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		<title>To save money on health care, Oregon Health Plan looks to trim hospital, emergency room visits</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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&#8217;s work foreshadows some of what is proposed for ...]]></description>
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		<title>Tracking Oregon&#8217;s Major Health Reform Bills</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 ...]]></description>
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		<title>Electronic Health Records Face Rapidly Changing Technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8212; 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 ...]]></description>
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		<title>High stakes, power struggles as Oregon Legislature takes up Kitzhaber&#8217;s health reforms</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in The Oregonian, Nick Budnick reports: The battle to reshape Oregon&#8217;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&#8217;s office sooner than you think. Rather than wait for federal health ...]]></description>
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		<title>Woman shares family&#8217;s stories as she advocates for health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 28th, The Oregonian published a story on our own Liz Baxter. Ryan Kost&#8217;s story begins: There&#8217;s a framed family photograph beside Liz Baxter&#8217;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. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Legislature in Session</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Baxter</dc:creator>
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		<title>Health Insurance Exchange Board</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Baxter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Health Insurance Exchange Board meets on the second Thursday of each month. Public input is always on the agenda. Agendas and meeting materials can be found at this link.]]></description>
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		<title>Conference on Health Literacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Baxter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legacy Health System is hosting an all-day conference called Making it Clear. We Can Do Better is among several community partners because of our work on health reform and health equity. You can view the registration information here. Registration is handled by Legacy directly. They don not have online registration but you can download the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Citizen Lobbying Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Baxter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our colleagues at Oregon Action are hosting a Legislative training for folks who don&#8217;t normally spend a lot of time at the Capitol during legislative sessions. The session is being led by Kristen Leonard, an experienced lobbyist who has among her clients the Northwest Health Foundation. If you&#8217;d like to attend but would need a ...]]></description>
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		<title>OHPB sends CCO implementation proposal to Oregon Legislature</title>
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		<comments>http://www.wecandobetter.org/2012/01/ohpb-sends-cco-implementation-proposal-to-oregon-legislature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the press release from Oregon Health Authority: Jan. 24, 2012 Media Contact: Patty Wentz, OHA Director of Communications, Bb: 503-932-6243, Patty.Wentz@state.or.us Today, the Oregon Health Policy Board voted to send the implementation proposal for coordinated care organizations (CCOs) to state lawmakers for final approval. The action is the next step in improving the Oregon ...]]></description>
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