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Gelser Forges Path Forward for Free Prenatal Care for Diabetic Women

The House Health Committee unanimously approved HB 2432, requiring insurers to cover the costs that diabetic women accrue when pregnant without deductibles and copays, despite opposition by Regence BlueCross BlueShield. Rep. Sara Gelser was able to lower the fiscal impact to the Oregon Educators Benefit Board after talks with ODS
April 9, 2013 — Oregon women who get pregnant and struggle with low blood sugar may no longer struggle to seek extra prenatal care relating to diabetes after the House Health Committee voted 8-0 on Monday to require insures to cover diabetic prenatal care at no extra cost. Read More >>

Local Governments May Get Option to Join OEBB and PEBB

HB 2279, backed by local governments and unions alike, would open up the self-insurance plans for teachers and state employees to those in local government, which face rising private health insurance costs
  February 26, 2013 — Legislation pushed by the unions would give local governments the option of offering their employees the health insurance benefits offered by the Public Employees Benefit Board and the Oregon Educators Benefit Board. Read More >>

Member Insists OEBB Overpays for Prescription Drugs

Its policy of mandating that only mail order companies can provide a 90-day supply of drugs is increasing insurance costs, she says
October 30, 2012 -- Tamara Weaver questions why the Oregon Educators Benefit Board (OEBB) is paying more for prescription drugs through its mail order company than at Costco, her local retail pharmacy. OEBB is responsible for selecting the health plans for the majority of Oregon’s public school teachers, community colleges and state universities. Read More >>

Public Education Employees Shed Thousands of Pounds

Medical costs related to obesity in adults in Oregon amounted to $ 1.6 billion in 2006, according to the Oregon Health Authority
October 22, 2012 -- Oregon public education employees have lost nearly 200,000 pounds in a 20-month period that began in October 2010 after the state added free Weight Watchers classes as a benefit, an administrator for the Oregon Educators Benefit Board (OEBB) told The Lund Report. Read More >>

Portland Public Schools Exert Pressure on Oregon Educators Benefit Board

The board, which offers health insurance benefits to school districts throughout Oregon had attempted to change its comparability rules which could have forced districts into the pool
May 16, 2012 -- Portland Public Schools Superintendent Carole Smith couldn’t have sounded more adamant when she told the Oregon Educators Benefit Board (OEBB) not to change the comparability rules allowing school districts to remain outside the state-run insurance pool.   Read More >>

Insurance Exchange Bill Moves Toward Floor Vote, with Amendment Relating to OEBB Opt-Out

School districts will now have a role in helping the insurance exchange choose the benefit plans that will be offered
March 2, 2012—After weeks of being stuck in the Legislature’s budget committee, the bill allowing Oregon’s health insurance exchange to proceed toward implementation is moving toward a House and Senate vote —along with a little baggage in the form of a completely unrelated amendment supported by Republicans. Read More >>

Changes in Insurance Plans Confusing for Employees

Oregon Educators Benefit board makes the decision to give employees more options
January 25, 2012 -- It can be very exasperating when an employer changes health plan options and people no longer have quite the same benefits. Read More >>

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 >>

OEBB Considers Workplace Wellness Program

Although the board took no action to adopt the initiative, it is similar to other OEBB programs
September 26, 2011--The Oregon Educator Benefits’ Board (OEBB) received a briefing last week about a new public health initiative of Governor John Kitzhaber’s that might be right up its alley—the Wellness@Work program. Read More >>

Governor Urges OEBB to Cooperate in Exchange and Transformation Efforts

He is giving the board four months to create a strategy to do so
July 13, 2011—The Oregon Educators Benefit Board (OEBB) is going to be part of the state’s new insurance exchange, and will have to change the way its health plans deliver care to school district employees, according to Governor John Kitzhaber. Read More >>
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