Client Work Group Being Formed

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) recently posted a call for nominations for a Medicare-Medicaid Integration of Care and Services Client Advisory Group. They are looking for individuals who are currently enrolled in both Medicare and the Oregon Health Plan (sometimes...

Rare Public Hearing Being Held on Insurer Rate Request

Regence has requested a 22% rate increase in its individual and small group product which currently includes about 60,000 Oregonians. All rate increase requests are public information, but are often written in a way that is incomprehensible unless you happen to be an...

Community Health Workers

To those who are interested in the role of Community Health Workers (CHW’s) in Oregon’s health care system I wanted to bring up an issue that was discussed by the House/Senate Joint Health Transformation Committee on Wednesday evening (May 4th). There is a...