Health Share of Oregon: a community-oriented approach to accountable care for Medicaid beneficiaries
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Case studies of accountable care systems (Commonwealth Fund)
- Author(s):
- Klein, Sarah, author McCarthy, Douglas, author Cohen, Alexander, author
- Contributor(s):
- Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, October 2014
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Accountable Care Organizations Community Health Services Delivery of Health Care Medicaid Dental Health Services Health Care Costs Health Services Needs and Demand Mental Health Services Organizational Case Studies Patient Care Management Quality Improvement Humans Oregon United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Health Share of Oregon is a nonprofit founded in 2012 to coordinate the provision of medical, dental, and behavioral health care for Medicaid beneficiaries in a tricounty region encompassing Portland. As one of 16 coordinated care organizations designated by the state to oversee and improve the delivery of these services for a geographically defined population, it receives a global budget. It distributes per-capita payments to health plans-- some of which are integrated delivery systems--and county-run mental health agencies that have agreed to accept risk for providing or ensuring access to defined services. These risk-bearing entities--all founders of Health Share--serve on its governing board, along with representatives of community-based organizations and social service agencies committed to this population. Health Share brings these stakeholders together to improve care for high-need, high-cost patients; achieve efficiencies by centralizing certain administrative and enrollment functions; and create accountability for performance.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (11 pages)).
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101656739 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101656739