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The building on Southwest Broadway in Portland that housed FamilyCare's corporate offices.
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EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT
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The building on Southwest Broadway in Portland that housed FamilyCare's corporate offices.
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EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT
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US COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT
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Oregon State Capitol in Salem.
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ROBERT AUGHENBAUGH
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The judge ordered the Oregon Health Authority to release documents related to coordinated care organization rate setting, though the legal dispute is far from over.
FamilyCare inched one step forward last Friday in its years-long series of legal disputes with the Oregon Health Authority.
Reports and surveys show the two CCOs achieving similar statistical results, but state officials acknowledge that current metrics need improvement. More FamilyCare members report poor mental health than Health Share members.
As tens of thousands of FamilyCare members receive letters about the end of their coordinated care organization and their pending switch to Health Share, state leaders have repeatedly emphasized that both Portland-area Medicaid providers rank similarly on statewide metrics.
Tax dollars that were intended to help poor people with cancer, Hepatitis C and chronic conditions were wasted in the legal battle between the Oregon Health Authority and the state’s second-largest coordinated care organization.
The state and the Portland-area coordinated care organization FamilyCare squandered nearly a million dollars fighting each other in a legal battle over the proper compensation that FamilyCare and other CCOs should receive for providing healthcare for poor and vulnerable Oregonians.
