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Coos Bay Dermatologist Strikes Out on Her Own, Abandons Billing Codes

Dr. Kathleen Brown says she’s received pushback from the two insurers for not using CPT billing codes

December 15, 2011 – In July, Dr. Kathleen Brown decided to leave the Coos Bay clinic where she’d been practicing since 1997 and open her own dermatology practice. It’s not uncommon for doctors to strike out on their own, but Brown’s decision had a twist: she decided to eschew the use of CPT codes, a set of medical billing codes required by the American Medical Association for reimbursement by insurers. Read More >>

ODS Rate Decision Expected Next Week

ODS Health Insurance has asked for a 9.94 percent increase on its individual policies starting November 1

This article has been corrected to indicate the compounded rate increase by ODS Health Plan since 2009 was 50.5 percent September 21, 2011 – Officials at the Oregon Insurance Division anticipate making a decision on the 9.94 percent rate request by ODS Health Plan next week. Read More >>

ODS Health Plan Rate Hike Public Hearing Today

OSPIRG Foundation releases analysis of the proposed 9.94% rate increase

September 14, 2011--ODS Health Plan will have to answer for its proposal to raise rates nearly 10% on over 26,000 Oregonians at a public hearing today in Salem. Read More >>

ODS Health Plan Proposes 9.94% Rate Increase

Public hearing to take place September 14th in Salem

ODS Health Plan has filed for a 9.94% average premium increase effective November 1, 2011. This impacts 26,333 Oregon consumers and families with individual policies, who don’t have employer-sponsored coverage. Read More >>

Barney Speight Returns to ODS, Again

March 2, 2011 -- Talk about a revolving door. Barney Speight has returned again to work for ODS Companies, bookmarked by two stints with state government. Read More >>

School Districts Post Unusually High Claims

A recent analysis shows that 99 percent of employees who had Providence or ODS insurance filed a medical or pharmacy claim

October 26, 2010 -- School district employees continue using more healthcare services than their national counterparts, according to consultants for the Oregon Educators Benefit Board. Read More >>

Hospitals and PhRMA: Get Ready for Cost Cutting

Insurance executives gather in Portland to discuss the implications of federal health reform and find ways to control costs

September 28, 2010 -- No one denies that federal health reform is going to increase costs, but even the top ranking insurance executives in Oregon acknowledge they can’t quantify that number. Read More >>

Csaba Mera Leaves ODS for Regence

September 15, 2010 -- After a 10-year stint, Dr. Csaba Mera has left The ODS Companies as medical director to assume the role of medical director at Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon. Read More >>

PEBB Expected to Increase Rates

The Public Employees Benefit Board is likely to approve an overall 9.93 percent hike when it meets Friday afternoon

July 7, 2010 -- Now that the $34 million hole has been plugged for state employee benefits for 2011, the Public Employees Benefit Board is preparing to accept rate increases to cover that gap when it meets on Friday afternoon. Read More >>

Credit Company Downgrades ODS

Vice president Dave Evans calls the negative rating a “non-event.”

June 9, 2010 -- A.M. Best downgraded the issuer credit rating of ODS Companies last week from good to negative, a move Dave Evans, vice president and controller, said wasn’t applicable to the insurer. Read More >>

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