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A handful of corporations now shape how kids in Medicaid get care
As the nation continues to grapple with a youth mental health crisis, CHSE Director K. John McConnell, Ph.D., shares how a handful of large corporations are increasingly shaping how kids covered by Medicaid receive care.
A Unique Oregon Law Allows It to Block Healthcare Deals. In Five Years, the State Hasn’t Done So Once.
Jane M. Zhu, M.D., a CHSE-affiliated faculty member, weighed in on a ProPublica investigation of the challenges of regulating corporate consolidation in healthcare and why oversight alone may not be enough to slow rapid changes across the healthcare landscape.
Abortion bans lead to worse outcomes for miscarriages
A study led by CHSE-affiliated faculty member Maria Rodriguez, M.D., M.P.H., found that state-level abortion bans were associated with worse medical care for miscarriage, the most common complication in early pregnancy.
Severe burns present threat in overdose epidemic
CHSE’s Stephanie Renfro co-authored research with CHSE collaborator and physician Dr. Honora Englander that linked severe burns to changing patterns in drug use.
Portlanders still can’t find doctors. Is there any hope that will change?
Jane M. Zhu, M.D., a CHSE-affiliated faculty member, spoke with The Oregonian about the systemic challenges driving the primary care shortage in Portland, Ore.
New OHSU study finds nearly a third of Medicaid-enrolled physicians don’t see Medicaid patients
CHSE-affiliated faculty Jane Zhu, M.D., spoke with OPB about her study that found low physician participation in Medicaid, including a troubling share of so-called “ghost” providers — physicians who are enrolled in Medicaid but don’t see a single Medicaid patient in a year.
Archived News
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2025
- State behavioral health program linked to reduced justice-system involvement, increased substance use disorder treatment; OHSU News.
- Cuts to Medicaid would hurt Central Oregon; K. John McConnell, Ph.D. for The Bulletin.
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2024
- Medicaid funding for addiction treatment hasn’t curbed overdose deaths
- People of color disproportionately dropped from Medicaid
- Medicaid reimbursement for mental health varies widely across states
- OHSU center to evaluate state program that keeps people thriving at home
- Documenting reliance on emergency departments for mental health care