The Oregon Health Authority is backing a behavioral health program aimed at increasing the number of behavioral health specialists in the state.

Every year, a group of Oregon health care professionals gathers for a grim exercise — reviewing every case in which a mother died during or soon after pregnancy. This past February, they reported a troubling finding: Mental health conditions and substance use were causing more of those deaths than any other factor.

According to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), worsening air quality in Oregon is linked to an increase in emergency visits for breathing-related illnesses and mental health conditions.

Trillium Health will replace PacificSource as the only designated community care organization for people on the Oregon Health Plan, an Oregon Medicaid system. This means 92,000 OHP members will be transitioned from PacificSource to Trillium,

After U.S. Catholic leaders voted this week to prohibit gender-affirming care at hospitals tied to the church, Oregon’s largest health system is now evaluating what the decision could mean for patients across the state.

State health officials are urging parents in Oregon to stop using ByHeart infant formula due to a botulism outbreak.

New data from the Oregon Health Authority show that when air quality worsens across the state, more Oregonians end up in emergency rooms and urgent care for breathing problems and mental health concerns.

Democrats say they plan to pay $7.5 million to Planned Parenthood, $2.5 million for Rowena Fire cleanup, and $8.4 million for unpaid prison health care bills.

Michael Cole, president of Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon, joined Candace Beeke, president and publisher of the Portland Business Journal, for a conversation on the future of health care.