Oregon Governor Kate Brown was in Roseburg on Wednesday to meet with leaders of Umpqua Health Alliance, the local Coordinated Care Organization.
Brown was joined by Oregon Health Authority Director Pat Allen to learn about the successes UHA has had to date and its plans for what is being called CCO 2.0.
A release from Umpqua Health said it has set a high bar for CCO’s in Oregon, ranking in the top four in quality performance for the past four years. The release said Brown and Allen saw first-hand how UHA has more than tripled the number of behavioral health visits in three years, spent more than $1 million on Community Health Improvement Plan programs, and is committing another $2 million to provider incentives.
CCO’s in Oregon were created in 2012 to provide locally controlled health care provider networks to serve people covered by the Oregon Health Plan. UHA has provided physical, behavioral and oral care to more than 28,000 county residents,
Brown said “Oregon’s CCO system is a national model for community-based health solutions and community-driven decision making”. She said “healthier sustainable communities and making sure the next generation is even healthier are critically important”.
Brown also met with representatives of AllCare in Grants Pass on Wednesday, and with staff from Cascade Health Alliance in Klamath Falls on Tuesday during what her staff called a “southern Oregon health care tour”.
Last month the Oregon Health Authority announced that the three CCO’s had met the requirements necessary to earn full, five-year contracts to serve Oregon Health Plan members through 2024.