Numbers released by the Oregon Health Authority show expected declines after the pandemic hit but do not include an infusion of federal cash or revenue from the resumption of nonemergency procedures.
More than half of $50 million is going to hospitals that are owned by large, financially resilient nonprofit hospital systems with substantial investment portfolios and net worths.
Oregon Health Plan membership has increased by more than 100,000 since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic but the state has enough extra funding to cover new members through the end of the year.
State regulators are expected to start combing through the finances of thousands of Oregon medical practices with a goal of capping per-patient spending at 3.4%.
Aug 19, 2020
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Centene-owned Trillium Community Health Plan, long active in Lane County, also serves low-income Oregon Health Plan members in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties.
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The for-profit Medicaid insurer has contracted with Oregon Health & Science University and Legacy for some services but failed to woo Providence Health & Services.
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide on a case that could unravel the Affordable Care Act which led to an expansion of Medicaid, which now covers more than 1 million people in Oregon.
Jul 27, 2020
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Oregon State Capitol in Salem.
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For the 179,000 Oregonians who buy individual plans, rates would rise by a weighted average of 1.8 %, although the exact amount would depend on the insurer and type of plan.