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The Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research (OHPR) has assembled the following documents as a resource for discussions on health care reform. Many of the following resources came out of the work of the Oregon Health Fund Board and its committees, completed November 2008. OHPR policy briefs for the 2009 legislative session are marked with an asterisk. New documents will be added as they become available.
General Health Reform Documents for 2009
Matrix: Legislation Tracking for Oregon Health Fund Board Recommendations, Jan. 2009
Legislative Package for Health Reform: 2009 Proposed Legislation
Oregon Health Fund Board, Aim High: Building a Health Oregon, Nov. 2008
Brief Overview of the Health Fund Board’s Recommendations
Executive Summaries of the Reports of the Board’s Committees and Workgroups, June 2008
Containing Health Care Costs
*Cost Containment brief
Cost-Sharing Affordability brief, 2006
Bringing Everyone under the Tent: Expanding Coverage, Benefit Design, Financing Reform
Eligibility and Enrollment, Benefits Package
Benefits Committee Final Report to the Health Fund Board, June 2008
Eligibility and Enrollment Committee Final Report to the Health Fund Board, June 2008
Financing Health Reform
Presentation on Provider Tax: “Estimating Impacts of DRG Hospital Tax,” J. McConnell OHSU, Jan. 2009
Finance Committee Final Report to the Health Fund Board, June 2008
Set High Standards – Measure and Report: Quality Health Care System Information
*All Payer, All Claims Database brief
Quality Institute Workgroup Recommendations to the Health Fund Board, April 2008
Unify Purchasing Power
Exchange Workgroup Recommendations to the Health Fund Board, June 2008
Stimulate System Innovation & Improvement: Delivery System Reform
Delivery Systems Committee Final Report to the Health Fund Board, May 2008
New Models of Care
The Medical Home Model of Primary Care report to the Health Fund Board, Dec. 2007
Presentations on Integrated Health Homes to Delivery Committee, December 2007:
“The Medical Home Model of Primary Care,” J. Smith, OHPR
“Primary Care Homes: Overview of Collaboratives,” R. Prows, Regence BlueCross BlueShield
“Providing Members with a Medical Home,” T. Hickey, Kaiser Permanente
“Health Fund Board Primary Care Renewal,” D. Labby, CareOregon
“Medical Homes in Primary Care,” D. Dorr, OHSU
Community-Based Innovation
Presentation on Accountable Care Organizations to Delivery Committee, J. McConnell OHSU, March 2008
Health Information Technology
Health Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee (HIIAC) report to Governor, Nov. 2008
Payment Reform
Payment Reform and Provider Reimbursement paper to the Health Fund Board, March 2008
Ensure Health Equity for All
Health Equities Committee Final Report to the Health Fund Board, May 2008
Train a New Health Care Workforce
Oregon Employment Department, Oregon Health Care Needs Assessment 2006
Oregon Healthcare Workforce Institute, Students Completing Healthcare Workforce Training in Oregon: Supply Trend Analysis 2007
Presentation to Federal Laws Committee: J. Isgrigg, Executive Director Oregon Healthcare Workforce Institute, April 2008
Presentation to Federal Laws Committee: M. Richardson, Dean of OHSU, April 2008
Oregon Physician Workforce Survey, May 2007 (Errata paper)
Advocate for Federal Changes
Federal Laws Committee final report, Nov. 2008
Other Key OHPR Research Reports and Statistics
Trends in Oregon’s Health Care Market and the Oregon Health Plan: A Report to the 74th Legislative Assembly: 2007 Session (2009 version available soon)
Oregon's Uninsured, 2006
Oregon Health Care Expenditures, 2008
Oregon’s Acute Care Hospitals: Capacity, Utilization, and Financial Trends report 2003-2005
Oregon’s Cost Shift: The Effect of Public Insurance Coverage on Uncompensated Care
Oregon Electronic Health Record Survey report, 2007
Health Information Technologies Impact on Expenditures report, 2007
Links to Additional Resources
Oregon Health Fund Board website
Final Reports of the Board’s Committees and Workgroups
Past OHPR Research Reports and Documents
Institute of Medicine, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st entury (2001)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Best Health Care Results for Populations: The “Triple Aim” (2007)
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute, The Price of Excess: Identifying Waste in Health Care Spending (2008)
If you have any questions about the content of this page, please contact OHPR Deputy Administrator, Tina Edlund, at tina.d.edlund@state.or.us or 503-373-1848.
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