by Rick Ray | Oct 19, 2011 | Blog, Learn
Our friends over at The Lund Report are doing some good reporting. Here’s their current offering. Hospitals See Their Medicaid Rate Cut by 15 Percent Officials from the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems admit they’re disappointed with Governor...
by Liz Baxter | Oct 19, 2011 | Act, Blog, Learn
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...
by Rick Ray | Oct 19, 2011 | Blog, We Can Do Better - News
Bruce Goldberg, M.D., knows how to relax. As director of the Oregon Health Authority, he has what The Oregonian called, “The toughest job in Oregon’s government.” To let off steam, he prescribes for himself a healthy dose of rock ‘n’...
by Liz Baxter | Oct 19, 2011 | Act, Blog, Learn
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...
by Liz Baxter | Oct 19, 2011 | Blog, Learn
The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System just published a report entitled: Why Not the Best? Results from the National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance. The graphic below shows some of their conclusions, but you can read the...
by Rick Ray | Oct 15, 2011 | Blog, Learn
The Oregonian ran an editorial inspired by a review of Oregon’s “parity” law: A study reaffirms Oregon’s law forcing insurers to stop discriminating against persons with mental illness, and bolsters similar federal legislation For a shamefully...
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