Shown in 2014, former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, a former emergency room physician, helped created the state's innovative Medicaid program known as the Oregon Health Plan.
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FamilyCare received some of the biggest cuts, moving from one of the best-paid CCOs to the least paid. A state report shows that the CCOs were paid nearly as much for younger adults as they were for older adults, and a more refined analysis ordered by the feds caused the state to adjust rates more closely to actual claims.
Oregon will have to contribute an additional $500 million in the next two-year budget to meet its share of the expansion of healthcare coverage for the state’s poorest residents. Meanwhile, the Addictions and Mental Health Division has disappeared to be combined with a separate division, and activists complain about the loss of a full-time HIV care manager.
