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Regence says it worked cooperatively with the commissioner to resolve the dispute.

Legislation appears poised to move forward to create a new program giving coverage to low-income Pacific Islanders from the COFA nations, while advocates organize to find a method to get healthcare for the state’s 17,600 undocumented immigrant children.

Sen. Bates, who oversees the Oregon Health Authority budget in the Committee on Ways & Means, proposed a remedy that would level out the payment discrepancy between the two Portland CCOs, but he said Health Share quashed the idea. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have approved the new 2015 rate process as a great improvement over the old methodology.

Be on the lookout for a potential merger between Providence Health & Services and PeaceHealth in the months ahead.

As Moda Health seeks to find its financial footing, money challenges prompt Health Republic to exit the Oregon market, but Regence BlueCross BlueShield is thriving