Index to the Spring 2009 edition
Features
- Faces of CareOregon members give life to the health care reform debate
- Falling though the safety net: From uninsured to advocate
- Lessons from Primary Care Renewal’s next generation
- CareOregon enhances services for members with chronic illness
- Customer Service leads off new HEART training program at CareOregon
Special section: The legislative front
Updates
- RA change gives most complete claim information
- Meet your Contract Manager: Kass Jones
- Annual HEDIS reviews begin
- DHS prioritized list is updated
- Pharmacy updates
- In CareLink
Clinics’ Corner
- Stimulus funds to Oregon clinics
- Rogue Valley Medical's parent company restructures
- Providence cuts Medford jobs
- Ashland Community Hospital opens Health Resource Center
- Klamath Falls dental program to expand
- OHSU “biodefense center” will study diseases
- Welcome, new network providers
Events
National news
- Gallup poll: Americans are happier, healthier out West
- Stimulus package funds health care improvements
Statewide news
- Oregon Public Health stepping up swine flu surveillance
- Oregon food stamp use way up
- Deadly fungus from B.C. moving into U.S. Northwest
- Salem rally urges health care reform
- Oregon gets a “C” for smoking
- Whooping cough cases reported in Oregon’s south coast
Research
- Marijuana linked to testicular cancer
- Nintendo’s Wii could prevent falls
- Old weapon, new enemy: Antibodies vs. the flu
- Mediterranean diet good for the brain
On the move
- Blumenthal named national coordinator for health care information technology
- Colleen A. Cain, CareOregon board member, elected chair of SCAN Health Plan board
