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May 10, 2013 — In yet another attempt to provide some transparency to the governance of coordinated care organizations, Rep. Mitch Greenlick, D-Portland, has forged and accepted an agreement that will ensure a minimal level of public involvement. Read More >>

May 10, 2013 – This time around Barney Speight insists it's for real. On July 1, he's stepping down as special assistant to the director of the Oregon Health Authority, Dr. Bruce Goldberg, and intends to retire – for good. Read More >>

May 8, 2013 – Following a relatively brief discussions of the ongoing Community Health Needs Assessment, the Mental Health and Addictions Committee and an update from CEO Janet Meyer – and a preview of the new member handbook – Health Share of Oregon's community advisory council went into an executive session that, according to the meeting agenda, was slated to last two hours. Read More >>

April 24, 2013 — A measure that directs the Oregon Health Authority to set up codes to bill non-medical expenses for patients on the Oregon Health Plan sailed through the Senate on a 26-1 vote yesterday. Read More >>

April 18, 2013 — Rep. Mitch Greenlick, D-Portland, was able to muscle through his transparency bill for coordinated care organizations, as the House Health Committee voted 5-4 to require a public comment period at the regular board meetings of these local health organizations, charged with facilitating billions of tax dollars through the Oregon Health Plan. Read More >>

April 17, 2013 — Sen. Alan Bates, D-Medford, has pushed a last-minute bill that would require coordinated care organizations to first provide contracts to all the dental care organizations in its geographic area before hiring independent dentists. Read More >>

April 16, 2013 — Rep. Mitch Greenlick, D-Portland, has put forth a compromise bill that would ensure greater public scrutiny of coordinated care organizations without putting them under Oregon’s public meetings law. Read More >>

March 8, 2013 – Calling early childhood and healthcare “two areas that make a big difference, but need a lot of work,” Multnomah County Chair Jeff Cogen introduced a panel of speakers at the Multnomah Building Wednesday night, to discuss what the state and county are doing about both – and avenues for citizen engagement. Read More >>

March 6, 2013 – The status of a former member of Health Share of Oregon's Community Advisory Council who resigned last month as the director of the Housing Authority of Clackamas County was the subject of heated discussion when its Community Advisory Council met last week. Read More >>

February 26, 2013-- The organization representing chiropractors is pushing a bill that would require coordinated care organizations to consider them equal to medical doctors, but quickly ran into opposition. Read More >>