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Loan Repayment Program Benefits Urban Areas More than Rural Ariel West Fri, 03/06/2015 - 10:28

Because the program re-established in 2013 is so focused on serving the Medicaid program, new providers in urban areas that have clinics focused heavily on the Oregon Health Plan are much more likely to receive help than new rural providers. Less than one-third of the recipients are practicing in the state’s hinterlands.

A loan repayment program that was created as part of the federal Medicaid waiver setting up the coordinated care organizations has benefited urban Oregon much more than the rural parts of the state.

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Drug Companies Back Again to Protect Patents for Biologics and Insulin

SB 147, as heard by the Senate Health Committee, would lift an expiration date on a law that restricts pharmacists’ ability to prescribe biosimilars, or generic alternatives to complex biological drugs. The bill also expands that law to include insulin. California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a very similar law, citing increased costs to state-purchased health plans.

Mar 6, 2015

House Passes Bill Requiring ERs to Document Forced Seclusion of Mental Patients

HB 2363 puts Oregon Health Authority administrative rules into statute in an effort to minimize the use of non-therapeutic isolation of patients who come to emergency rooms during a mental breakdown but are locked in a room while receiving minimal treatment. Some Republicans objected to micro-managing the administrative process with a new law.

Mar 6, 2015

OEBB Goes Out for Bid

The educators benefit board is looking for insurers that embrace the coordinated care model and plans to open the bid process in June, with the new plans coming on board in October 2016.

Mar 6, 2015
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Mar 5, 2015

Sky Lakes and Cascade – “One and the Same”

The tenacity with which Sky Lakes Medical Center and Cascade Health Alliance in Klamath Falls have sought to squash competition in Klamath County alarms many independent practitioners.

Mar 5, 2015
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House Votes to Protect Insurance Consumers

SB 411 removes a loophole that bars consumers from using Underinsured Motorist Insurance they pay for

Mar 5, 2015

Oregon Moves Towards Opening Telemedicine to People’s Homes

SB 144 requires health insurance companies to pay for medical and mental health visits provided by two-way video chat, regardless of setting. Supporters of the bill, including Providence and ZoomCare, were able to thwart a last-ditch effort by Regence and Health Net to delay the law; if passed, it takes effect in January.

Mar 5, 2015