Citing a state statute requiring coordination of care, a Salem family has petitioned the Oregon Court of Appeals over the Oregon Health Authority's denial of full travel reimbursement for their daughter's treatment out of state.
Foster kids in the tri-county area are eligible for healthcare coverage through age 18, and there are ongoing efforts to make sure they are identified, screened, treated and tracked.
After being removed as chair of the Senior Advisory Council for Elders, Bill Gentile’s concerns prompted a state investigation. Then, the Administration for Community Living (the federal agency overseeing funding through the Older Americans Act) reviewed the results, and requested a deeper look. That inquiry is now taking place from Salem into what Gentile describes as potential conflicts of interest, lack of diversity, and other issues possibly counter to federal statutes.
Former council chair says Elders in Action is too cozy with funding sources and that Multnomah County should more closely monitor vendors to make sure low-income seniors get needed healthcare and transportation services.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid will decide by Nov. 1 if it will pay for consultations between healthcare providers and Medicare recipients about the type of care they want, or don't want, as they near the end of life.
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue its decision later this month in King v. Burwell, the case challenging whether the federal government can legally subsidize insurance premiums for low- and middle-income people who qualify for coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Rep. David Gomberg's HB 3540 requiring mandatory E. coli testing for patients younger than 18 who have specific symptoms for more than four consecutive days got a sympathetic hearing Wednesday before the House Committee on Health Care, but it's too late in the session to pass in its current form.
