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April 10, 2020 14:28 ET | Source: CareOregon

Letter to the community from Eric C. Hunter, President and Chief Executive Officer of CareOregon

Portland, Ore., April 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For more than 25 years, CareOregon has used input from our members and our health care providers to craft innovative solutions that benefit...
May 24, 2019 12:53 ET | Source: CareOregon

Columbia Pacific CCO leads opioid epidemic talks with White House drug policy advisor

Portland, Ore., May 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A top White House advisor from the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy traveled to coastal Oregon last week to learn from...
February 01, 2019 19:41 ET | Source: CareOregon

CareOregon submits Letters of Intent to provide Oregon Health Plan for next five years

Portland, Ore., Feb. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CareOregon today submitted three Letters of Intent (LOI) that it will seek a contract to ensure the continuous provision of Medicaid health care...
June 04, 2015 10:01 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Oregon Proposes to Force Public Employees to Use Only Medicaid Physicians, States Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

TUCSON, Ariz., June 4, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- If HB 3300 passes the Oregon legislature, health plans in Lane County enrolling-public sector employees, including teachers, will not be allowed to...
December 10, 2013 09:34 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

'Pay for Performance' Could Harm Good Doctors, According to the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 10, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Healthcare reform advocates often attribute high medical costs to fee-for-service payment, writes economist Linda Gorman in the winter 2013 issue of...