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June 21, 2012--When you think about sustainability, I believe it’s incredibly important to have an independent news source reporting on Oregon’s healthcare industry. That’s why I created The Lund Report three years ago. Read More >>
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Regence’s Five-Year Decline in Oregon Gives Kaiser the Oregon Commercial Insurance Mantle

Regence’s Five-Year Decline in Oregon Gives Kaiser the Oregon Commercial Insurance Mantle

After losing over 630,000 members since the end of 2007, Regence finds itself looking up at Kaiser in the latest Oregon health insurance membership numbers
May 10, 2012 -- Regence BlueCross BlueShield may have witnessed its final months as Oregon’s top insurer in the commercial marketplace. Only five years ago–in 2007–Regence led Kaiser by a margin of 633,510 members as Regence insured over 1.1 million commercially.   Read More >>
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The Lund Report Remains the Watchdog of Oregon’s Healthcare Industry

The Lund Report Remains the Watchdog of Oregon’s Healthcare Industry

Now it’s time to support our work and help us celebrate our third year anniversary
May 2, 2012 – Three years ago I started The Lund Report to become the watchdog of the healthcare industry in Oregon. Since then, we’ve brought you stories each and every week that you won’t find elsewhere and done it with a very lean budget – by relying on award-winning freelance journalists.   Read More >>
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Department of Corrections’ TPA May Create CCO for Prisoners and Parolees

Department of Corrections’ TPA May Create CCO for Prisoners and Parolees

The organization already has experience coordinating care in Colorado
April 25, 2012— Eyebrows almost instantaneously raised during the Oregon Health Policy Board’s meeting earlier this month when board members realized that an organization serving the Department of Corrections’ inmates had submitted a letter of intent to become a coordinated care organization (CCO). Read More >>
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Deschutes County Audit Could Result in Medicaid Payback

Deschutes County Audit Could Result in Medicaid Payback

An audit conducted by Accountable Behavioral Health Alliance revealed errors in patient records by Deschutes County Health Services
April 9, 2012—An August 2011 audit performed by Accountable Behavioral Health Alliance on Deschutes County Health Services is showing how difficult it is for some organizations to meet the requirements and provide the type of care expected of coordinated care organizations (CCOs). Read More >>
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Your Comments, Please

Your Comments, Please

Starting April 18, readers will have to become subscribers to The Lund Report before having their comments published
April 2, 2012 – Since The Lund Report was launched in 2009, we’ve received a tremendous number of comments about our news articles, and have published the majority of them – often times anonymously. Read More >>
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A Single Coordinated Care Organization Could Emerge in the Tri-County Area

A Single Coordinated Care Organization Could Emerge in the Tri-County Area

For the past three months, the managed care plans that have been providing healthcare to people on the Oregon Health Plan have been talking about forming a single CCO and intend to file a letter of intent by April 2
March 21, 2012 -- As transformation moves ahead, an unlikely group of competitors have come together to create what many believed was impossible – a single coordinated care organization (CCO) for the Portland tri-county area. Read More >>
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Germans Confused Over U.S. Healthcare Debate

Germans Confused Over U.S. Healthcare Debate

Their public healthcare system reached a record surplus of $5.28 billion last year and is one of the oldest systems in Europe
March 14, 2012 -- BERLIN -- As the Republican presidential candidates try to outdo each other over criticizing the Obama administration’s healthcare plan, several German healthcare officials who watch the debate in the United States are in disbelief as to why the American public doesn’t want a national plan. Read More >>
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State Employees, School Districts Expected to Follow Coordinated Care Plan Model

State Employees, School Districts Expected to Follow Coordinated Care Plan Model

Although the CCOs are initially intended for Oregon Health Plan members, all healthcare paid for by the state will eventually use the coordinated model of care
December 14, 2011—The 600,000 people on the Oregon Health Plan aren’t the only ones who will see their healthcare delivered by the newly-formed coordinated care organizations (CCOs).  Read More >>
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Public Health Division Takes a Serious Look at Budget Reductions

Public Health Division Takes a Serious Look at Budget Reductions

It’s too early to say how much revenue has been generated following the increased fees for medical marijuana cards, Dr. Mel Kohn told the Public Health Advisory Board
 December 7, 2011 – With budget reductions looming as the February legislative session draws closer, Dr. Mel Kohn, director of the state’s Public Health Division, is being forced to take a hard look at making cuts. Read More >>
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