Oregon bill to give OHA control over mergers and acquisitions passes out of committee Patrick Jones | Apr 19, 2021
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House Bill 2362 recently passed out of the House Health Care Committee on a party line vote. The bill would require health care providers and hospitals to obtain permission from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) before any merger, acquisition or affiliation transactions.
The bill also creates an advisory board for the OHA to help determine the usefulness and validity of the merger. No more than one-third of the board’s members may be representatives of health care providers and hospitals. This allows for the community, those who it mainly affects, to have a voice on these transactions.
Mass COVID-19 vaccination site headed to Southern Oregon
The site will be run by the federal government and the plan is to give out 1,000 shots a day. Author: Pat Dooris Updated: 6:35 PM PDT April 12, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. The federal government is putting a mass vaccination site in Central Point, Oregon, just north of Medford.
Its part of the national push to get COVID-19 vaccines out across the nation, an effort that continues to pick up steam.
“To provide even more capacity to administer all the vaccine supply we have, we are accelerating our effort to put more vaccinators in the field and to add more vaccination sites,” said Andy Slavitt, the Biden administration’s point person for the pandemic. So on this front we’re excited to announce today a new federally run mass vaccination site in Central Point, Oregon.
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Behind The Bill To Curb Health Costs
April 5, 2021
New legislation seeks to stem the rise in health care mergers and acquisitions.
For Jenelle Isaacson, owner of Portland real estate brokerage Living Room Realty, purchasing health care insurance for her 20 employees has been a persistent frustration.
In 2018 she purchased a plan with United Healthcare, but in 2019 the cost of coverage rose by 20%. Isaacson migrated to Health Net, but by the end of the year the cost of coverage increased by 20% yet again. For the third time in three years, Isaacson had to shop for insurance.
“As a small business I have no leverage. I’m not like Amazon or Nike which can get insurance companies to work with them. It’s a lot of wear and pain,” says Isaacson. “Not just because of the cost but also staff time and resources dedicated to explaining the new benefits to employees.”