By Amanda Waldroupe, for The Lund Report, March 1, 2012 These drugs will continue to be reimbursed by the Oregon Health Authority’s Department of Medical Assistance Programs but provide local officials with more information on the effectiveness of the medications By July, the Oregon Health Authority is expected to begin providing real-time data to the […]
By Amanda Waldroupe, for The Lund Report, March 8, 2012 Services are largely preserved, but four wards at the new Oregon State Hospital won’t open until at least 2013 The state’s rebalanced budget, one of the last bills the Legislature passed before adjourning Monday evening, largely spares the Oregon Health Authority from deep cuts. Out […]
By Amanda Waldroupe, for Street Roots, March 6, 2012 A patient’s housing and sociological condition can have a direct affect on his or her health care, but a bill in Salem to incorporate those providers into the new health care reform failed to make the books. As a result, the legislature has left unanswered a […]
By Mary Monnat, Guest Columnist for The Oregonian, Saturday, February 18, 2012 An orthopedic surgeon, a consumer of mental health services, a dentist and an addiction counselor are sitting at a table … talking. No, this is not the windup to a joke. Far from it. This is a serious conversation and one of hundreds […]
Chris Lehman, OPB News, Feb. 8, 2012 [ Listen to this story ] Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber hopes his so-called health care transformation will save hundreds of millions of dollars. To make his point, he’s fond of telling this story: There’s a heat wave. A 92-year-old woman suffers congestive heart failure. She’s whisked off to […]
By Bill Graves, The Oregonian, Saturday, February 04, 2012 A barefoot Joyce Jones, 30, creeps like an old woman into the living room of her grandmother’s apartment, settles into an easy chair and talks to the person trying to keep her out of the hospital. “I was in the ER last night,” Jones says weakly. […]
From KTVZ.com, January 19, 2010 Gov. John Kitzhaber‘s proposed health care overhaul would save less than half of the nearly $240 million that Oregon lawmakers assumed when they wrote the state budget, projections released Tuesday showed. The shortfall – $125 million under the most optimistic projection – could require reductions in Oregon Health Plan benefits […]
Greetings, I wanted to provide a brief update on Oregon Health Plan health system transformation (HB 3650) and our Addictions and Mental Health Division system change efforts. First, the four work groups convened by Governor [John] Kitzhaber to provide input on health transformation and the creation of Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) have begun to meet. […]
From The Oregonian, June 14, 2011 Some 20 states restrict mental health drugs paid for by Medicaid. Not Oregon. And that’s not going to change in this session’s Legislature, even in a time of budget cuts and cost-containment. The sweeping health care reform bill, House Bill 3650, proposed curbs on psychiatric drugs paid for by […]
Despite a recent warning in The Skanner, Derald Walker, CEO of Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, thinks Portlanders can, and should, call 911 in crisis, if needed. It’s appropriate, Walker said, and can connect people with resources. The Skanner’s warning came after the shooting death of Aaron Campbell on Jan. 29. Campbell was, according to The Oregonian, […]
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