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Care Oregon Ends Longstanding Community Advisory Group
17+ hour, 32+ min ago (300+ words) In January, members of Care Oregon's community advisory group detailed frustrations in a letter. Care Oregon manages Oregon Health Plan benefits for hundreds of thousands of Portland-area residents and the insurer's abrupt decision last year to rapidly restrict member access…...
Portland-Based Providence Health Plan To Stop Offering Most Insurance Plans At End of Year
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (508+ words) The Providence Health Plan said Wednesday that it would stop offering most of its insurance products by the year's end, heralding the near-complete dissolution of a longtime stalwart of Oregon's private health insurance marketplace. "We have determined that the most…...
Providence Oregon CEO Discusses "Joint Decision" With Insurer to Restrict Access to Specialty Care
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (478+ words) As WW recently reported, many low income Portlanders have lost a key pathway to Providence health system specialists'the result of a Medicaid insurance network change that went into effect this month. Care Oregon, which runs the affected plan, says its…...