Oregon hospitals have significantly increased their community benefit spending, reaching $2 billion in fiscal year 2023.

Hospitals in the state each have a minimum spending floor for community benefit activities and under-reimbursement.

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The state agreed to pay a Boston-based organization $116,362 a month starting in February and continuing through June, ...

Questions are answered by experts at the Oregon Health Authority, other state agencies or community partners. Questions and ...

Dr. Sejal Hathi, director of the Oregon Health Authority, has taken a part-time, unpaid job at Stanford University Hospital.

Renee Yandel, the executive director at HIV Alliance, says more screening could lead to better outcomes by acting as a ...

Hospitals in Marion County have been selected to take part in a new, six-month pilot program run by the Oregon Health ...

Earlier this month, Stanford University’s Division of Hospital Medicine announced it appointed OHA Director Sejal Hathi as a ...

Sejal Hathi, the director of the Oregon Health Authority, has taken a part-time job seeing patients at Stanford University's ...

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) says the deadline for children to be vaccinated is quickly approaching. According to the ...

Hospitals in Marion County have been selected to take part in a new, six-month pilot program run by the Oregon Health Authority to improve addiction care in emergency settings. OHA partnered with ...