Regence Posts Strongest Profits of Oregon’s Top Insurers

Meanwhile, Kaiser Permanente reports a financial loss and declining member rolls in the first quarter of 2013
By: Courtney Sherwood
May 23, 2013 -- Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon bolstered its position as the largest health insurance company in the state during the first three months of 2013. At the same, it also time delivered the strongest profits among large Oregon insurers. Read More >>
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Liability Concerns Jeopardize Bill to Protect Child Athletes from Concussions

May 22, 2013 — A bill that would apply Max’s Law to non-school sports teams hit a snag in Wednesday’s House Health Committee when Republicans raised concerns about the liability it might give to volunteer coaches, referees and umpires who overlook a child’s concussion.
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Partisan Politics Throw Tougher Vaccine Law Into Question

May 22, 2013 — A senator’s automobile accident and a Republican blockade have put at risk a bill that would limit childhood vaccination exemptions.
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Cultural Competency in Healthcare Heads to Governor

May 22, 2013 — Sen. Jackie Winters said 40 or 50 years ago, when some black Americans had diabetes, they had a colloquial term for it — “the sugars” — which their doctors may not understand.
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Hospitals Accused of Putting Their Own Self-Interest Above Patients

May 20, 2013 — As major hospital systems like Providence and Legacy have bought up ancillary medical centers, added more physical therapists to their payroll and expanded their own supply of medical imaging equipment, independent physical therapists and radiologists say they have seen their referrals dry up and their businesses decline.
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PTSD Marijuana Prescription Bill Moves to House Floor

May 20, 2013 — Rep. Jim Weidner of McMinnville is typically the most conservative Republican on the House Health Committee, but after an emotional debate on Friday he was moved to become the lone GOP representative to join with the Democrats to move to the floor Senate Bill 281 — which would expand the state’s medical marijuana program to allow prescriptions to alleviate post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Bates Pushes Bill to Snuff Out Sex Trafficking in Massage Parlors

May 21, 2013 -- The House Health Committee voted 8-1 to move a bill that Sen. Alan Bates, D-Medford, says will both elevate the profession of massage therapy and rein in human sex trafficking and prostitution that uses the therapeutic practice as cover.
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