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Lane County considers opening opioid addiction clinic in Florence

4 days ago | thelundreport.org | Nathan Wilk

Independent health news for Oregon and SW Washington There are no methadone clinics on the Oregon coast for 200 miles between Seaside and Coos Bay. The distance has led some people to stop taking the treatment entirely. by | Lane County is looking to open a new clinic in Florence to help treat opioid addiction.
Major behavioral health bills pending as Legislature winds down

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.
Trump administration seeks personal Medicaid data from Oregon amid immigration crackdown

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.
Scathing federal report finds additional safety lapses at Oregon State Hospital

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.
Deciphering the federal contempt order against Oregon health officials

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.
National group, Oregon Death with Dignity leader says ‘modernization’ bill strips safeguards

3 weeks ago | thelundreport.org | Nick Budnick

Barbara Coombs Lee, co-author of Oregon’s first-in-the-nation Death with Dignity law, as well as the national assisted-dying group Compassion & Choices, oppose parts of a state Senate bill that they say would remove key safeguards from the law. The retired Eugene doctor spearheading SB 1003, Paul Kaplan, said he’s exploring how to tweak the bill to address the concerns raised by Coombs Lee and the group.
Eugene after CAHOOTS: The end of the crisis response program, and the efforts to bring it back

3 weeks ago | thelundreport.org | Nathan Wilk

The organization behind CAHOOTSisWhite Bird Clinic, a nonprofit that’s been showing signs of turmoil for months. Last December, White Bird shut down its long-standing Front Rooms department, and laid off its workers there. Then, in February, its executive director abruptly resigned. And while White Bird had city funding for its CAHOOTS services, its contract with Eugene only covered about 40% of the cost to operate in the city, according to interim Executive Director Amée Markwardt.
OHSU board considers VA official to head university; other finalist drops out

3 weeks ago | thelundreport.org | Nick Budnick

The board of Oregon Health & Science University is considering former Biden administration offical Shereef Elnahal to become the institution's next president after the other finalist dropped out on the eve of a public presentation. Elnahal serves as Under Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Before that, he'd served as New Jersey's top health official and as head of University Hospital in Newark.
Doctor urges community to engage with troubled Bandon safety net clinic

1 month ago | thelundreport.org | Nick Budnick

As a troubled safety net system of clinics on the Oregon coast struggles to stay open, its former chief medical officer is urging community members to pay attention and get involved to support its continued existence in Bandon. The message offered by Dr. Henry “Hank” Holmes’ might seem odd, since he recently won a $418,750 settlement from Coast Community Health Center in an unlawful termination case.
No hospital, no home: Medical respite steps in where systems fall short

1 month ago | thelundreport.org | Jane Vaughan

When he finally saw Sovick again, months later, the cancer had grown a lot. "It started to get into my eye and on my upper lip," Sovick said. "I went into radiation treatment, and that's where I lost my right eye."Sovick needed a place to rest and recover while receiving radiation therapy. Enter medical respite: a quiet place for homeless people to heal from an acute issue, like an infection or a wound — something that could put them in the hospital or would be hard to heal on the streets.