Most Oregon hospitals made a profit in 2020, thanks to federal help
Amelia Templeton
Oregon hospitals made it through the pandemic and turned a profit in 2020, but they would have lost money on day-to-day operations without federal aid from the CARES Act.
According to data released by the Oregon Health Authority this week, the state’s 64 hospitals ended 2020 with a combined $483 million surplus in operating revenue.
That includes money from providing patient care, cafeteria and gift sales and federal aid. Hospitals received about $620 million in CARES Act funds.
Two of Oregon’s hospitals are for-profit: McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield and Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville. The remainder are nonprofits.
Midwives, mothers, former clients, donors and even some county commissioners were dismayed when PeaceHealth announced in spring 2019 that it would close its Nurse Midwifery Birth Center.
The history of Lane County s only freestanding birth center stretches back for decades, to one of the first freestanding birth centers in the nation. But, over the past 40 years, the center has moved under the jurisdiction of different hospitals.
Despite protests, testimonies and petitions, the birth center facility at PeaceHealth closed Aug. 31. Now, advocates who first united to save the facility stayed together to establish something new their own nonprofit midwife-run center. We re not beholden to anyone except the board of directors for our nonprofit, said Mary Carpenter, a certified nurse-midwife and board president of the new center that will be located next to Island Park in Springfield.
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Coronavirus updates Friday: Lane County reports 85 cases, no new deaths
The Register-Guard
Lane County reported 85 confirmed or presumptive cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the countywide case total to 8,663, according to Lane County Public Health.
The county s death toll remains at 113.
There are 388 people considered infectious, up 5% from Thursday s 368. There are 18 people hospitalized, six in intensive care unit beds and two on ventilators.
As of Friday, 14,814 first dose vaccinations have been administered in Lane County.
National Guard to assist vaccination efforts Saturday in Lane County
Members of the Oregon National Guard will arrive in Lane County at 7:30 a.m. Saturday to help the county s Phase 1a vaccination efforts.