Proposed Legislative Budget ‘Good News For The Oregon Health Plan’
The Oregon Health Plan and other health services were among just two areas saved from budget cuts in the Oregon legislators’ budget framework released Thursday.
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Oregon Legislature Passes Medicaid Tax On Hospitals and Insurance
The Oregon Senate passed a Medicaid tax on hospitals, insurance plans and risk coverage for self-insured employers on Thursday.
Oregon To Increase Medicaid Spending In 2019, Will Miss Spending Goals
Coordinated care organizations will receive an average of 4 percent more each month than in 2018, overshooting the 3.4 percent growth target.
The Oregon Health Authority will pay coordinated care organizations 4.2 percent more for Medicaid patients in 2019 than in 2018, missing its goal of keeping cost increases to 3.4 percent or less.
Oregon's Uninsured Rate Stagnates
Many without insurance qualify for Medicaid and up to one-half of those with insurance are not fully covered because their deductibles or expenses are too high.
The percentage of Oregonians without health insurance has stagnated in the past two years, new data show.
Opinion: Challenges for the Next Phase of Integrated Medicaid Care in Oregon
The Oregon Health Plan launched an ambitious system a decade ago to integrate medical and dental care. It is now working on a reform of the system, which is plagued with problems.
Ten years ago, Oregon embarked on the very ambitious plan to integrate mental health, addictions, dental and physical health care into the Oregon Health Plan.
Oregon State Hospital Wants Patients to Keep Medicaid Insurance
Currently, people lose their Oregon Health Plan coverage when they enter the state mental hospital and must wait to have their insurance reinstated upon discharge. A change in law could provide a boost to CCOs, since they can’t be billed for care received in the state hospital.
Oregon State Hospital officials have a new strategy for ensuring patients do not have to worry about their health insurance when they leave -- never cutting off their Medicaid coverage in the first place.
Quick Look: Oregon Health Authority Policy Keeps Medicaid Members from CCOs
Only 15 percent of Oregon Health Plan income-based members have seamless coverage at renewal time. Rep. Cedric Hayden wants to pull enrollment from OHA and give it to DHS, and require that lapsed members be put immediately back into the CCO that was serving them.
Medicaid members must renew each year.
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