Oregon’s Largest Medicaid Coordinated Care Organization Goes Live

Health Share of Oregon — the state’s largest Medicaid coordinated care organization, which are part of Oregon’s new Medicaid demonstration program — officially went live this past Saturday, according to a Portland Business Journal report.

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In July, CMS approved the Medicaid demonstration program put forth by Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, MD, which included $1.9 billion in federal funding over five years. The Medicaid CCOs will focus on the integration of health services, reduction of administrative overhead and improvement of patient-centered care.

Health Share of Oregon includes some of the state’s largest hospitals and health systems, such as Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University Hospital and Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services.

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