Last summer, the Oregon legislature passed House Bill 3650, which would create coordinated teams of physician, nurses and other healthcare providers — called coordinated care organizations — to take care of Oregon’s Medicaid population.
Gov. John Kitzhaber said in the release that CCOs shift the focus away from emergency rooms and acute-care and toward preventive care and chronic disease management. Pending legislative final approval in February, CCOs could save Oregon roughly $1 billion in the first three years, according to the release.
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