Oregon Health and Science University and two collaborators have been awarded a five-year contract to serve as one of the nation’s 11 Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPC). (more…)
Archive for August, 2012
OHSU Awarded New Contract By The Agency For Healthcare Research And Quality
Friday, August 31st, 2012 by Jane ChemodanovaNew Report Provides A Snapshot Of Chronic Disease In Alaska
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
A new brief report produced by the Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Alaska has cited cancer as the leading cause of death in the state, with 29% of (more…)
State Recouping Medicaid Payments From Hospitals
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
During the painful economic downturn, the Legislature has implemented a series of very tough payment cuts to providers. No surprise there. (more…)
Oregon: Health Insurance Exchange Hires Tribal Analyst
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
According to the “The Lund Report: Unlocking Oregon’s Health System”, Oregon Health Insurance Exchange in efforts to increase collaboration between tribal members and coordinated care organizations, hired Sonciray Bonnell. Bonnell is a tribal community program analyst, who was a health resource coordinator on Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board for ten years.
ANHC Hosts Open House For New Building
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
Last week, Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center (ANHC) held an open house for its new facility. In sum, about 100 members of the Anchorage health community came to tour the new facility. (more…)
Dear Governor: Alan Yordy, PeaceHealth
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
“Dear Governor: About The State of Reform” is a collection of voices from across the health care spectrum, from four states: WA, OR, ID, and AK. The book will be published in Sept. Excerpts will appear here.
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Dear Governor:
You are responsible for serving the same people we are. Every single resident of your state will eventually need our services – for hospitalization, immunization, or anything in between. And that starts us off on common ground as (more…)
$150,000 For Medical Transport from Anchorage to Seattle
Monday, August 20th, 2012
Recently, Premera has led an outreach campaign against Guardian Flight to brokers and employers charging that the company was inflating prices well beyond the market – or what the market could bear. That has taken hold in a number of areas as others in healthcare are taking action to mitigate against the cost increases. (more…)
Nathan Johnson Appointed As Washington State HIT Coordinator
Monday, August 20th, 2012
The Washington State Health Care Authority linked in an email today to Governor Gregoire’s July 16 appointment of Nathan Johnson as the new State Health Information Technology (HIT) Coordinator. Johnson takes over for Richard Onizuka, who is currently serving as the CEO of the (more…)
2012 Alaska State of Reform: Alaska Solutions
Monday, August 20th, 2012
One of the new tracks we’re presenting for this year’s Alaska conference is titled “Alaska Solutions” – and it will likely be one of the most well attended tracks of the day. (more…)
The Great Oversight of Risk Based Payments: Carrots and Sticks
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012“Aligning incentives with outcomes” is all the rage these days. However, while the general concept has been around some time – years, actually, going back to previous efforts at reform – today’s policy discussion continues to miss some very important lessons from the past that undermine the success of future risk-based payments. (more…)
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