What to know about Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon The Oregon State Hospital treats three types of patients who need hospital-level care in Salem and Junction City. The Oregon State Hospital was found in contempt of court on June 6, 2025. The hospital was found in contempt for not meeting a r
A partnership among Mosaic Community Health, Sisters School District, and Deschutes County Health Services is expanding substance use disorder treatment for adolescents across Central Oregon,…
PORTLAND, Ore. — Three healthcare providers practicing in Multnomah County have been charged with fraud after filing false Medicaid claims. Two have already been convicted. Multnomah County Healthcare Providers Charged For Defrauding Medicaid The Oregon Department of Justice’s Medicaid Fraud Control
Oregon QB Dante Moore disclosed he battled depression and asked Gov. Tina Kotek to protect and expand virtual mental‐health services that helped him recover.
Gov. Tina Kotek signed HB 4083 to centralize credentialing, reduce administrative burden and expand supervision to address Oregon's behavioral health workforce crisis.
Oregon needs to improve recruitment, credentialing and training of behavioral health workers, a report from a council formed by Gov. Tina Kotek said.
Gov. Tina Kotek is extending the state of emergency on unsheltered homelessness she announced on her first day in office for a third year, this time focusing on mental health and addiction, her office said Friday.
The new facilities address a desperate need in Oregon by providing non-hospital treatment for people addicted to one or more substances who may also have a mental illness diagnosis. The residential beds fill a critical niche in addiction treatment: 24/7...
A historical review of children's mental health treatment in Oregon reveals significant gaps in documentation and evolving approaches to care, from orphan trains in the mid-1800s to modern…
Oregon is replacing a decades-old system for distributing behavioral health funding to counties by updating the County Financial Assistance Agreements (CFFAs). The new framework replaces a system…
Sens. Wyden and Merkley express concern over potential loss of mental health services for Oregon Health Plan recipients.
