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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 […]
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. […]
Portland Business Journal, April 29, 2015 Women addicted to heroin or who have other substance abuse problems are often very reluctant to seek out prenatal care when they get pregnant. Portland-based Health Share of Oregon is trying to overcome that attitude by creating a safe environment. The largest Coordinated Care Organization, Health Share used part […]
Health Share of Oregon has appointed Dr. Maggie Bennington-Davis as senior medical director of the Tri-County Metro area coordinated care organization. Currently chief medical officer and chief operating officer for Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, Oregon’s largest comprehensive community mental health program, Bennington-Davis will join Health Share on May 18. She will lead the coordinated care organization’s […]
From the Oregonian, July 16, 2014 Emergency rooms flooded with people mentally ill or on drugs. A mental health program poorly managed. Agencies and health systems dumping people’s problems on each other to improve bottom lines. Oregon’s health reform law, approved with much fanfare and hope in 2012, was supposed to solve problems like these. Instead, […]
Eds. Note – Multnomah County and Healthshare Oregon have an acrimonious business relationship serving people with mental illness and addiction. In 2013 MultCo hired the Technical Assistance Collaborative to advise them about options for the future of managed care. Simply, the ACA privatizes public health, but private agencies may not be incentivized to care for […]
The Oregonian, Feb. 11, 2014 Health Share of Oregon has received a nearly $500,000 grant from the state to set up Multnomah County’s first specialized team of mental health professionals dedicated to treating people with severe mental illnesses who have had frequent contact with police or frequent jail stays. Health Share will partner with Cascadia […]
By Christen McCurdy, The Lund Report, Nov. 7, 2013 Health Share of Oregon already has contracts with eight dental care providers, and intends to finalize an agreement with Advantage Dental in 2014 — but making sure patient demand can be met when coverage kicks in Jan. 1, and finding mental health providers for patients who […]
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 Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Nov. 2, 2012 When Portland’s mayor last week announced the city’s plan to address federal concerns about police treatment of people in mental health crisis, he highlighted a key feature: a drop-off or walk-in center where police could take patients in need. He said a center would open in mid-2013. […]
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