Healthcare Reform in Oregon

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Oregon has long been a health reform pioneer. In 1989, the state established the Oregon Health Plan (OHP), a way to expand Medicaid coverage by explicitly prioritizing certain conditions while providing fewer services.

Earlier this year, Gov. John Kitzhaber (himself a physician) and the Legislature approved another groundbreaking round of reforms. House Bill 3650 will move nearly one million OHP enrollees, teachers and government employees into so-called coordinated care organizations (CCOs).

Guiding the effort is Mike Bonetto, Kitzhaber’s top health adviser. In 1995, Bonetto went to work for the St. Charles Health System in Bend, where he helped start HealthMatters of Central Oregon, a regional coordinated care network that serves as the model for Oregon’s current reform effort.

Ref and Read more: http://www.thelundreport.org/resource/mike_bonetto_talks_about_implementing_healthcare_reform

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