Bend Bulletin, June 26, 2014 In 2013, Oregon Health Plan patients went to the emergency room less often and were more satisfied with the care they received than in 2011, according to a quarterly report released Tuesday. This was the first report to show a full year of data since the state launched its massive […]
By Christen McCurdy, The Lund Report, Oct. 22, 2013 Scott Tiffany stepped into his new role as executive director of the Mid-Valley Behavioral Care Network in August with more than 16 years of behavioral care experience in Oregon, Idaho and Arizona – but he says he has big shoes to fill. Most recently, Tiffany worked […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, May 4, 2013 Carol Slaney woke up Jan. 31 to find her 26-year-old son dead beside her bed from an accidental drug overdose. She grabbed a .45-caliber revolver and disappeared, hiding in an abandoned house behind her Southeast Portland apartment. “I just sat in that house, spinning the gun, planning […]
By Christopher David Gray, The Lund Report, Feb. 22, 2013 Leaders of the House and Senate have boosted support for the EASA program, which assists youth after a psychotic break. Gov. John Kitzhaber has earmarked a $1.8 million increase for the program, while the dramatic increase envisioned by Sen. Peter Courtney awaits a funding […]
State officials are taking public input about how Oregon Health Plan reforms are going, including written, Internet and in-person testimony, culminating in a Dec. 11 public meeting. Starting in August, the Oregon Health Authority that oversees the state’s low-income health care system has shifted members into coordinated care organizations, essentially locally based health plans set […]
By Diane Lund-Muzikant, The Lund Report, Dec. 5, 2012 A last-ditch effort is under way in Klamath County to mediate the dispute over mental health services for the nearly 13,000 people on the Oregon Health Plan. State officials have intervened once again, sending in another mediator, while residents continue circulating petitions, asking the Oregon Health […]
By Christen McCurdy, The Lund Report, Nov. 8, 2012 There’s a very high preponderance of people on the Oregon Health Plan who have a mental health or substance abuse problem, according to Mary Monnat, president and CEO of LifeWorks NW. In the Portland metropolitan area, such problems affect 70 percent of that population. Now that […]
By Joseph D. Bloom, MD – Dean Emeritus at the School of Medicine and a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University. From – Conundrums and Controversies in Mental Health and Illness • Winter 2010 In 1848 Dorothea Dix, the famous 19th century advocate for the indigent mentally ill, appealed […]
By Amanda Waldroupe, for The Lund Report, March 30, 2012 The Non-Traditional Health Workers Subcommittee, which has been designing standards for community health workers in Oregon, believes it’s important to continue its work to oversee the development of that work force. It intends to ask the Oregon Health Policy Board for permission to become a […]
By Amanda Waldroupe, for The Lund Report, March 24, 2012 The effort, initially funded by a 2006 grant, is now being extended to Coordinated Care Organizations in southern Oregon A quick, 15-minute appointment with a mental health counselor to talk about the effects of stress and anxiety when a person has an ulcer is radically […]
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