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FamilyCare Gives Oregon Health Plan Members Easy Access to Dental Services

December 16, 2013

FamilyCare Inc., a coordinated care organization serving people on the Oregon Health Plan, has launched collaborations with the largest dental plan partners in the tri-county area.  By partnering with Access Dental Plan, Capitol Dental Care Inc., Family Dental Plan, Managed Dental Care of Oregon, Willamette Dental Group, and ODS Community Health, FamilyCare is the only coordinated care in the Portland area to offer fully integrated medical, dental and behavioral health services for Oregon Health Plan patients.

“We’ve always focused on helping people become and stay healthy, not just have insurance,” says Mary Nolan, FamilyCare’s vice-president of Business and Community Development.  “These dental partners deliver care with that same commitment. When one part of a person’s body gets good care – whether it’s the mouth or the heart or the muscles or something else – that person’s overall health improves.  That’s good for the patient, and it’s an important step in reducing the cost of care by eliminating the need for costly hospitalizations or reconstructive oral surgeries.”

Integrating health services in the way FamilyCare has already done is a goal set by the Oregon legislature this year and it is a key foundation of Gov. Kitzhaber’s healthcare transformation initiative.  Coordinated care organizations around the state will be expected to offer dental services by July 2014.

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