Becker's Healthcare September 26, 2024
Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University has filed a healthcare market oversight notice with the Oregon Health Authority that details plans to become an integrated, full-service public university health system with Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health.
The two parties signed a definitive agreement to come together as one health system under OHSU Health in late May. The combined system would comprise 12 hospitals, more than 32,000 employees and become one of the biggest providers of Medicaid services to members in Oregon.
Here are seven things to know about the notice:
1. The notice development was led by OHSU and Legacy clinicians, employees and subject-matter experts through work groups that focused on health equity, cost, quality and access.
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