Statesman Journal, Jan. 31, 2016 Mentally ill residents of adult foster homes across Oregon are at risk of being displaced as providers face steep rate cuts. The cuts, negotiated by the Oregon Health Authority and SEIU 503, were necessary to keep the program sustainable, officials said. The new rates became effective Jan. 1. However, providers […]
From The Oregonian, January 5, 2016 READ – Crawford v. Oregon Health Authority (PDF) An $8.8 million lawsuit filed this week accuses the Oregon State Hospital of causing the death of one of its psychiatric patients after it retaliated against him for telling police and reporters about a nurse who had a sexual relationship with another […]
The Bulletin, August 20. 2015 Two new reports shed light on aspects of Oregon’s Medicaid program their authors say don’t get enough attention: the experiences of those using the program. READ – OCPP Report Oregon – CCO Quality, 7-24-15 (Report #1) – PDF, 719KB READ – Consumer Confidence Project Report of Pilot Results, August 2015 […]
The Register-Guard, July 26, 2015 Oregon’s 16 coordinated care organizations were set up to provide health care for some of the state’s poorest residents, Medicaid patients. Yet 10 of the 16 CCOs are for-profit companies, and there are no limits placed on how much profit they can make. “I’m not aware of any (caps on […]
Oregonian Editorial Board, July 23, 2015 One of the big wins coming out of the legislative session this year is one that has received only modest notice: authorization for $20 million in lottery bond proceeds to be spent on mental health housing. Mental health is one of those needs that can absorb millions of dollars like […]
The Lund Report, July 21, 2015 The restructuring of the Oregon Health Authority has been completed, with seven new divisions now reporting to Lynne Saxton, its director. They include operations; equity and inclusion; health systems (including behavioral health); external relations; health policy and analytics; public health; and the state hospital. At the Health Policy Board […]
The Lund Report, July 3, 2015 For the first time, Oregon will use all of its $158 million biennial tobacco master settlement for healthcare-related expenses, and not divert the money to pay for other projects. The bulk of the funds will be geared toward the Oregon Health Plan, which will receive $102 million. The state […]
Statesman Journal, June 24, 2015 Oregon’s health care transformation efforts continued to make improvements in 2014, even while gaining nearly 400,000 members in the Oregon Health Plan, the state’s Medicaid program. The Oregon Health Authority on Wednesday released quality metrics and reward-payments data for the state’s 16 coordinated care organizations. DOWNLOAD – “Oregon’s Health System […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, June 21, 2014 When Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, pushed for increased spending on mental health care in 2013, the one thing he feared might happen was the money wouldn’t make it to the people and places it was needed. Lawmakers allocated $65.1 million to the Oregon Health Authority […]
The Oregonian, Jan. 24, 2014 A U.S. Justice Department investigator Friday, in a letter to a supervisor, outlined the steps that Oregon mental health care officials have promised to take in response to a federal report this month criticizing Oregon’s community-based mental health care system. Judy Preston, deputy chief of the special litigation section in […]
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