Oregon Health Policy Board seeks feedback on coordinated care organizations
Health officials schedule listening sessions to discuss the future of Oregon’s CCOs
The Oregon Health Policy Board (OHPB), a nine-member group appointed by the Governor to oversee health policy at OHA, will hold a series of community meetings across the state in September and October to gather public input about Oregon’s coordinated care organizations (CCOs) and how they deliver services to Oregon’s most vulnerable citizens.
Oregon’s coordinated care model was created in 2011 as part of Oregon’s ongoing health system transformation. The 16 coordinated care organizations (CCOs) deliver physical, oral and behavioral health services to nearly 90 percent of Oregon’s 1.1 million Medicaid recipients.
As part of the OHPB’s mission to improve and monitor community-centered health initiatives, it will analyze the current model for opportunities to further advance health system transformation and to inform the 2017 Oregon Legislature. OHPB will gather input from consumers, advocates, primary care providers, and other stakeholders, and then develop recommendations to the Oregon Legislature for continued system improvements toward the goal of providing Oregonians with better health, better care at a lower cost.
“We’re excited to hear directly from Oregonians who are served by or work with coordinated care organizations. We want to hear ideas about how to better provide access to quality, affordable health care for all Oregonians,” said Zeke Smith, Chair of the Oregon Health Policy Board.