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Workgroup Focuses on Recruiting Primary Care Providers

They also want to better define the role of community health workers, personal health navigators and peer wellness specialists
Developing a strategic plan to recruit and retain primary care providers is at the essence of a workgroup led by Dr. Lisa Dodson, director of the Oregon Area Health Education Center, which met recently. Read More >>

OMA Remains Neutral on National Health Reform

Doctors raise objections about an independent payment board that could diminish their influence
March 31, 2010 – The health reform package signed into law by President Obama doesn’t pass muster with the Oregon Medical Association, which remains critical of the sweeping reform. Read More >>

It’s Time We Face the Primary Care Shortage

From reimbursement rates to public policy and medical schools, a UCLA professor emeritus offers a step-by-step solution
January 6, 2010 -- Fifty years ago over half of medical school graduates became general practitioners, general internists or general pediatricians. Today subspecialty training dominates by a ratio of almost 7:1. Read More >>

Medicare Advantage Enrollment Isn’t Always Easy

How badly plans want new members can be glimpsed through the enrollment process
November 4, 2009 -- I have a few of what I think are pretty basic, straightforward questions not answered in the Medicare plan materials available online. That means I have to call the health plans. Frankly, I always regard these calls as tests to see how badly each plan wants a new member. Read More >>
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