Trillium Community Health Plan is partnering with Lane County in establishing the new local coordinated care organization.
Trillium Community Health Plan is partnering with Lane County in establishing the new local coordinated care organization.
Trillium, which is owned by a group of 300 doctors, has stepped up to partner with Lane County in establishing a new way to provide health care to people covered by the Oregon Health Plan — Oregon’s version of Medicaid, the government insurance that is mainly for low-income residents.
Trillium and Lane County made a high-stakes bet when they pooled their know-how and financial reserves to create the CCO. Lane County is putting up $5 million and Trillium is putting up $15 million in reserve funds that could be tapped if the new CCO’s budget of $270 million doesn’t stretch far enough next year to pay the medical bills for the 55,000 Oregon Health Plan members in Lane County.
Read more at The Register-Guard.
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