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Oregon Releases Provisional 2027 Health Insurance Prices, And They're Not Pretty
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (544+ words) Oregonians will have fewer options for health insurance plans in 2027, and the plans that remain are seeking to raise prices at a rate with no recent precedent. That's according to data released Monday by Oregon regulators, showing that insurers of…...
Portland-Based Providence Health Plan To Stop Offering Most Insurance Plans At End of Year
2+ week, 5+ day ago (508+ words) The Providence Health Plan said Wednesday that it would stop offering most of its insurance products by the year's end, heralding the near-complete dissolution of a longtime stalwart of Oregon's private health insurance marketplace. "We have determined that the most…...
Oregon's Largest Home Health Care Network Could Soon Be Under New, Private Equity-Backed Management
3+ week, 3+ day ago (563+ words) The Oregon Health Authority cleared the way on Friday for a private equity-backed company to take over management of the state's largest home health and hospice care network. The major, multistate deal between Providence Health & Services and Compassus has been…...
In Warning Shot, Oregon Insurance Regulators Oust Alternative Health Plan From the State
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (466+ words) Oregon regulators said Monday that they have moved to ban Clear Share Health from the state, alleging the "health share" is in fact health insurance'and that it has been offering that health insurance here without a license. The move comes…...
Legacy Health's Fight With Insurance Company Airs a Theme: Up, Up, With Medical Costs
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (401+ words) Willamette Week is funded by you, our readers. Help us keep fearless local reporting free for everyone. Give today to our Spring Member Drive " every dollar counts. Health care prices have been spiraling skyward in recent years but, like many…...
Washington State Ousted This Health Insurance Lookalike. In Oregon, It Carries On.
2+ mon, 10+ hour 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…...
Numerous Systemic Issues: Letter on Providence Health Insurance Mess Suggests Faulty Planning
2+ mon, 1+ week 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…...
Murmurs: Providence Prepared Poorly for Outsourcing
2+ mon, 1+ week 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…...
Audit: After Computer System Bugs, Oregon Doled Out Millions in "Questionable" Benefits
2+ mon, 1+ week 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…...
After Providence Health Plan Outsourcing Fiasco, the Cleanup Continues
2+ mon, 2+ week 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…...