Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has asked Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth to pause its plan to transition its emergency room staffing contract for 180 days, NPR-affiliate KLCC reported March 18.
Here are eight things to know about the transition controversy and what happens next:
1. The request, sent to Jim McGovern, PeaceHealth Oregon’s chief hospital executive March 18, comes after the hospital announced plans to end its decades-long contract with Eugene (Ore.) Emergency Physicians in favor of Atlanta-based staffing group ApolloMD…