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Managed Care Plans Have $252 Million in Their Reserve Accounts

The big question is what happens to these reserves held by the 14 plans that provide healthcare to Oregon Health Plan members
January 19, 2012—Oregon’s preparing to launch a major healthcare transformation that will lead to the creation of coordinated care organizations (CCOs) and integrate physical, mental and dental care for more than 600,000 people on the Oregon Health Plan. Read More >>

Central Oregon Sees Early Successes in Coordinated Care Model

As it prepares to become a coordinated care organization in 2012, Central Oregon’s pioneering coordinated care model proves there are cost savings in coordinating care
November 10, 2011--A wide variety of organizations representing Central Oregon’s healthcare community were talking about creating a coordinated model of providing health care before the Legislature even began thinking about it.   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 >>

Rhonda Busek joins PacificSource

April 7, 2011 -- After a 15-year career at Agate Resources and Lane Individual Practice Association, which provides healthcare services to Oregon Health Plan members and Medicare recipients, Rhonda Busek now works for PacificSource. Read More >>

Laura Brennan Joins CareOregon’s Community-Focused Team

January 13, 2011 -- Laura Brennan has joined the Public Policy and Member Centricity team at CareOregon, the state’s largest Medicaid managed care plan. Her official title is s Senior Manager for Community Affairs & Outcomes, which is a new role at CareOregon, said Martin Taylor, the department’s director. Read More >>

Dan Stevens joins PacificSource

August 4, 2010 -- Providence Health Plans is losing Dan Stevens, who’s been their regional director of provider networks for the past 15 years. Stevens is joining PacificSource as its senior vice president of government programs and will run Clear Choice Health Plans in Bend, which it purchased several months ago. Read More >>

State Approves PacificSource Transaction

The $46 million sale of Clear One Health Plans should be wrapped up in the second quarter.
March 25, 2010 – The sale of Clear One Health Plan to PacificSource inched closer to the finish line after the Oregon Insurance Division gave its approval earlier this week. Read More >>

Health Plan Competition Heats Up in Central Oregon

Central Oregon IPA has signed a Medicare contract with Trillium
March 10, 2010 -- The sale between Clear One Health Plans and PacificSource still awaits approval from the Oregon Insurance Division, but competition is already expected to heat up in central Oregon when Trillium Community Health Plan enters the fray. Read More >>

Hospitals, Physicians To Share Millions From Clear One Sale

The sale of for-profit Clear One to PacificSource nets investors big money
February 25, 2010 – Although the sale of Clear One Health Plans by PacificSource Health Plans awaits approval by state regulators, documents filed with the Insurance Division express very clearly who will benefit from the $46 million acquisition: hospitals and physicians. Read More >>

PacificSource Scores on Kids Connect Program

Starting Jan. 1, kids whose families earn between 200-300 percent of the federal poverty level will be eligible
October 27, 2009 -- When state officials announced the health insurers that will participate in the Kids Connect program, there were no surprises. PacificSource, as anticipated, was the only insurer vying for the statewide contract. Read More >>
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