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Winter 2012 Edition
CareOregon acquires Lean Healthcare West
CareOregon has purchased Lean Healthcare West, a nationally known provider of workplace improvement and quality improvement for health care. The educational and consulting...
Back to the basics of care: Releasing Time to Care program continues to expand
People who have gone into nursing as a profession usually have done so because they want to be caregivers. And too often, a great deal of their time is spent on chores that get in...
CCO Update: The year ahead for CCO transitioning
It’s been seven months since the first Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) launched in Oregon. It has been a busy time of change, and will continue to be. Erin Fair Taylor,...
How should we keep in touch?
As CareOregon's members transition to Coordinated Care Organizations, we're exploring different ways to facilitate the communication between providers and the CCOs. Will you help...
CareOregon smiles on Portland streets
A lot of smiling faces are greeting the public from the corner of Southwest Fifth Avenue and Oak Street in Portland. Young faces and faces with experience. Faces male and faces...
CareOregon board names Pat Curran CEO
CareOregon’s board of directors didn’t look far before finding a replacement for retiring chief executive officer Dave Ford. Having named Patrick Curran as interim CEO in...
CCO updates: CCOs and CareOregon — transformation pushes ahead
February 8, 2013—The transformation of the Oregon Health Plan continues to have an impact on providers all over the state. The new CCOs are digging deeper into transformation...
Neighborhood Health to expand orthopedic care
It’s a challenge for Oregon Health Plan members to find access to some specialty services. Even in the state’s largest population center, a visit to an orthopedics specialist can...
Lynn Lundquist: a loss for Oregon and CareOregon
Lynn Lundquist, CareOregon board member and former Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, died April 9 at his ranch in Powell Butte. “It is a tragic loss for CareOregon,...
Provider tools for osteoporosis risk
April 4, 2013—For a year after a hip fracture, about 30 percent of older adults will not be able to live independently. That’s a life-changing event, especially considering that...
CareOregon’s CEO retires; interim is named
David E. Ford, CareOregon’s chief executive officer since 2003, has announced his retirement from CareOregon, effective at the end of this year. The CareOregon Board of Directors...
Asante plans $10 million in improvements at Ashland Community Hospital
ASHLAND, February 15, 2013—Ashland Community Hospital will receive $10 million in upgrades, if the hospital be acquired by Asante Health Systems. Asante also operates Rogue...
Oregon takes steps to reduce prescription painkiller problem
For chronic pain sufferers, prescription narcotic painkillers can make quality of life possible, or make life a misery of addiction. From 1999 to 2009, Oregon saw more than 1,250...
Coordinated Care Organizations move ahead
December 19, 2012—As of the first of November, 15 Coordinated Care Organizations had assumed responsibility for managing the physical and mental health care for most Oregon Health...
CO-OP sets sights on Cover Oregon exchange and 2014
This fall, Oregon was among the first six states to gain initial federal approval for its health insurance exchange. Cover Oregon is set to offer new options for health care...
New CO-OP taking form under experienced leadership
Oregon’s Health CO-OP has made two additional hires for top staff positions. Robert Dickes has been named Director of Sales and Marketing. He has more than 30 years as a health...
Ob/Gyn practice follows a different path
December 19, 2012—When the majority of physicians choose at the same time to leave a practice, it could be a recipe for disaster. At Gateway Women’s Clinic, 177 NE 102nd Avenue in...
CareOregon changes pharmacy benefits manager
On January 1, 2013, CareOregon will transition to a new pharmacy benefits manager (PBM): CatamaranTM. The change will not affect pharmacy benefit policies, formularies or Customer...
Grant enables Virginia Garcia childhood obesity pilot program
Cornelius—Virginia Garcia Wellness Center is piloting a program to reduce childhood obesity among high-risk populations by working with Latina mothers during routine checkups. The...
Central City Concern supports “rolling grocery store” to deliver fresh, healthy food
For those struggling to escape poverty, a trip to a well-stocked grocery store that offers healthy choices is hard to accomplish without a car. And hauling groceries on mass...
Community Health Center keeps school clinic alive
ASHLAND—The Health Center at Ashland High School fills needs great and small, from the occasional stomachache to calling an ambulance for more serious issues. So when Jackson...
Coastal Family welcomes new board members
ASTORIA—Coastal Family Health Center has added three new members to its board of directors. Mark Lang is an attorney in private practice in Astoria. He is the former chief...
Old Town Recovery Center awarded for innovative design
Central City Concern’s Old Town Recovery Center (ORTC) has received a “Healthcare Environment Award” for its design. The awards, sponsored by Contract magazine, are given by The...
Statewide News: Oregon slips in “healthiest state” rankings
Each year, United Health Foundation ranks the states on a variety of health and health care factors. Although Oregon has fared better than most states, in 2012 it lost its top 10...
National News: Don Berwick speaks on health care reform
Pediatrician Don Berwick, MD, has been at the heart of health care improvement in America for decades. Twenty-three years ago, he co-founded the Institute for Healthcare...
Astoria rejects school-based health center
The Astoria School Board has rejected a proposal to locate a school-based health center in the school district. The decision came on May 8 after three community meetings on the...
Fall 2012 Edition
A Home for the Lund Family: Habitat for Humanity builds a home for CareOregon members
Keeley Lund Murphy was 18 months old when she was diagnosed with Rett syndrome. Keeley's was an unusually early diagnosis. Keeley’s mother, Ann Lund, brought Keeley along when...
CCOs in transition: An update on Oregon’s transformation of Medicaid
Beginning September 1, CareOregon will be partnering with other organizations throughout the state in several Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs). These CCOs will manage the...
Changing leadership: Where now for the Northwest Health Foundation?
For the first time in its history, the Northwest Health Foundation is not helmed by Thomas Aschenbrener. Aschenbrener retired this summer as president and CEO. In honor of...
Dental care: MultiCare Dental transitions services to CareOregon
Effective August 1, CareOregon will be providing dental coverage for Oregon Health Plan/Medicaid members previously served by MultiCare Dental in Clackamas and Multnomah counties,...
CareOregon to host IHI Forum satellite broadcast
CareOregon is hosting the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) 24th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care satellite broadcast, Wednesday and Thursday,...
Transformation: Oregon clinics to receive enhanced payments for primary care improvement
Primary care medical clinics in 38 Oregon cities have been selected to participate in a federal initiative designed to help doctors provide higher quality, better coordinated,...
The safety net: Neighborhood Health Center is now FQHC
Neighborhood Health Center–Canby has been deemed by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as a “new access point grantee” and designated a Federally...
CareOregon now accessible from OneHealthPort
CareOregon is now with OneHealthPort, the one-password direct access to local health plans with a single sign on. This eliminates the chalenges for users of having to sign on for...
Statewide News: Whooping cough cases in Oregon still climbing
From Outbreak News: “Even though the number of pertussis cases in Oregon is dwarfed by the number in their neighbors to the north, health officials report the numbers of whooping...
Research: Quality Corp releases statewide report on health care quality and utilization
The Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation (Quality Corp) has released its annual Information for a Healthy Oregon, a statewide report on health care quality and utilization. For...
Statewide News: Closing the “donut hole” saves Oregonians millions
A provision of the Affordable Care Act closes the so-called donut hole in prescription coverage for people with Medicare. According to a report from the Centers for Medicare &...
Research: Expanding Medicaid cuts death rates
A comparison of neighboring states—three that expanded Medicaid to more people and three that did not—shows that making the health insurance program available to more people cuts...
Virginia Garcia to open new Cornelius facility
In October, Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center expects to open its newest facility, a 35,600-square-foot clinic in Cornelius. When completed, the Cornelius Wellness Center...
Statewide News: Oregon lags in childhood dental health
One third of Oregon third graders have tooth decay that’s going untreated, according to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. That can affect...
“Hooper” celebrates 40 years of sobriety
The public is invited to attend the 40th Anniversary celebration of “Hooper” — the Hooper Detoxification Stabilization Center operated by Central City Concern in downtown...
Clatsop County receives grant for school health clinic
ASTORIA — The Clatsop County Public Health Department has won a state grant to establish a school-based health clinic at Astoria High School. The $60,000 grant from the Oregon...
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