US EditionDismal financial results threaten Oregon hospitals
- Oregon hospitals faced serious financial difficulties in 2024, with nearly half operating at a loss and major facilities reporting multimillion-dollar deficits.
- This financial stress results largely from state policies, including low Medicaid reimbursement rates around 54 to 56 cents per dollar and costly state regulations.
- Hospitals have cut over 800 jobs, reduced or divested services, sought partnerships, and faced $324 million in costs for patients unable to be discharged due to limited care options.
- Hospital Association of Oregon CEO Becky Hultberg said, "We are at a tipping point in this state," urging urgent policy changes to sustain hospitals.
- Without increased Medicaid payments and regulatory reform, Oregon hospitals risk closures and consolidations, threatening care access and community economic stability.
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Hospitals Ditching Medicare Advantage Plans, Thousands of Members Get to Leave Too - The Ashland Chronicle-Oregon
When hospitals ditch Medicare Advantage plans, thousands of members get to leave, too BY: SUSAN JAFFE, KAISER HEALTH NEWS – MAY 3, 2025 Hospitals (Photo by Alan Cohen/Oregon Capital Chronicle) This article first appeared on KFF Health News and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. For several years, Fred Neary had been seeing five doctors at the Baylor Scott & White Health system, whose 52 hospitals serve central and norther…
Dismal financial results threaten Oregon hospitals - The New Era
Costs are rising much faster than reimbursements, and a lack of discharge options is costing big bucks. BY NIGEL JAQUISS Oregon Journalism Project In the 18 years of hospital profitability data the Oregon Health Authority has collected, only one year—2022, a COVID hangover—yielded lower profits than 2024. “We are at a tipping point in this state,” Becky Hultberg, CEO of the Hospital Association of Oregon, said in an interview. “Hospitals are on …
Oregon hospitals’ bleak financials leaves them vulnerable to tariffs, proposed Medicaid cuts • Lincoln Chronicle
By AMELIA TEMPLETON/Oregon Public Broadcasting Two weeks ago, Providence chief executive officer Erik Wexler sent an email to the nonprofit health system’s staff describing a “perfect storm” threatening the organization’s […] The post Oregon hospitals’ bleak financials leaves them vulnerable to tariffs, proposed Medicaid cuts appeared first on Lincoln Chronicle.
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