Opinion: Adding A Vaccination Metric To Quality Incentive Pool Could Boost Rates
The move could encourage more minorities on the Oregon Health Plan to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Oregon Health Leaders Seek More Flexibility On Medicaid Spending
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The state wants its next five-year Medicaid plan, that has to be approved by federal authorities, to allow for spending on housing, for example.
Oregon Considers Using Medicaid Money On Housing, Other Non-Medical Work
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Oregon officials are drafting the state's next five-year Medicaid plan for review and approval by federal authorities who control the purse strings.
Former Gov. John Kitzhaber Calls On The State To Hit The Pause Button
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Former Gov. John Kitzhaber is not giving up.
John Kitzhaber On Medicaid: 'We've Lost Our Sense Of Vision'
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About five years ago, Oregon adopted an innovative Medicaid system that enabled the state to expand health care to nearly 1 million people today. But the system does not have a steady source of funds. This year Oregon's Medicaid funding gap was $950 million.
The $8 Billion Challenge: Can Oregon Remake Health Care?
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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
Will CCO 2.0 Go Far Enough?
Leaders push for bridges, not silos, among providers for the next stage of Medicaid in Oregon.
Cover Oregon Audit Released; Goldberg Out Atop Health Authority
Kitzhaber told reporters after the release of the Cover Oregon audit that he was asking Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to review all legal options against hapless technology contractor Oracle. He said bad management of Oracle contributed to the crippling of the exchange.
https://katubim.s3.amazonaws.com/co_assessment%281%29.pdfThe Cover Oregon debacle has cost one of the most recognizable leaders in state government his job.
Dr. Bruce Goldberg, who left his post as the director of the Oregon Health Authority in December to fill in atop Cover Oregon, will stay on at the insurance exchange until a permanent replacement is found next month, but he will not be returning in any form to the health authority when his work at the exchange is done, Gov. John Kitzhaber told reporters Thursday.
