Oregon is one of the first states to implement a version of accountable care organizations statewide across its Medicaid program; insights from those who were “on the ground” during the early days of ...

Oregon’s coordinated care organizations — similar to accountable care organizations but for Medicaid enrollees — reduced ER visits and increased primary care spending, according to nine-month results ...

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — State and federal regulators aren't concerned that the owners of a private Eugene company that managed health services for needy Lane County residents reaped millions in profits ...

Central Oregon’s coordinated care organization, the group that oversees health care for the region’s Medicaid patients, has named a new director. Leslie Neugebauer assumed the role this month.

It is now commonly accepted that to achieve health, the U.S. health system must address the social determinants of health. While the integration of health care with social services and public health ...

The state’s 13 newly forming coordinated care organizations are choosing a variety of business and tax structures, arguing for different reasons that it’s the best way to do business and provide ...

Now three years into its experiment to manage its Medicaid population through 16 coordinated care organizations (CCOs), Oregon has promising results to report yet significant challenges to overcome, ...

Yet 10 of the 16 CCOs are for-profit companies, and there are no limits placed on how much profit they can make. "I'm not aware of any (caps on profit) -- not by virtue of regulation or any other type ...

The Salem-area coordinated care organization that manages and pays for the care of Oregon Health Plan patients have received nearly $5 million in the state's first distribution of incentive payments ...

Oregon CCO's owe $41 million in Medicaid overpayments, but they're also getting a raise. Oregon’s coordinated care organizations, which serve 1 million low-income Oregonians on Medicaid, received a ...

PORTLAND, Ore., March 7-- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news release: Medicaid now is the largest insurance program in the United States, covering 74 million people, or ...