Input Requested on Draft Medical Liability Legislation
Senate Bill 1580 (passed in February 2012) directed the Governor to establish the Patient Safety and Defensive Medicine (PSDM) Workgroup to recommend a medical liability legislative proposal for the 2013 Legislative session. The Workgroup’s efforts are guided with the...
Menu Labeling: Do You Know What Has More/Less Calories?
Our colleagues at the Oregon Public Health Institute shared a quiz that might get you thinking about the need for betterment labeling. Take the quiz yourself here and see how your score looks. Counties and some states are addressing the issue. Do you think we should...
Second CO-OP to form in Oregon
Oregon will have two CO-OPs forming in Oregon, after news of federal loans awarded to Oregon's Health CO-OP. Together with CCO's and the Exchange, there is a lot brewing to transform how Oregonians access and purchase insurance and get better care, and even more need...
Call for Applications: OR Essential Health Benefit Workgroup
The governor's office issued a press release this week, calling for nominations to be appointed to serve on the Oregon Essential health Benefits Workgroup. This group will be jointly chartered by the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Board and the Oregon Health Policy...
Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) update
This is just in from the Oregon Health Authority: On March 2, 2012, Governor Kitzhaber signed SB 1580, which will launch Coordinated Care Organizations to better serve Oregon Health Plan members with a focus on improved health. New information is now available that...
Tracking Oregon’s Major Health Reform Bills
In this short legislative session, things are happening quickly. The Oregonian has created a page for each of the bills introduced. The major health reform bills are: House Bill 4164 Requires Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Corporation to establish and deposit moneys...
OHA is Looking for Technically Minded Consumers
Due to passage of SB 204, Tina Edlund, Deputy Director of the Oregon Health Authority, is forming a stakeholder group to meet in November and December (probably no more than 4 meetings, likely 2 hours each) to work with them and a firm that will be offering technical...
Multnomah County Considers Ban on BPA
The Multnomah Board of County Commisioners are considering a ban on Bisphenol A (BPA), proposed by chair Jeff Cogen. BPA is a potentially cancer-causing chemical that is found in some beverage containers like baby bottles and zippy cups. Commissioner Cogen is pushing...
Early-bird conference registration extended through Friday, Oct. 14th
We've extended the early-bird registration deadline to midnight on Friday. Scholarship registration is also available. Please support our scholarship...
Update from the Oregon Health Authority
Here's the latest newsletter from the OHA: Oregon's Health Care Transformation In this issue: Oregon Statewide Community Meetings Governor Kitzhaber in Washington D.C. House Bill 3650 Work Groups update Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Board OHA in the News How you...
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