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New coverage for breast pumps is useless for many working moms
Under the Affordable Care Act, insurance plans are required to give new mothers equipment and services to enable them to breast feed. What that means in practical terms for most moms is that insurers...
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Oregon picks 33 criteria to measure health as part of $2B healthcare reform...
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of ways to track the health of a population: the average blood pressure of a large group of people, the rate of mental illness, the average weight. Epidemiologists...
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Out of the ER and under regular care: Oregon CCOs help Medicaid beneficiaries
Forty-year-old Jeremie Seals has had a tough life. He left home at 14, and he says, his health isn't good. He had a heart attack when he was 35, he has congestive heart failure and nerve pain in his...
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Pilot project adds psychologists to primary care settings
The state of Oregon is trying some experiments to bring different kinds of medical professionals under the same roof. Patients can see different kind of doctors in one visit, and the hope is it will...
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This state health insurance exchange could be worse than Healthcare.gov
As the federal government consumes humble pie over failures in the health insurance exchanges, some states that have set up their own exchanges are also struggling. Oregon has yet to enroll one single...
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Medicare proposal would reimburse physicians for end-of-life care planning
Remember the so-called death panels? When Congress debated the Affordable Care Act in 2009, the legislation originally included a provision that would have allowed Medicare to reimburse doctors when...
View ArticleNew coverage for breast pumps is useless for many working moms
Under the Affordable Care Act, insurance plans are required to give new mothers equipment and services to enable them to breast feed. What that means in practical terms for most moms is that insurers...
View ArticleOregon picks 33 criteria to measure health as part of $2B healthcare reform...
The Obama Administration gave Oregon almost $2 billion to come up with its own system to coordinate care better. The idea is to get doctors, nurses, hospitals and other caregivers to work together —...
View ArticleOut of the ER and under regular care: Oregon CCOs help Medicaid beneficiaries
Forty-year-old Jeremie Seals has had a tough life. He left home at 14, and he says, his health isn’t good. He had a heart attack when he was 35, he has congestive heart failure and nerve pain in his...
View ArticlePilot project adds psychologists to primary care settings
The state of Oregon is trying some experiments to bring different kinds of medical professionals under the same roof. Patients can see different kind of doctors in one visit, and the hope is it will...
View ArticleThis state health insurance exchange could be worse than Healthcare.gov
As the federal government consumes humble pie over failures in the health insurance exchanges, some […]
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