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PEBB Deadlocks Over $34 Million Hole

PEBB Deadlocks Over $34 Million Hole

Medical costs for state employees expected to increase 9.9 percent next year
June 24, 2010 – A $34 million hole for rising medical costs next year continues to perplex labor and management officials who found themselves at odds yesterday. Read More >>
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Medical Costs Threaten to Cripple State Budget

Medical Costs Threaten to Cripple State Budget

Labor officials insist on tapping into reserves to help meet PEBB’s $34 million deficit
June 16, 2010 -- With a $34 million deficit looming, the Public Employees’ Benefit Board finds itself in a quandary about how to rein in rising medical costs next year. Labor and management representatives were unable to reach consensus when they met in Salem yesterday. Read More >>
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State Faces Another Possible $52 Million Shortfall

State Faces Another Possible $52 Million Shortfall

Health benefits for state employees and their dependents exceed budget projections for 2011
June 9, 2010 – The projected budget cuts announced by Governor Kulongoski earlier today aren’t the only funding crisis facing the state. Read More >>
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"Quit Smoking" Programs Reduce Premiums

"Quit Smoking" Programs Reduce Premiums

How a new law requiring insurers to boost smoking cessation benefits is a win-win for everyone, that is, if they know about it
May 26, 2010 -- A months-old Oregon law that requires health insurers to offer benefits encouraging people to quit smoking could become one of the state's most cost-effective healthcare policies, at least in one doctor's opinion. Read More >>
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Hospital-Aquired Infection Rates Go Public

Hospital-Aquired Infection Rates Go Public

Results of the state’s first-ever public report of hospital-acquired infections show Oregon facilities outperform the national average
May 24, 2010 -- Oregon hospitals outperformed the national average last year in two types of common infections, based on the state’s first public report of its kind released today some two and half years after the legislature called for it. Read More >>
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How Legacy Reduced Infections 40 Percent

How Legacy Reduced Infections 40 Percent

For the past two years, Legacy Health System has seriously reduced harm
May 12, 2010 -- When Jodi Joyce, vice president of quality and patient safety for Legacy Health System, testified before the House Health Care Committee in February, she delivered a startling fact. Read More >>
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Infection Rate Reporting Lacks Validation, Yet

Infection Rate Reporting Lacks Validation, Yet

A team of public health officials plan to verify what hospitals are reporting is accurate
May 12, 2010 -- When Oregon officials release the state’s first-ever public report on hospital-acquired infections later this month, chances are it won’t represent the true number of cases. In fact, it probably won’t be even close. Read More >>
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Oregon Could Lead Health Insurance Exchange

Oregon Could Lead Health Insurance Exchange

Dr. Bruce Goldberg has been meeting with Oregon’s Congressional delegation in an effort to move quickly
May 12 -- Oregon could become one of the first states to initiate a health insurance exchange. That process got under way yesterday (May 11) with the creation of a technical assistance work group charged with coming up with a detailed business plan by mid-August. Read More >>
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Central Oregon Launches Health Initiative

Central Oregon Launches Health Initiative

This model doesn’t fall under the jurisdiction of the Insurance Division but provides basic coverage to the uninsured and low-income wage earners.
May 3, 2010 -- Enrollment began in Central Oregon on May 1 for the first of three experimental “community health initiatives” in the state. Read More >>
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Sunshine Coming for Hospital-acquired Infections

Sunshine Coming for Hospital-acquired Infections

Details are expected to show wide variation by hospital for infection rates resulting from surgeries and blood stream catheters
April 21, 2010 -- The Oregon Office of Health Policy and Research is getting ready to release the state’s first-ever public report on hospital-acquired infections next month. And preliminary data show room for improvement. Read More >>
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