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CareOregon CEO Dave Ford has announced the selection of James Schroeder as CareOregon Provider Relations Director. James replaces Peter McGarry, who has taken a position with PacificSource Health Plans. "My wife, Maxine, and I have two children, a daughter, Tory, age eight and a son, Quinn, age seven. Maxine is a registered dietitian and diabetes educator. I'm really busy most of the time, but enjoy hiking and running. I am passionate about gardening (flowers, vegetables, trees). I love to read and I am usually reading two to three books at any given time. I also enjoy cooking and a good glass of wine, preferably red." Read full article ... |
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 Project Access: In her own words ... Editor's Note: Kerrie Hubbard, a Project Access Now recipient, shares the story of her cancer diagnosis and treatment. My stomach churned and rolled as I pushed against my bike pedals, grinding up the hill just outside of Neskowin. Cresting the top, my stomach won the battle I’d been waging and I lost my breakfast. Why was riding so hard this summer? I couldn’t put my finger on it, but something was off. I tired too easily and felt sluggish all the time. I never got ahead of the training curve. My weary body felt pushed to the limit. Read more ... |
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by Jamison Keller, Medicare Sales Once upon a time CareOregon was an intake company. That means that members were either assigned to us or they signed up for one of our products on their own. We couldn’t market, we couldn’t recruit and we were at the mercy of our own reputation. That has all changed. While we still cannot market or sell our Medicaid product, we can market our Medicare products, and a sales and marketing department has been created. Read more ... |
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A Tradition of Gardening |
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| Panoramas of the West I’ve enjoyed taking panoramic photos since I was in seventh grade and bought a wide angle auxiliary lens for my Kodak Instamatic. My interest took off when I was in my 20s and helped put together four-projector, dual-screen slide shows to train forest firefighters. |
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| Tips for Busy Cooks How to save time and money in the kitchen With all the pressures of modern life, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find time to prepare well-balanced, healthy meals. I’ve compiled a list of tips and tricks I use to get more out of my time in and around of the kitchen. Read more ... |
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Three Weeks in Asia In March of this past year, as part of the curriculum for a graduate program I'm completing at Portland State University, fifty of my classmates and I went on a three-week field study trip to Asia. We visited Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; and Beijing and Shanghai, China to gain additional understanding of the cultures and business practices within each of these countries. Read more ... |
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 Healthy Living from A to ZAccept change. Breathe deeply. Call your mother. Diet correctly. Eat veggies. Favor fish. Get a flu shot. Help others. Imagine. Just relax. Know your provider. Laugh out loud. Make music. Nap. Offer praise. Plant a bulb. Quit smoking. Rake leaves. Savor the season. Try tap water. Use your Healthwise Handbook. Vote. Walk a dog. eXude cheer. Yell for your team. Zestfully live. Check it out ... |
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Wordstock is Coming!Read Killian Czuba's article.
 Cultural Fair Nov. 5 by Jerry Rhodes, Communications CareOregon always has a bit of an international flavor. On Nov. 5, that will be even more apparent, in more ways than one. We will host a Cultural Fair and welcome representatives of our largest communities of non-native-English speakers. The Cultural Fair will run from 11-2 p.m. in the 10th Floor Lunchroom and conference rooms. Representatives from the communities will speak and will be available to speak with staff individually. There will also be booths of cultural information as well as snacks from each culture. Read more ... |
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 Did you know ... that we print our member handbook in braile? Did you know that we go that extra mile for our visually challenged members? If a CareOregon member is visually impaired and needs a new member packet in audio tape or Braille format we accommodate that need. |
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