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LifeWorks NW Joins Hands with CareOregon

Together they opened a clinic in Milwaukie offering physical and mental health services
August 19, 2010 -- It makes sense to combine physical and mental health services in the same clinic setting, particularly for people suffering from chronic medical conditions. Read More >>

FamilyCare Outwits CareOregon Over Kids

Close to 8,500 children have transferred to FamilyCare so they can keep their same pediatrician
August 4, 2010 -- FamilyCare trumped CareOregon in a face-off over 10,000 Medicaid children. It all came about after the largest pediatric group in the Portland metropolitan area jumped ship and signed a contract with FamilyCare. Read More >>

Mail-Order Pharmacies Take Some Heat

State officials hope to curb a $2.1 million deficit by turning to mail order for HIV patients
July 21, 2010 -- The controversy brewing over the most cost-effective way to provide medications to HIV patients has portrayed mail-order pharmacies in a negative light, according to Mike Wright, CEO of Wellpartner. Read More >>

Bob Nikkel Joins Jefferson Behavioral Health

July 21, 2010 – Bob Nikkel has been appointed executive director of Jefferson Behavioral Health, a mental health organization that contracts with the state of Oregon to provide services to Oregon Health Plan members. Read More >>

Leadership Institute Chooses Mohr Peterson

June 24, 2010 -- Judy Mohr Peterson, Oregon’s Medicaid director, has been selected by the Center for Health Care Strategies to participate as a fellow in the Medicaid Leadership Institute’s 2011 class. Read More >>

New Guidelines Could Impact Tort Reform

Oregon will receive a $299,000 federal planning grant in September to begin identifying such guidelines
June 15, 2010 – Medical malpractice reform, an issue that’s divided trial attorneys and physicians for decades, will get a boost when Oregon joins 12 other states to share $25 million in federal grants. Read More >>

Swine Flu Epidemic Raises Flares

Oregon ended up with a grant from the CDC to help design appropriate public health responses
June 9, 2010 -- When Mexico began reporting cases of a mysterious new strain of influenza afflicting hundreds of people in April 2009, the response in Oregon was genuine worry. Read More >>

DHS Details Children Health Alliance Changes

June 2, 2010 -- This change is unprecedented for the Oregon Health Plan both in timing and scope, but our priority has been clear: in these challenging circumstances, parents should have full information, choice to do what they feel is best for their families, and assistance from the Department of Human Services (DHS) to ensure they face as little disruption as possible.   Read More >>

Mail Order Pharmacy Said to Save Money

Pharmacies push back against what some say may drive them out of business
May 20, 2010 -- Controversy is brewing over a proposed cost-saving measure that could offset CAREAssist’s projected $2.1 million biennial shortfall -- and change the way some of its 2,300 clients receive their HIV medications. Read More >>

Oregon Could Lead Health Insurance Exchange

Dr. Bruce Goldberg has been meeting with Oregon’s Congressional delegation in an effort to move quickly
May 12 -- Oregon could become one of the first states to initiate a health insurance exchange. That process got under way yesterday (May 11) with the creation of a technical assistance work group charged with coming up with a detailed business plan by mid-August. Read More >>
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