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This report and accompanying payments mark a continued shift toward paying for quality and access to care

A temporary halt to elective surgeries cut insurers’ expenses, although under federal law, the bulk of profits must eventually go to services or rebates for policy holders.

The funds could boost dental care access, including in rural areas and for kids, after providers warn of “grave risk.”

Rep. Knute Buehler, R-Bend, championed a bill late in the 2015 session to allow women to get birth control directly from a pharmacy without a doctor’s prescription. HB 2527 expands the types of birth control available through this route to include self-administered injectable contraceptives.