OP – ED published in the Portland Tribune, August 14, 2018 Author Dean Gisvold is a Portland attorney, a board member emeritus of Central City Concern, a board member of Network for Affordable Housing (NOAH); reach him at dpgisvold AT gmail.com. Recent articles in the Portland Tribune and emails from the Portland Police Association (PPA) […]

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Portland Business Journal – August 7, 2018 The psychiatric center’s leader is confident it can make fixes by Sept. 11 to keep state, federal compliance In five weeks, the Unity Center for Behavioral Health faces a crucial milestone: Will the psychiatric facility retain or lose its federal certification, and ability to receive reimbursement from Medicare […]

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Portland Business Journal – August 6, 2018 Legacy Health has publicly released its action plan to correct deficiencies at the Unity Center for Behavioral Health, which came under fire by state regulators for safety problems, including harm to patients and suicide attempts. Legacy initially deferred answering questions about how the 18-month-old psychiatric facility had responded […]

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Portland Business Journal – August 1, 2018 Critics of the Unity Center’s open floor plan say mixing in patients who present voluntarily with those who are there involuntarily can create a volatile and over-stimulating environment. When Portland’s first and only psychiatric emergency department opened in late January last year, hopes ran high that the Unity […]

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