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SEIU Urges Kitzhaber to Preserve Home Care Workers’ Benefits

Caregivers may lose benefits during this winter’s legislative session
December 22, 2011 -- Rebecca Sandoval lives with, and cares for, a 97-year-old woman who, due to multiple disabilities and health needs, receives 140 hours a month of in-home care through the Oregon Health Plan. Read More >>

Co-chairs’ Budget Concerns Human Services Stakeholders

Keeping the deep cuts proposed by the Governor will “severely fray the [social services] safety net,” advocates say
March 30, 2011 -- The human services slice of the Joint Ways and Means co-chairs’ budget, released Tuesday, is striking in its dependence on cost savings from healthcare transformation efforts outlined by Governor John Kitzhaber and the Health System Transformation Team.
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OHP Transformation Pegged for November

Lawmakers received a draft timeline for integrating the Oregon Health Plan
March 17, 2011 – The Health System Transformation Team received a draft timeline Wednesday night that sets a deadline of November for significant changes to the Oregon Health Plan. Read More >>

PEBB Increases Cost Sharing to Plug Budget Hole

Mid-year plan design changes take effect April 1
March 8, 2011 -- The Public Employees Benefit Board voted unanimously last week to increase cost-sharing to its 127,000 members beginning April 1. Read More >>

Kitzhaber Eyes Long-Term Care Waivers

Obama’s support for Wyden bill means earlier waivers in states like Oregon
March 3, 2011 -- Oregon’s first waiver request under the 2010 national health reform law could be to integrate long-term care, according to Gov. John Kitzhaber, who was at the White House when President Obama said he supported giving more flexibility to states that could do healthcare better. Read More >>

State Employees Impacted by Rising Healthcare Costs

Governor Kitzhaber urges the Public Employees’ Benefit Board to make changes that add value and provide better health
February 23, 2011 -- With an impending budget shortfall of $10 million this plan year, the Public Employees’ Benefit Board faces tough choices about state employee health benefits when it meets March 1. Read More >>

Governor Kitzhaber Denies Secret Plan to Transform Healthcare

Dr. Donald Berwick, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, assures officials he’s behind Oregon’s efforts
February 17, 2011--Oregon’s transformation healthcare plan is falling into place, with draft legislation expected by March 23. Read More >>

OHP Docs Face Hefty Reimbursement Cuts

Doctors who accept the Oregon Health Plan have had minimal increases since the state Medicaid plan began in 1996
February 10, 2011 -- For anyone wondering whether Governor John Kitzhaber would be influenced by roughly $500,000 in campaign contributions from Oregon’s Medicaid managed care plans, the answer so far is ‘no.’ Read More >>

Transformation Team Tackles Health System Redesign

The group, chartered by Oregon Health Policy Board, has nine weeks - and limited funds - to make a model for integrated care
February 3, 2011 – A group of Oregon legislators and healthcare industry stakeholders known as the Health Systems Transformation Team gathered Wednesday night at Willamette University’s Putnam Hall to begin work on a monumental task: restructuring the state’s entire healthcare delivery system. In the next nine weeks. Read More >>

Governor Will Release Budget February 1

Kitzhaber emphasized the need to transform the healthcare delivery system when he spoke before the Oregon Health Policy Board
January 20, 2011 -- When Governor Kitzhaber releases his budget for next biennium o February 1, he intends to make it quite clear that the healthcare delivery system needs to undergo a transformation. Read More >>
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