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Oregon To Change How It Reports COVID-19 Recoveries

Oct 12, 2020

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Oregon Health Authority Rewards CCOs With Millions But Top Scorer Gets Booted

PacificSource fared well but so did PrimaryHealth of Josephine County, which came out on top in the grants but failed to win another CCO contract.

Oct 4, 2020
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Trillium's offices in Eugene. | CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/THE LUND REPORT

Critics Accuse Trillium Of ‘Bait And Switch’ Approach In Medicaid Negotiations

Providers continue to question the Oregon Health Authority’s decision to let the for-profit company serve Medicaid members in the tri-county Portland area.

Oct 3, 2020
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The Oregon Health Authority in Salem. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Oregon Health Authority Hires New Public Health Director

Rachael Banks, who is currently the public health director for Multnomah County, will focus on health inequity issues at the state.

Sep 29, 2020

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Feds, State Fault Unity Center -- Again -- Following Complaints, Failure To Protect Patients

Complaints and unannounced inspections at Portland’s psychiatric emergency hospital found a range of problems, including patient sexual encounters, an attempted suicide, Facebook livestreaming, escapes, nurse shortages and more.

Sep 29, 2020

Oregon Health & Science University staff collect samples of 600 people a day at two mobile testing sites in the Portland area. | OHSU

State Sets Record Number Of COVID-19 Cases

More than 450 new cases of COVID-19 were seen in Oregon on Friday, the highest single-day total since the pandemic began.

Sep 26, 2020

Federal Audit Faults Oregon’s Oversight of Medicaid Insurers

Federal officials focused on four coordinated care organizations operating in 2016 and 2017. The Oregon Health Authority said it is now trying to hold them more accountable.

Sep 23, 2020
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