Writing in The Oregonian, Bill Graves uses the personal stories of Oregon Health Plan patients to shed light on health reforms being proposed in Oregon. CareOregon’s Community Care Team is a 5-year-old pilot program that provides outreach workers to help keep patients healthy and out of the hospital. It’s work foreshadows some of what is proposed for …
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Tracking Oregon’s Major Health Reform Bills 0
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 into accounts in federally insured depositories. Senate Bill 1580 Provides legislative approval of Oregon …
Read MoreElectronic Health Records Face Rapidly Changing Technology 0
State could challenge Microsoft’s de-facto monopoly on provider-to-provider database Over at The Lund Report, Raymond Rendleman provides an update on electronic health records: February 6, 2012 — Technology is changing so quickly that state officials and advocates overseeing more streamlined transfers of health information in Oregon are scrambling to keep up. 2010 may not seem …
Read MoreHigh stakes, power struggles as Oregon Legislature takes up Kitzhaber’s health reforms 0
Writing in The Oregonian, Nick Budnick reports: The battle to reshape Oregon’s health care system is heating up in the Legislature, where the Senate is scheduled to pick up Friday where lawmakers left off last session. The changes they adopt could affect your doctor’s office sooner than you think. Rather than wait for federal health …
Read MoreWoman shares family’s stories as she advocates for health care bill 0
On January 28th, The Oregonian published a story on our own Liz Baxter. Ryan Kost’s story begins: There’s a framed family photograph beside Liz Baxter’s door that she has been meaning to hang for months. More than three dozen people pose in front of a white camper van on patchy grass in Camp Pendleton, Calif. …
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