Nick Budnick
Editor and Reporter at The Lund Report
Edit/report @TheLundReport, the nonprofit newsroom shining a light on health care for Oregon/SW Wash | Send tips: [email protected] | @SPJOregon
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1 week ago |
thelundreport.org | Nick Budnick
A group of providers is asking Senate President Mark Wagner and House Speaker Julie Fahey to let lawmakers vote on a divisive bill that aims to change how kids in the foster system receive care. And that bill is just one of several major pieces of behavioral health legislation that are still pending, even as lawmakers race to shut down the 2025 session amid a swirl of rumors and speculation on what will live and die.
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1 week ago |
oregonlive.com | Nick Budnick
Federal officials are seeking personal enrollee data from the Medicaid-funded Oregon Health Plan as part of a crackdown on coverage of people who lack immigration documentation, The Lund Report has learned. The move comes even as the Trump administration’s decision to share equivalent data from other states with immigration enforcers and deportation officials has sparked objections saying the move is unlawful and unethical, according to the Associated Press.
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2 weeks ago |
thelundreport.org | Nick Budnick
This article will be updated. Federal officials are seeking personal data from the Medicaid-funded Oregon Health Plan as part of a crackdown on people who lack immigration documentation, The Lund Report has learned, even as the Trump administration’s decision to share equivalent data from other states to immigration enforcers has sparked objections questioning the move’s legality.
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2 weeks ago |
thelundreport.org | Nick Budnick
This article will be updated later today. Oregon State Hospital staff have committed numerous safety lapses jeopardizing patients in their care, according to a new federal inspection report released Wednesday morning that follows up on a patient’s death in March. With facilities in Salem and Junction City, the state psychiatric institution confines hundreds of people whose mental illness makes them unable to stand trial.
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2 weeks ago |
thelundreport.org | Nick Budnick
A federal judge’s decision to fine and rebuke state health officials for contempt of court over the holding of mentally ill people in Oregon jails will add to pressure to improve how the state psychiatric institution, the Oregon State Hospital, operates. It also will further spotlight the state’s behavioral health crisis.
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