What are Coordinated Care Organizations?
Betty Johnson, longtime health care activist, says: The Coordinated Care Organizations (called Accountable Care Organizations in the federal law) are regional organizations which will be responsible initially for coordinating and integrating physical, mental and oral health services for persons on the Oregon Heath Plan and which focus on preventive and primary care services. The intent is to literally transform how health care is delivered now. Eventually this same regional entity would provide health care for teachers and state employees and possibly all the rest of us! Ultimately the goal is to improve the quality, coordination and integration of health care and to control health care costs.
Want to know more?
Wednesday November 2, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Dennis Hall, First Presbyterian Church, 9th and Monroe, CORVALLIS
Join us to:
• LEARN about the Governor’s vision for health care reform in Oregon.
• DISCUSS the role that regional Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs)
will play in delivering services.
• SHARE your stories about health issues facing your family and community.
• VOICE your recommendations to the Oregon Health Authority about how
health care will be delivered in Benton County.
Speakers:
Mitch Anderson, MA, Benton County Health Department; Michael Bonetto, PhD, MPH, MS, Oregon
Health Policy Board, Kristin Bradford, MD, Community Health Centers of Linn & Benton Counties;
Kevin Ewanchyna, MD, Samaritan Health Services; Kelley Kaiser, MPH, InterCommunity Health Network.
Discussion facilitated by Charlie Tomlinson, former Mayor of Corvallis
To learn more about Coordinated Care Organizations, visit: www.health.oregon.gov
Sponsored by: Benton County Health Department, Benton-Linn Health Equity Alliance, Community Health Centers of Linn and Benton Counties,
League of Women Voters-Corvallis, Mid-Valley Health Care Advocates, National Alliance on Mental Illness-Mid Valley, Physicians for National Health Program, and Samaritan Health Services.
FREE childcare and light refreshments beginning at 5:45pm
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