Oregon Health Plan

Primary Care Shortage Reaches Critical Levels

Oregon physicians identify no one easy solution
November 4, 2009 -- The dwindling shortage of primary care physicians threatens to haunt the Oregon Health Plan when 115,000 newcomers enter the fold early next year. Read More >>

PacificSource Scores on Kids Connect Program

Starting Jan. 1, kids whose families earn between 200-300 percent of the federal poverty level will be eligible
October 27, 2009 -- When state officials announced the health insurers that will participate in the Kids Connect program, there were no surprises. PacificSource, as anticipated, was the only insurer vying for the statewide contract. Read More >>

Greenlick Concedes Lawmakers Punted Tough Questions

Leading reformist gets praise yet disappointment for what legislature left out of critical reform
July 23, 2009 -- Oregon's Legislature "avoided all of the hard questions" when it dealt with healthcare reform, according to Rep. Mitch Greenlick (D-Portland), who spoke to a group of health reform advocates earlier in the week.  Read More >>

FamilyCare Says State Could Cost Plan $7 Million

One of the state's top Oregon Health Plan contractors says a system enrollment defect has plan losing members
July 8, 2009 -- FamilyCare intends to take legal action against the state unless Medicaid officials fix an enrollment problem that could cost them $7 million this year. It’s among 14 managed care plans that insure Oregon Health Plan members. Read More >>

Provider Tax is Settled for Good

After weeks of anticipation, legislators agree to tax hospitals and insurers
May 28, 2009 -- Uninsured Oregonians can rejoice. Legislative leaders reached agreement on a hospital and health insurance tax to cover 140,000 Oregonians.  Together their dollars will result in $2 billion in federal matching funds over the next four years and create an estimated 3,600 new healthcare jobs. Read More >>

Advantage Dental to Purchase Competitor

Two competing dental plans have taken off their crowns in the hope of building a bridge together
May 21, 2009 -- Advantage Dental Services led by Mike Shirtcliff, DMD, its president, has filed paperwork to purchase Hayden Family Dentistry Group, which is owned by Cedric Hayden, DDS. Both plans serve Oregon Health Plan clients.
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Provider Tax Close to Agreement

Legislators have not reached agreement with hospitals and insurers but are very close
May 13, 2009 -- Earlier we reported that a deal had been struck on a provider tax, however Sen. Alan Bates (D-Ashland) now says that was incorrect. Negotiations are very close to being wrapped up on a hospital and insurance tax to cover more uninsured Oregonians. Read More >>

Provider Tax Remains Veiled

Oregon Health Plan caseloads and an economic forecast next Friday could play havoc with the provider tax.
May 8, 2009 -- Negotiations over a provider tax that could potentially insure 180,000 Oregonians appear stalled after lawmakers cancelled a legislative hearing scheduled for Thursday morning (May 7) because an agreement had not been reached with the hospitals and health insurers.  Read More >>

Legislators Close to Deal on Provider Tax

Details still sketchy as deal nears to insure every child and 100,000 adults
April 30, 2009 -- Sen. Alan Bates (D-Ashland) expects to announce a deal next week that will settle months of debate on taxing hospitals and health insurers to expand the Oregon Health Plan. Read More >>

Oregon Health Plan Fosters Insurance Research

A lottery system created to decide who receives insurance through the Oregon Health Plan is offering researchers a rare chance to study the benefits of health coverage.
Originally in The Oregonian
April 25, 2009 -- By tracking insured and uninsured Oregonians, researchers hope to test how health insurance affects a person's access to care, doctor visits, hospital stays and trips to the emergency room.
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