Oregon Health Authority seeks Community Engagement Coordinator

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The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is a new state agency created by House Bill 2009 during the 2009 regular legislative session. The OHA will transform the state's system to make quality health care accessible and affordable for every Oregonian. The ultimate aim of the OHA is to ensure access to health care while making changes that will stem rising costs, improve quality and promote good health. Although the state is in the planning stages for organizing the new agency, work to change the health care system already has begun.
 
The OHA is seeking candidates with exceptional qualifications to be considered for the Community Engagement Coordinator/Operations and Policy Analyst 4.  This full-time, limited duration (date of hire through June 30, 2011) position will contribute to the OHA mission through the consolidation of most of the state's health programs, including Public Health, the Oregon Health Plan, Healthy Kids, the Public Employees’ Benefit Board (PEBB), the Oregon Educators Benefit Board (OEBB), the Family Health Insurance Assistance Program (FHIAP) and the state’s high risk insurance pool. This will give the state greater purchasing and market power to begin tackling issues with costs, quality, lack of preventive care and health care access.