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CCOs Braced to Deal with Information-Sharing Hurdles

The technical, cultural, and regulatory challenges to sharing patient records and standardizing clinical data across systems don’t appear to be undermining providers’ excitement about the opportunity that CCOs present for improving health
Sept. 24, 2012 -- Technology-based information sharing and data gathering will be key tools for Oregon’s newly minted coordinated care organizations (CCOs) as they work to improve the health of the state’s vulnerable population while reducing costs. Read More >>

Governor Kitzhaber Seeks to Expand Coordinated Care Organizations

The CCOs, which got under way in August, now cover 500,000 people on Medicaid throughout the state
September 12, 2012 – With coordinated care organizations – better known as CCOs -- in full swing for the Medicaid population, Governor John Kitzhaber is setting his sights on the next targets – people on Medicare, the state’s public employees and the private business sector. ”The biggest challenge with Medicare is that it’s not a sustainable model,” the governor told Beaverton residents last week at a town hall meeting hosted by Sen. Mark Hass (D-Beaverton). Why not allow people on Medicare to participate in a CCO on an “experimental basis,” he suggested. Read More >>

Tribal Health Advocates Worry About New CCO System

Oregon Health Authority, native health experts say specialty access not out of reach to non-enrollees
July 25, 2012 -- Healthcare advocates are concerned that American Indians who choose not to participate in a coordinated care organization (CCO) will have difficulty getting access to specialty care. On August 1, CCOs begin integrating physical, dental and mental healthcare for about 650,000 people who qualify for Medicaid.   Read More >>

Workforce Issues, CCO Progress Take Center Stage at Health Policy Board

The board will begin writing administrative rules to reduce friction and confusion in student clinical placements
July 12, 2012 -- The Oregon Health Policy Board voted unanimously Tuesday to give the Oregon Health Authority the power to develop administrative rules for the student healthcare workforce, after a presentation by Lisa Angus and Terri Johanson who argued that nursing and medical students often face a major bureaucratic scramble when dealing with residencies or clinical placements during their education.   Read More >>

Lack of Additional Start-up Funding Not Expected to Impact CCO Applications

Many providers say they’re not surprised
June 29, 2012—A recent announcement from the Oregon Health Authority that there would not be additional funding to help the newly forming coordinated care organizations with their initial start up costs has caused at least one organization to put on the brakes. But many are not surprised, and say it won’t effect their intention to apply.   Read More >>

Funding Crunch Won't Affect CCOs in Josephine and Curry Counties

AllCare, which anticipates getting under way on August 1 is contracting with Options for Southern Care to provide mental health services
June 28, 2012 -- County governments are expected to play a critical role in the delivery of healthcare services under Oregon’s healthcare reform. Read More >>

Coordinated Care Organization Agreement Signed for Marion and Polk Counties

June 20, 2012 — On Tuesday, June 19, 11 organizations, plus Marion and Polk counties, signed an agreement to create Willamette Valley Community Health, LLC, seeking authorization from the state as a Coordinated Care Organization to serve Medicaid patients in Marion and Polk Counties.   Read More >>

One Out-of-State Organization Questions Becoming a Coordinated Care Organization

It’s unclear if two others still intend to apply, but they face different challenges different from local organizations
June 7, 2012—Many were shocked when two large, publicly traded companies sent letters of intent to the Oregon Health Authority expressing their intention to apply to become a coordinated care organization. Now it’s not clear if they, or a third out-of-state organization, will even apply.   Read More >>

Oregon Health Authority Announces State's First Certified Coordinated Care Organizations

A majority of the state's Oregon Health Plan patients will be served by the newly forming organizations, but applications covering rural and coastal parts of the state were denied
May 30, 2012--The Oregon Health Authority announced its approval of 11 organizations that applied to become coordinated care organizations, the newly forming organizations that will completely change how Oregon Health Plan patients receive care.   Read More >>

Dental Organizations Interested in Reform Take Their Case to the Legislature

Organization leaders continue to be concerned about the role they will play in coordinated care organizations, and whether they will be part of the decision-making process
May 24, 2012—Dental care organizations serving Oregon Health Plan patients are still publicly concerned about their attempts to become part of the newly forming coordinated care organizations – and made a presentation to the Senate’s health committee during a three-day
interim session on Monday.   Read More >>
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