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Special Legislative Hearing Focuses on Business Plan for Health Transformation

Legislators continue to have questions about details, and exactly how coordinated care organizations will work
December 22, 2011—The business plan that will lead to the formation of coordinated care organizations (CCO) and transform the healthcare delivery system in Oregon took front and center when legislators gathered in Salem for an all-day meeting on Tuesday. Read More >>

Public Health See Opportunities in Oregon Health Plan Reform

Public health officials think public public health departments should be part of a coordinated care organization's governing board
October 27, 2011—As the final meeting of the governor-appointed workgroups approaches in late November to determine the criteria for coordinated care organizations, public health officials are questioning how they’ll fit into the new healthcare delivery model for the Oregon Health Plan.  Read More >>

Defensive Medicine Becomes Part of Transformation Bill

Consultants will be hired by the Oregon Health Authority to analyze the cost and impact of defensive medicine
July 14, 2011 -- Before Republicans signed off on major legislation to transform Oregon’s healthcare system – House Bill 3650 -- they insisted that the cost and impact of defensive medicine be looked into. Read More >>

Oregon Legislature Approves Big Medicaid Changes

Gov. Kitzhaber plans to sign the bill at Portland appearance tomorrow
June 30, 2011 – The Oregon Senate passed legislation last night that imposes monumental changes to the Oregon Health Plan intended to coordinate care and reduce costs. Read More >>

Oregon House Passes OHP Transformation

A nearly unanimous vote moves one of the legislature’s most important bills to the Senate
June 27, 2011 – The Oregon House of Representatives passed sweeping reforms to the Oregon Health Plan today by a vote of 59-to-1. Read More >>

Transformation Bill Deal-Making Comes Down to the Wire

Collective bargaining for home health workers is a key sticking point
June 17, 2011 -- In the final weeks of the Oregon legislative session, negotiations on a monumental bill to transform the Oregon Health Plan have largely taken place behind closed doors. Read More >>

Oregon Health Plan Members Have a Strong Propensity to Smoke

Unless action is taken, the high costs associated with smoking could cripple the transformation process
June 15, 2011— The latest statistics show that 37 percent of people on the Oregon Health Plan are lighting up, which is of grave concern because of the high healthcare costs associated with smokers who may develop lung cancer, emphysema, asthma and other illnesses.   Read More >>

Hospital Association Raises Objections to New Provider Tax

The hospitals are also upset over Senate Bill 204, which passed the House yesterday and gives the Oregon Health Authority the ability to lower outpatient rates based on Medicare payment methodologies
June 2, 2011 -- Legislators have reached a decision on increasing the hospital tax to ward off deep cuts to the Oregon Health Plan, but the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems insists the new tax will negatively impact them. Their leaders even protested to Governor Kitzhaber, but were rebuffed. Read More >>

Managed Care Plans Pay Top Salaries

A Clear One buy-out netted higher than average salaries last year as state prepares for major reform
May 27, 2011 – Gov. John Kitzhaber wants to trim as much waste out of Oregon’s Medicaid program as possible. So far the discussion has not extended, however, to tamping down on executive salaries or the type of profitable buy-outs like the one that occurred in Central Oregon last year. Read More >>

Healthcare Integration Begins Locally

Gov. John Kitzhaber’s health advisor says confidence is high on early cost savings
May 25, 2011 -- Across the state of Oregon, local communities are already thinking about how to  integrate healthcare services under a newly revamped Medicaid program. Read More >>
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