Courtney Sherwood

Zoom Care Makes Medicaid Pitch; CareOregon Not Yet Interested

Documents obtained by The Lund Report outline Zoom's attempt to negotiate with one of the state’s largest coordinated care providers.

Zoom Care is trying to sell itself as a money-saver for one of Oregon’s largest Medicaid contractors. But so far, CareOregon is not buying.

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Courtney Sherwood

The same procedures often cost five times more in rural areas as they do in Portland metro hospitals, according to a Lund Report analysis of insurance claims data.

A hospital billing database that’s been in development for years is beginning to shed light on the huge variation in the cost of medical care across Oregon.

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Moda Challenges Federal Ruling

The insurer has been fighting for two years to be paid funds it says were guaranteed under the Affordable Care Act.

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Courtney Sherwood

Oregon Approves Final 2019 Health Insurance Rates

Regulators say federal uncertainty will push costs up on the individual marketplace.

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Courtney Sherwood

The Oregon Health Authority is changing its approach to Medicaid to improve health and contain costs.

Oregon’s facing an $8 billion question: Can state bureaucrats and politicians reinvent the health insurance program that

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Oregon officials argue they’ve kept rates down, despite federal changes that have made the individual market less stable.

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OHSU Leaders Approve $3 Billion Spending Plan

The university is paying down its Public Employees Retirement System, or PERS, debt faster than required and making minor cuts as it anticipates the risk of an economic downturn.

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Courtney Sherwood

CCOs make the grade - but do patients benefit?

As the Oregon Health Authority pays $178.3 million to Medicaid providers that met their goals, leaders ask if it’s rewarding the right things.

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Courtney Sherwood

Report: The Higher the Drug Prices, the More Industry Benefits

In the latest look at drug prices, a study released Tuesday shows that higher prices benefit key players involved in the distribution -- not the development -- of drugs. Consumers and Medicare foot the bill.

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Courtney Sherwood