5+ hour, 38+ min ago  (796+ words) Founded in late 2018, the St. George, Utah-based group has grown rapidly in recent years, with reported annual revenue jumping tenfold from 2020 to 2024the latest year on recordto $93 million. It reports 1, 222 members in Oregon and 75, 000 members nationwide, spanning nearly every state. One…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (777+ words) In a letter a few weeks ago, the man who manages health care benefits for state employees and their families listed the many ways a major Oregon-based health insurance company was failing them. The employee group "has identified numerous systemic…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (1071+ words) Willamette Week Murmurs: Providence Prepared Poorly for Outsourcing In other news: Oregon's first community college strike ends. PROVIDENCE PREPARED POORLY FOR OUTSOURCING: The headaches and stress for numerous patients and providers were, according to some, quite predictable in the troubled…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago  (534+ words) A state audit released Tuesday pointed out flaws in the system used to screen eligibility for part of the Oregon Health Plan, the state's free health care program, resulting in millions of dollars of benefits that may have been paid…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (376+ words) Health care prices have been spiraling skyward in recent years but, like many a hospital system, Portland-based Legacy Health says it's got to raise them even more. Health insurer Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield, for example, says two years after…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago  (300+ words) One of Oregon's largest health insurance plans announced in recent days it might be going up for sale but, in the meantime, it still has quite a bit of cleaning up to do. In a recent letter, state officials told…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (336+ words) Providence said Thursday that it may sell its regional health insurance plan, an announcement sure to generate uncertainty for the plan's 435, 000 members'most of whom are based in Oregon'as well as its largely Oregon-based staff. Providence reports having lost money on…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (890+ words) The woes of Oregon's small rural hospitals have drawn the attention of policymakers, but they've actually tended on recent years to report rosier finances overall than the state's largest hospital systems. It has often been the urban operations, like Legacy…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (489+ words) About 15% fewer Oregonians signed up for Affordable Care Act insurance plans in 2026 than in 2025, one of the largest drops in the nation, according to a WW review of federal data released this week. The Affordable Care Act marketplace offers regulated'and…...

4+ mon, 8+ hour ago  (435+ words) Willamette Week is in the middle of our most important annual fundraiser. As a local independent news outlet, we need your help. Give today. Hold power to account. Tens of thousands of Aetna members in Oregon will have easier, cheaper…...