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Susan Shain/NWPBAcross the country, there鈥檚 a shortage of behavioral health care providers 鈥� and it鈥檚 particularly pronounced in small towns. -
rudamese/PixabayNew therapists in private practice will no longer be able to bill Oregon鈥檚 largest Medicaid providerOregon鈥檚 largest Medicaid provider, CareOregon, is making a policy change that some therapists say could reduce mental health services to low-income people.
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An Oregon Health & Science University study found states cannot slow the opioid crisis solely with more flexibility to use Medicaid funding for addiction treatment. -
About 80% of Medicaid members in Oregon have retained coverage since a nationwide unwinding began compared to less than 4% in Texas, which was last. -
The Oregon Health Authority鈥檚 Ombuds program is concerned about the lack of care in languages other than English and gaps in mental health and addiction treatment for Oregonians enrolled in Medicaid. -
After two years of planning, Oregon is officially expanding its Medicaid program to give tens of thousands of more people access to the free health insurance program. -
They represent a small fraction of the tens of thousands of people who鈥檝e lost free Medicaid benefits since last April. -
The federal government suspended an annual Medicaid renewal requirement during COVID-19. Now that it has resumed, many Californians are losing coverage for 鈥減rocedural reasons.鈥� -
At least several thousand were affected while thousands of others who don鈥檛 qualify for Medicaid will keep their insurance. -
Medicaid provides health care for tens of millions of low-income Americans. Now, for the first time, it's being used for housing and rent for people who are homeless or in danger of becoming so. -
State health officials are checking to see whether kids in the state have been wrongly kicked off the free health care as they have been elsewhere. -
The program is scheduled to launch in just 9 months. If approved, it will allow tens of thousands of people slated to lose Medicaid coverage to keep their free health care. But it is expected to drive premiums up for some others. -
A state system that often blocks treatment, with contractors trained by YouTube videos assessing patients, is under review after a whistleblower complained. -
A new state law will automatically add Medicaid recipients to state voter rolls, but only if the federal government allows the Oregon Health Authority to share data.
