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Oregon Primary Care Practices Chosen to Participate in New Federal Initiative

August 23, 2012 -- Seventy Oregon health care practices from around the state have been selected to participate in a new public-private partnership to improve patient care at lower costs, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Wednesday. Read More >>

Barney Speight Returns to State Government

This time around he’s working as a special assistant to Bruce Goldberg
August 15, 2012 -- Barney Speight is back at state government again. After leaving earlier last year to join the ODS Companies, Speight has returned to the Oregon Health Authority – this time as a special assistant to Dr. Bruce Goldberg, director. Read More >>

New Coordinated Care Organizations Approved for Oregon Health Plan

July 31, 2012 -- Five new Coordinated Care Organizations will begin serving Oregon Health Plan members in September, the Oregon Health Authority announced today.   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 >>

Oregon Health Authority Seeks Transformation Consultants

At a time when budgets are tight, transformation consultants will be hired by the OHQA
July 5, 2012 – The Oregon Health Authority, the governmental agency that oversees the implementation of coordinated care organizations, is seeking proposals for transformation consultants.   Read More >>

Oregon Health Authority on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling

Statement from Bruce Goldberg, M.D., Oregon Health Authority director
June 28, 2012 -- “The Supreme Court ruling today upholding the Affordable Care Act is very good news for the 600,000 Oregonians who do not have health care coverage.   Read More >>

Eight New Coordinated Care Organizations Approved to Provide Healthcare for Oregon Health Plan Clients

June 27, 2012 -- Eight new healthcare organizations are certified to begin serving local communities in Oregon on August 1, 2012, the Oregon Health Authority announced today.   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 >>

Obesity Epidemic Worsening in Oregon

New data: Physical inactivity, poor nutrition cause increase in obesity
May 15, 2012 -- Obesity rates in Oregon have jumped 121 percent among adults since 1990, driven by a lack of physical activity and poor nutrition, a new Oregon Health Authority report has found.   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 >>
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