Mary Peterson says it's all there in the numbers.

"When a primary care doctor refers a patient to a mental health professional outside the office, the rate of follow-up is 8 percent. If it happens within the office, follow-up goes up to 80 percent," she says. "The key is the ‘warm hand-off’ – when the provider introduces the behavioral person right there in the office."

Across Oregon, coordinated care organizations (CCOs) are working on a local level to transform the health care delivery system to bring better health, better care and lower costs to Oregonians. To provide status updates on the state’s progress towards these goals, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is publishing quarterly reports showing performance data, financial data, and progress toward reaching benchmarks, beginning with 2011 baseline data.