dental care organizations
Companies behind DCOs will survive through contracts with CCOs, in a change that may make dental health spending less transparent. Among the three DCOs reporting to the Oregon Health Authority, only Capitol Dental Care, Inc., earned a profit.
Jun 15, 2015
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October 3, 2013 -- Behind closed doors, coordinated care organizations are negotiating with dentists to reach agreement on Oregon’s most vulnerable population – people on the Oregon Health Plan. Next January, thousands of low-income Oregonians start flocking onto Medicaid once income eligibility jumps up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level.
Oct 2, 2013
May 24, 2012—Dental care organizations serving Oregon Health Plan patients are still publicly concerned about their attempts to become part of the newly forming coordinated care organizations – and made a presentation to the Senate’s health committee during a three-dayinterim session on Monday.
May 24, 2012
April 25, 2012—Although dental care organizations aren’t required to become a part of the transformation process until 2014, two groups are getting a jump start.Mike Shirtcliff, the CEO and president of Advantage Dental, doesn’t see any reason to wait. His company, based in Redmond, provides dental care to about 187,000 people on the Oregon Health Plan, and was listed in six letters of intent sent to the Oregon Health Authority from coordinated care organizations interested in integrating mental, physical and dental healthcare for people on the Oregon Health Plan.
Apr 25, 2012
Because dental organizations aren't required to participate in the coordinated care model until 2014, some feel left out of the discussions
Feb 1, 2012