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Intent on Transformation

Public purchasers are positioned to lead, having a hold on 33 percent of the insurance market
March 10, 2010 -- As the largest purchaser of healthcare -- next to Medicare – public purchasers are positioned to transform the delivery system under the leadership of Barney Speight. Read More >>

Eight Tanning Bed Owners that Didn’t Pay Their Fees

Proposed legislation in 2011 could strengthen regulation, increase fees
March 10, 2010 -- State regulators that oversee tanning salons plan to ask the Oregon legislature next year to increase fees and enhance their enforcement tools. Read More >>

Amanda Fritz Helps Homeless Women with Health Needs

The city commissioner’s office is planning health-oriented workshops during May to educate homeless women
March 10, 2010 -- Portland City Commissioner Amanda Fritz’s office is planning a series of health-oriented workshops for homeless women that will give an unprecedented focus on their health. Read More >>

NW Health Foundation Sets Sights on Disparities

The collaborative that built momentum for health reform in 2009 will focus on outcomes for those most in need
March 10, 2010 -- After setting the tone for much of the statewide health reform actions of recent years the Northwest Health Foundation is shifting gears and turning its eye toward health disparities. 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 >>

Tort Reform Will Raise its Head Next Year

Oregon Health Policy Board appoints a 15-member medical liability task force
March 10, 2010 – Tort reform is definitely coming back to the 2011 Oregon Legislature. That message came loud and clear when the Oregon Health Policy Board appointed a 15-member task force on March 9. Read More >>

Remembering Ben Westlund

Share your thoughts about this great healthcare leader by sending an email to info@thelundreport.org
March 9, 2010 -- Oregon lost a great healthcare leader with the passing of Ben Westlund on March 6th. As a state senator, he was instrumental in not only keeping the Oregon Health Plan, but remained focused on the need to achieve universal access so that everyone could receive healthcare services. Read More >>

Governor Wields Final Say on Psychologist Bill

No matter what he decides, this issue will come back to haunt the 2011 Oregon Legislature next February
March 4, 2010 -- The battle lines have been drawn, and now it’s up to Gov. Kulongoski to determine whether psychologists should be able to prescribe psychotropic drugs. Read More >>

Standard Joined Regence Against Ballot Measures

Together both insurance companies spent $105,000 to defeat Ballot Measures 66 and 67 in a special election
March 4, 2010 – Regence BlueCross BlueShield wasn’t the only insurer that made a financial contribution to try and defeat Ballot Measures 66 and 67. Read More >>

Primary Care Quality Report Finds Weak Spots

OHSU and Eastern Oregon physicians draw “below average” scores in a survey conducted by the Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation.
March 4, 2010 -- A review of major medical groups and more than 300 physician offices around the state has incited serious conversations about measuring the quality of care in Oregon. Read More >>
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