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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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Trillium sale to Centene raises questions about for-profit CCOs

July 26, 2015
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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 […]

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Posted in <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/category/health-care/" rel="category tag">Health Care</a> Tagged <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/ccos/" rel="tag">CCOs</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/centene-corp/" rel="tag">Centene Corp.</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/health-share-of-oregon/" rel="tag">Health Share of Oregon</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/medicaid/" rel="tag">medicaid</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/oregon-health-authority/" rel="tag">Oregon Health Authority</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/trillium-family-services/" rel="tag">Trillium Family Services</a> 1 Comment

After announcing two weeks ago it would lay off 31, Oregon Health Authority reverses itself, goes on hiring spree

July 23, 2015
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The Lund Report, July 21, 2015 The restructuring of the Oregon Health Authority has been completed, with seven new divisions now reporting to Lynne Saxton, its director. They include operations; equity and inclusion; health systems (including behavioral health); external relations; health policy and analytics; public health; and the state hospital. At the Health Policy Board […]

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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 counties aim for more dollars for community mental health care and Bexar County, Texas-modeled center

September 4, 2014
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The Lund Report, Sept. 4, 2014 An improving state budget combined with the new wellspring of Medicaid dollars for low-income healthcare has Multnomah County Commissioner Judy Shiprack and the Association of Oregon Counties feeling like the time is right to make considerable investments in community mental health that will reap great savings by reducing police […]

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Fifteen years after Olmstead decision, many with disabilities still live in restrictive environments

June 29, 2014
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Associated Press, June 28, 2014 Brent Kaderli has a wheelchair-accessible van waiting in the driveway, a hospital bed in a spare bedroom and an electric lift that’s left unused. If the 30-year-old quadriplegic had his way, he’d be living here, in his father’s house, with help from aides. Instead, he is in an institution, hoping […]

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Private study finds lower Medicaid costs for residents of Bud Clark Commons

April 10, 2014
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From the Oregonian, April 10, 2014 Monthly health care costs for Medicaid recipients who live at the Bud Clark Commons in Portland plummeted 55 percent after moving into the alcohol-and-drug-tolerant public housing project, according to a new study. But those savings were inflated by 9 percentage points because two high-needs residents apparently died almost immediately […]

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Increased Medicaid coverage expected to overwhelm mental health services

February 19, 2014
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TDN.com, Feb. 17, 2014 As millions of Americans gain health coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, experts say their higher rates of mental health and substance abuse disorders will be difficult to treat due to a lack of counselors and behavioral therapists who accept Medicaid patients. In the District of Columbia and the […]

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Iowa Senator makes Oregon Medicaid prescriber data available

June 17, 2013
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By Jenny Westberg, June 17, 2013 Who are the state’s top prescription writers for widely abused drugs like Oxycontin and Xanax? How much does Oregon’s Medicaid  program pay for expensive mental health drugs like Seroquel and Zyprexa? The data obtained by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) may not provide every answer about Oregon clinicians’ prescribing practices, […]

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Marianne Udow-Phillips on Oregon Medicaid study: Mental health is health, too

May 12, 2013
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By Marianne Udow-Phillips, Bridge Magazine, on MLive Media Group, May 12, 2013 Recent reports about a Medicaid experiment in Oregon reveal a major disconnect we have in the health care world: we make a historic — and unwarranted — distinction between “physical health” and “mental health.” Worse, that distinction actually interferes with both our investment […]

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