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CCO set to yank clients from Jackson County Mental Health

December 22, 2016
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Mail Tribune, Dec. 21, 2016 A major client of Jackson County Mental Health is pulling its patients – putting a halt to the county’s ambitious plans for expansion and new hires. Whether layoffs will result because of the reduction in Oregon Health Plan patients served by the county is yet to be determined, mental health […]

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A life in free fall

June 9, 2016
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The Daily Astorian, May 30, 2016, updated June 7, 2016 It didn’t take long for Vincent Davidson-Gilbert’s life to fall apart once he starting using drugs again. The former Seaside resident had a house, a good job and an eight-year marriage. Though he went to prison at 18 for a spate of crimes committed during […]

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Two reports use Medicaid patients’ ratings to evaluate CCOs

August 22, 2015
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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 […]

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For the first time, Oregon’s biennial tobacco settlement funds will go into healthcare, not get diverted as usual

July 8, 2015
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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 […]

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Report: CCOs continue climb toward government goals, metrics, incentives

June 25, 2015
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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 […]

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Oregon continues to wrestle with prescribing practices for psychotropics

May 26, 2015
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The Bend Bulletin, April 30, 2015 Back to the drawing board for mental health advocates in Oregon. State Medicaid programs have struggled for years to tackle the high and often inappropriate prescribing of psychotropic — mental health — drugs to clients, who tend to experience higher rates of mental health conditions than the general population. […]

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Oregon’s struggle with psychotropic drug overprescribing

May 2, 2015
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Oregon’s struggle with psychotropic drug overprescribing – Bend Bulletin, April 30, 2015 Back to the drawing board for mental health advocates in Oregon State Medicaid programs have struggled for years to tackle the high and often inappropriate prescribing of psychotropic — mental health — drugs to clients, who tend to experience higher rates of mental […]

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Rising OHP enrollments in Southern Oregon have mental health professionals scrambling to provide care

October 7, 2014
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KOBI-5.com, Oct. 6, 2014 The number of patients in Jackson County with health insurance skyrocketed after the Affordable Care Act leaving clinics and doctors scrambling to figure out how to better serve patients. It’s been nine months since the Affordable Care Act went into effect and since then more than 380,000 Oregonians have enrolled in […]

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Funding changes force move for ShelterCare’s Homeless Medical Respite program

October 7, 2014
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The Register-Guard, Oct. 4, 2014 Nearly three weeks after a steep drop in state funding prompted the Eugene homeless advocacy nonprofit ShelterCare to end its mental health crisis housing program, the agency says it will move its medical treatment initiative for homeless people into the former motel that housed the mentally ill. The building at 780 […]

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ShelterCare says red ink means Royal Avenue Program has to go, leaving 19 less crisis beds in Eugene

September 9, 2014
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The Register-Guard, Sept. 6, 2014 After serving mentally ill people for 27 years, Eugene’s Royal Avenue Program 19-bed mental health crisis shelter will be closed and locked up indefinitely on Sept. 15 following a loss of state funding that one official says created a “cascading series of events.” The motel-style residential center on Highway 99 […]

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