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Coordinated Care Organizations Planning: Draft Waiver and Next Steps

Join OHA for a webinar on March 2
February 29, 2012 -- The Oregon Health Authority will host a one-hour webinar about the next steps for developing Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs). The webinar is designed for interested stakeholders and will be presented by Judy Mohr-Peterson, State Medicaid Director. It will cover the draft of Oregon’s Request for Amended Waiver to support the implementation of CCOs. Participants will be provided opportunity to ask questions about next steps and implementation timelines for potential CCOs. Read More >>

State Over Billed The Feds for Family Planning

The state refunds the federal government $1.7 million with another $3 million under review
February 22, 2011 -- A federal audit recently found the Oregon Health Authority improperly claimed $1.7 million in federal reimbursement for a program that offers family planning services to low-income Oregonians Read More >>

Oregon Providers Moving Toward Primary Care Home Model

January 12, 2012 -- The state of Oregon is looking for health care providers to adopt a primary care model designed for better health and lower costs. Across the state, more than 80 clinics already have applied to be officially recognized by the state as “patient-centered primary care homes.” Read More >>

Health care costs to the state can be reduced $3.2 billion over five years

Oregon Health Policy Board hears testimony showing substantial reduced costs to the state as communities begin planning for new way of delivering health care
January 10, 2012 -- Oregon is moving forward toward implementing a new way of business for the Oregon Health Plan that will bring better care and lower costs, according to testimony today before the Oregon Health Policy Board about Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs). Read More >>

Hospitals Lose Battle to Delay Implementation of Outpatient Cuts

Starting January 1, hospitals must start using Medicare methodology to pay for Oregon Health Plan members, and state and school district employee outpatient costs
December 22, 2011 – The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems lost an attempt to stop the implementation of a new law that will reduce their outpatient reimbursements by up to 50% starting January 1. Read More >>

PSRB Updates Legislators on Releasing Patients from Oregon State Hospital

The critical factor is increasing the availability of different types of residential facilities, according to Mary Claire Buckley
November 30, 2011— When legislators approved the Psychiatric Security Review Board’s (PSRB) budget earlier this year, they attached a string -- the board needed to start thinking about ways to move patients out of the Oregon State Hospital into community treatment facilities. That string took the form of a “budget note.” Read More >>

Colorectal Screening Gets Under Way

Oregon Public Health pilot program shows that word of mouth is the best way to encourage people to get screened to help prevent colorectal cancer
November 21, 2011 -- Oregon Health Authority’s Public Health Division and its county health partners launched a new statewide campaign today to increase colorectal cancer screening among Oregonians over age 50 (over 45 for African Americans). Guided by a research finding that people are much more likely to get screened if they are encouraged by someone they know and trust, the campaign takes an innovative approach by empowering already screened men and women to serve as champions and to encourage people they know to get screened. Read More >>

Oregon Tobacco Quit Line Offers More Online Coaching

Smokers who use Quit Line report better chances of breaking the habit
November 16, 2011 --Almost 70 percent of Oregon tobacco users want to quit, and those who use the free Oregon Tobacco Quit Line have a better chance of breaking their addiction for good. New online coaching services, in addition to phone coaching, make the Quit Line more convenient and accessible than ever. Read More >>

Oregon Looking for Federal Dollars to Fund Transformation Process

The Oregon Health Authority wants to use federal savings to help fund the start up of CCOs
November 10, 2011—Dr. Bruce Goldberg is in active discussions with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to see if federal funds are available to jump start the coordinated care organizations (CCOs) which will provide physical, mental health and dental services to more than 630,000 people on the Oregon Health Plan next July. Read More >>

CMS taps Acumentra Health for Demonstration Project

As a special project for Medicare, Acumentra Health will assist Oregon physician practices in electronically reporting adult immunization data to Oregon’s statewide immunization registry, the ALERT Immunization Information System (IIS).
As a special project for Medicare, Acumentra Health will assist Oregon physician practices in electronically reporting adult immunization data to Oregon’s statewide immunization registry, the ALERT Immunization Information System (IIS).   Read More >>
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