluators, a former
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The Oregon Town Whose Hospitals Rank Among the Best in America, and Locals Feel It
Some places reveal their best side only when you slow down and pay attention. I came to this corner of Oregon expecting a quick stop for coffee and a bridge photo, and I left thinking about how a city can quietly make people feel cared for. Good health is about...
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Salem surgery center’s $1.6 million verdict highlights hazy areas in patient care
A Salem surgery center is appealing an unusual $1.6 million verdict in a case that pits a local doctor’s medical judgment against policies established by a subsidiary of Optum and UnitedHealth Group. To blunt the whistleblower suit filed by Dr. Ellis Richard Clark — who goes by Rich —...