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Senate Passes Oregon Health Authority $11.9 Billion Budget

Two Democrats object to increased fees in the medical marijuana program
June 15, 2011—The Oregon Legislature is regarded as being sympathetic to health and human services programs when agency budgets must be cut to close the state’s budget hole. The Senate followed through with that mindset this year, passing the Oregon Health Authority’s budget for 2011-2013 by a 19-11 margin yesterday.   Read More >>

AARP Oregon Responds to Rep. Paul Ryan’s Budget Plan

This budget proposal upends vital programs without addressing skyrocketing health care costs
April 12, 2011 -- We agree with Chairman Paul Ryan that our nation’s long-term finances deserve attention, but this budget proposal upends vital programs for health and retirement security without addressing the underlying problem of skyrocketing healthcare costs. 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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Transformation Team Takes Draft Bill to Task

Oregon Health Authority and Governor’s office drafted a document to guide lawmakers, but some say it leaves crucial issues unaddressed
March 3, 2011--The Oregon Health Authority and leaders from Governor John Kitzhaber’s office have distilled a month’s worth of high-level conversations on healthcare transformation into a legislative concept intended to guide lawmakers taking on health reform. Read More >>

State Should Proceed with Caution before Integrating Long-Term Care

The author writes: “We cannot afford to dismantle a system that is highly effective.”
OPINION, February 16, 2011 -- Oregon has a cost-effective long term care system that provides choice, independence and dignity to seniors and people with disabilities. Read More >>

Budget Implications for OHP Challenge Transformation Team

Legislative leaders who sit on that team are determined to come up with those tough answers by March 23
February 10, 2011— When legislators grapple with the Oregon Health Plan budget in April, those in leadership positions may already have come up with the answers. 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 >>

Oregon Legislature Unlikely to Increase Beer and Wine Tax

However, the Alcohol and Drug Commission wants to have a larger role in setting budget priorities and rule making
February 1, 2011 -- The Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission has crafted legislation to create a data collection system that could set budget priorities and have rule-making authority. 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 >>

PEBB Dips Into Reserves to Fill $34 Million Hole

But state agencies without general fund support such as DCBS could face lay-offs
June 30, 2010 -- Labor officials got a reprieve on Tuesday when the Public Employees Benefit Board decided not to cut the healthcare benefits of state employees next year despite having to patch a $34 million budget hole. Read More >>
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