Defining the Essential Health Benefit

A new brief from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Health Affairs discusses the policy issues around the Essential Health Benefit benchmark flexibility for states and how that flexibility can be used to provide a benefit package that will be both affordable and...

OHA Fall Community Meetings re: CCOs

The Oregon Health Authority will hold a series of community meetings about coming changes to how services are delivered to enrollees of the Oregon Health Plan using Coordinate Care Organizations (CCOs). According to the Oregon Health Authority: The Oregon Health...

September CCO Work Group Meetings

HB 3650, which passed with strong bipartisan support, set a vision for improving health and the quality of care while lowering costs for Oregon Health Plan members.Under HB 3650, local Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) would be responsible for administering the...

Oregon Health Authority News

Here’s the latest bulletin from the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Health Policy Board. To get email updates from the OHA, please sign up at their website. News this Month First HB 3650 work groups meet (summaries of each group’s first meeting in...