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Youth Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers Push for Higher Reimbursement Rates

Current state reimbursement rate is about half the actual cost of providing services

May 2, 2013 – In the 28 years that De Paul Treatment Services has provided youth alcohol and drug treatment services, it's only seen a minor increase in reimbursement rates from the state. Now its future, along with the future of other youth treatment facilities around the state, is uncertain, according to Sheila North, executive director. Read More >>

‘Churn Bill’ Looks to Help People Switching from Medicaid to Cover Oregon

Starting in 2016, 60,000 Oregonians may find themselves moving between the Oregon Health Plan and Cover Oregon, and potentially losing access to their doctors or coverage of ongoing procedures. HB 2132 requires the OHA and Cover Oregon to take steps to alleviate this problem.

April 24, 2013 — Next year, the Affordable Care Act will allow people whose income falls below 138 percent of the federal poverty level to receive coverage through the Oregon Health Plan. Read More >>

Bates Offers Path for CCOs to Roll in Dental Networks

SB 373 requires CCOs to offer dental contracts to all dental care organizations from 2014 to 2017 before they contract with other dental care providers such as Kaiser Permanente.

April 17, 2013 — Sen. Alan Bates, D-Medford, has pushed a last-minute bill that would require coordinated care organizations to first provide contracts to all the dental care organizations in its geographic area before hiring independent dentists. Read More >>

Dembrow Pitches Oregon Universal Healthcare Study

Funding for the study to provide healthcare financing for all Oregonians would come from private sources, and the study would consider several options, including single-payer, a public option and hybrid model to provide care from cradle-to-grave. A Pennsylvania study found a state single-payer government health insurance system would cut healthcare costs 15 percent

April 12, 2013 — The Affordable Care Act will roll out next year, and Oregon has instituted its own pioneering healthcare delivery reforms through coordinated care organizations. Read More >>

State Approves Relocation of Nursing Facility Beds in Salem

<p>April 10, 2013 -- A proposed order has been issued to South Salem Rehabilitation, LLC dba Avamere Rehabilitation of Salem for the development of a new, 80-bed nursing facility to be located near the southeast corner of Kuebler Boulevard Southeast and Interstate 5 in Salem.</p> Read More >>

2013 Nursing and the Public's Health Summit

Early Bird Registration Ends April 8, 2013. Register Now! Oregon is leading the nation in health reform and public health nurses are key to its success. Public health nurses play a critical part in assuring access to quality health care, building and maintaining a healthy population and lowering health care costs. Nurses along with health reform leaders will converge on May 6, 2013 in Portland to learn more about how nursing practice supports Oregon’s health reform and to chart the future course for public health nurses. Whether a nurse, a public health or health reform leader or a student, you are invited to take part in this important summit and please pass this announcement on to others who may be interested. Summit Registration link: http://www.oregonpublichealth.org/member-center-nursing Read More >>

Oregon Health Policy Board to hold monthly meeting April 2 in Portland

What: The Oregon Health Policy Board will hold its monthly meeting April 2 in Portland. The board will hear presentations on the Oregon Health Authority Transformation Center and the effects of the Affordable Care Act on individual and small group markets. The Workforce Committee will submit a report based on board feedback from the February 5 OHPB meeting. Public testimony will be heard during the meeting, beginning at 3:45 p.m. Read More >>

Oregon Health Policy Board/Early Learning Council Joint Subcommittee to Hold Bi-Monthly Meeting April 2 in Portland

What: The Oregon Health Policy Board/Early Learning Council Joint Subcommittee will meet April 2 in Portland. The primary focus of the meeting will be to explore opportunities for alignment and coordination of health and early learning systems. The subcommittee will not hear public testimony at this meeting. Read More >>

Talk by ‘Salt Sugar Fat’ author, Screening of Health Care Reform Documentary to Highlight Public Health Week April 1-7

<p>WHAT: Oregon Public Health Week 2013, a weeklong series of events organized by the state’s public health partners as part of National Public Health Week to promote continuing health and wellness for all Oregonians. This year’s theme is ‘Public Health is Return on Investment (ROI): Save Lives, Save Money’<br /> Read More >>