by Rick Ray | Sep 10, 2011 | Learn
Bill Graves, writing in The Oregonian: Care teams at Mid-County and other clinics operated by Multnomah County offer a glimpse of the future for the Oregon Health Plan’s 600,000 low-income and disabled people on Medicaid and Medicare. The centerpiece of health...
by Rick Ray | Sep 9, 2011 | Learn
Here’s the latest bulletin from the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Health Policy Board. To get email updates from the OHA, please sign up at their website. News this Month First HB 3650 work groups meet (summaries of each group’s first meeting in...
by Rick Ray | Sep 9, 2011 | Learn
The League of Women Voters® of Oregon has produced an in-depth summary of this year’s session. Like the rest of the report, the section on health attempts to report on both the bills passed and the other issues discussed: Public Health Division: Early childhood...
by Rick Ray | Sep 9, 2011 | Learn
In his New York Times column, Mark Bittman writes about FoodCorps, a national service program that aims to improve nutrition education for children, develop school gardening projects and change what’s being served on school lunch trays. Is FoodCorps necessary? The...
by Rick Ray | Sep 7, 2011 | Act
From the OHA: The Oregon Health Authority is seeking candidates for nomination to the newly established Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. Committee members serve at the pleasure of the OHA Director and are charged with tasks designed to help the agency increase the...
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