5 Things Oregon: CCO performance review, Nurses seeking affordable housing, Q&A on Latinx COVID testing
Eli Kirshbaum | Aug 11, 2022 | Oregon
New report finds Oregon CCOs were financially stable last year
Oregon Health Authority | Jul 14, 2022 | Oregon
OHA to work with CCOs in plan to improve child health care
Shane Ersland | Mar 31, 2022 | Oregon
OHA report highlights financial impact of COVID on hospitals, CCOs, providers, and insurers
Emily Boerger | Dec 1, 2020 | Oregon
Senate Health Care Committee hears SB 1551
Madeline Shannon | Feb 6, 2020 | Oregon
The Senate Committee on Health Care heard a bill Feb. 4 that would require the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to issue financial reports twice a year to health-related committees in the legislature. The OHA report must include information about financial reporting requirements imposed on coordinated care organizations. The
2019 Oregon State of Reform Keynote: A conversation with John Kitzhaber
Emily Boerger | Dec 6, 2019 | Oregon
John Kitzhaber continues to be one of the most important thinkers on state health reform in the country. Since leaving public service, he has traveled to over 15 states and Washington DC, working with organizations, leaders, and reformers in health care. This afternoon keynote discussion from the 2019 Oregon State
FMAP and OR budget | Evan O'Kelly | CCO re-org legislation
DJ Wilson | Dec 22, 2016 | Oregon
2017 will be among the most dynamic years in health policy in some time. So, rest and rejuvenate this Christmas and holiday season. Here are 5 Things that will be waiting for you when you return... 1. Walden: A central figure in ACA repeal As we highlighted last
OR: Eugene Combines High Income Inequality & Strained Health Care System
Amanda Waldroupe | Apr 29, 2014 | Oregon
Bloomberg released a ranking of U.S. cities with the most income equality over the weekend. Eugene—Oregon’s second largest city—was the only city in the Pacific Northwest on the list, ranked at #22. The city’s median household income is $39,150, and approximately 27.6 percent of the population lives in poverty. Those
OR: Interview with Jeff Heatherington, President & CEO, FamilyCare
Amanda Waldroupe | Apr 14, 2014 | Oregon
Jeff Heatherington is one of the most colorful characters in Oregon health care. In 1984, he founded FamilyCare, Inc. -- one of the first Medicaid programs established in the state of Oregon. As FamilyCare’s president and CEO, Heatherington oversaw its transition to a fully capitated plan when the Oregon Health Plan began in
OR: Legislators Look at Cost-Containment Ideas for "High Utilizers"
Amanda Waldroupe | Mar 10, 2014 | Oregon
This legislative session is the first that Oregon lawmakers haven’t spent a lot of time on the state’s coordinated care organizations (CCOs) since the Oregon Health Plan was overhauled and the organizations were created in 2011. Unlike Cover Oregon, the other large reform effort undertaken that year, Oregon’s CCOs have