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The Lund Report, May 26, 2014 What is wellness? That’s the question InterCommunity Health Network, the coordinated care organization for Benton, Lincoln, and Linn counties, is encouraging people to explore by launching its life-health awareness campaign. The campaign’s slogan, “Your wellness is more than physical,” emphasizes that an individual’s well-being includes more than what they […]
From the Klamath Falls Herald and News, June 6, 2013 About 81 employees from Klamath County Behavioral Health and Wellness, formerly the mental health department, received 30-day layoff notifications Tuesday. Department head Amanda Bunger said all the department’s employees received the pink slips to comply with layoff notices required by the county’s union contract. Notices […]
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 Andrea Damewood, Willamette Week, Dec. 3, 2012 Here’s a U.S. Department of Justice agreement a lot of people have overlooked: the state of Oregon is on the hook to make sure its mental health programs are not violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. The DOJ has had the state under investigation since 2010. Under […]
From the Portland Business Journal, September 1, 2012 The state’s largest Coordinated Care Organization will officially launch its services Saturday. READ – Health Share of Oregon (formerly Tri-County Medicaid Collaborative) [temporary site] READ – about Oregon Coordinated Care Organizations READ – a message for members of the Oregon Health Plan VISIT – CareOregon was the […]
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 […]
From The Lund Report, March 27, 2012 But more work needs to be done to develop the training and education programs Community health workers who will work with coordinated care organizations (CCOs) will be expected to need 80 hours of training and education, but not be licensed, according to recommendations that a subcommittee of the […]
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 […]
By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press, March 6, 2012 Pregnant with her seventh child and desperate to kick a meth addiction, Madeline Hutchinson turned to a program from the local Medicaid provider that connected her with a mentor and other support that she says helped her get off drugs. Emmanuel, now 2, was born healthy. […]
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 […]
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