The federal agency that holds the purse strings for care of Oregon Health Plan members recently criticized the state’s system for distributing money to regional coordinated care organizations.
The federal agency that holds the purse strings for care of Oregon Health Plan members recently criticized the state’s system for distributing money to regional coordinated care organizations.
The Aug. 7 letter from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says the state is employing “high-risk practices” as well as projections that “differ greatly” from those used by the CCOs themselves.
The letter seems to significantly curb the flexibility considered crucial to the reforms — so much so that one CCO executive described it as “a punch to the gut.”
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