PORTLAND, OR––Oregon is one of 14 regions selected to implement a national model that provides more care options for patients and new ways for paying health care providers.
Salem — A new report issued by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) details the median amounts paid by commercial insurers for the most common inpatient and outpatient procedures that were performed in Oregon hospitals in 2014.
Now that 95 percent of Oregonians have health insurance, the next step in health system transformation is to ensure all Oregon communities have basic public health protections.
PORTLAND — The Oregon Health Authority today at Oaks Park announced the launch of a youth marijuana use prevention campaign. The campaign’s goal is to prevent or delay the initiation of marijuana use among Oregon’s 12- to 20-year-old population.
Today the Oregon Health Authority released its fourth annual Coordinated Care Organization (CCO) Metrics Report.
The Oregon Health Authority has been working behind the scenes to block legislative reforms in a pair of bills that the House unanimously voted to imposed on the agency.
The controversy between the Oregon Health Authority and the state’s coordinated care organizations has resulted in yet another unanimous measure from the Oregon House to create transparency and new laws for the state agency to follow.
What: Special meeting of the Oregon State Hospital Advisory Board
When: Thursday, February 18, 2-3 p.m.
Where: This meeting will be conducted via conference call. Toll-free conference line: 1-877-848-7030, participant code 297588#.
The Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division is confirming that a person in Oregon has been diagnosed with a travel-associated Zika virus infection. The adult woman contracted the virus in an affected country outside the U.S. and has recovered. There is no danger to the public.
Oregon’s mid-year Health System Transformation report lays out the progress of Oregon’s coordinated care organizations (CCOs) on key quality and financial measures. For the first time, the report includes two new measures: effective contraceptive use and dental sealants.
