coordinated care organizations

DOJ Settlement Aims to Improve Mental Health Treatment

The DOJ settlement with the city of Portland requires coordinated care organizations to set up mental health drop-off centers by July, but it’s unclear how they were singled out in the agreement
March 15, 2013 – Last December's settlement between the Department of Justice and the city of Portland tasked the city and Multnomah County with a host of reforms intended to improve interactions between police and people with mental illness – and to improve access to mental healthcare. Read More >>

Coordinated Care Organizations Could Advance Public Health Priorities

After doing some strategic planning, the state’s public health director, Dr. Mel Kohn, sets out his six top priorities
September 26, 2012 -- The new coordinated care organizations provide enormous opportunities to further the state’s public health agenda, but the new organizations are more likely to be successful in counties with strong existing public health departments, the state’s top public health officer told The Lund Report. Read More >>

Naturopaths Left Behind in New Coordinated Care Organizations

Oregon Health Plan benefits letter makes no provision for naturopathic primary care; negotiations continue
September 19, 2012 -- Naturopathic medicine advocates worry that one of the many casualties of Oregon’s new coordinated care system will be Eugene resident Penelope Jones-Vaughn, who adopted a severely abused infant son with fetal alcohol syndrome from his birth mother. His symptoms included an inability to feel pain, weeklong bouts of constipation and waking up constantly with nightmares. 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 >>

The Applications Are In: CCOs Will Be in Every Part of Oregon

It was uncertain until this week how many organizations would apply to become a CCO, and the recently announced investment the federal government intends to make will help them become established
May 5, 2012—The expected but still jaw-dropping announcement that the federal government would give Oregon $1.9 billion over five years to help jump start healthcare reform in Oregon shadowed an equally important development: the Oregon Health Authority’s receipt of 14 applications from potential coordinated care organizations that would provide care to 90 percent of the state’s Oregon Health Plan population. Read More >>

Intersection of Public Health and CCOs Discussed During Public Health Week

The ability for public health to clearly define its role within a CCO will be essential, panelists say
April 6, 2012—A panel discussion about public health’s role in coordinated care organizations stressed the need for public health departments to use concrete, factual and evidence-based arguments to help define their roles within those organizations. Read More >>

Transformation Bill Passes the House

It is expected to be signed into law within days, allowing coordinated care organizations to be created
February 25, 2012—The bill allowing for the overhaul of the Oregon Health Plan’s delivery system passed the House with an overwhelmingly bipartisan 53-7 vote today, after being stalled for days because it became a part of end-of-session political negotiating and bargaining. Read More >>

Transformation Bill Passes Senate in Party Line Vote

Sen. Betsy Johnson, a critical swing vote, did not vote with Republicans because of concerns the Department of Justice has about a medical liability amendment
February 14, 2012—After lengthy, impassioned discussion and procedural votes from Senate Republicans in a last ditch attempt to amend Senate Bill 1580 and send it back to committee, the Senate passed the bill allowing for the complete overhaul of the Oregon Health Plan’s delivery system on a party line 16-14 vote this morning. Read More >>

Transformation Legislation Passes Ways and Means; Faces Tough Vote in Senate

Republican Senators are insistent that medical liability reform be included in the legislation
February 10, 2012—The joint Ways and Means Committee passed the legislation allowing the Oregon Health Authority to begin soliciting proposals for coordinated care organizations (CCOs) earlier this afternoon, but it is unclear if Senate Bill 1580 has the votes needed to pass the Senate. Read More >>

Advocates Insist Psychological and Social Factors Integral to Coordinated Care Organizations’ Goals

However, Senate Bill 1522, heard yesterday, received a lukewarm reception in the Senate Healthcare Committee
February 7, 2012—Legislation that would require coordinated care organizations (CCOs) to take into consideration psychological and social factors impacting a patient’s health received a lukewarm reception in the Senate’s Healthcare Committee yesterday afternoon. Read More >>
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