This policy brief outlines the importance of preserving Oregon’s Prioritized List of Health Services as the state transitions Medicaid coverage authority into the state plan. It explains how the Prioritized List has served for more than three decades as a transparent, evidence-based framework for defining covered services, guiding legislative budgeting, and protecting equitable access to care. The brief highlights the risks of weakening this structure and urges lawmakers to retain and strengthen the Prioritized List as a national model for evidence-driven Medicaid policy.
Determinants of Health: Access to Healthcare, Insurance, Public Health, Medical Providers, Hospitals, Public Services
Oregon hospitals often describe a health care system under significant financial pressure. Some hospitals are genuinely struggling, and some communities face real concerns about maintaining access to care. But the statewide financial picture is more nuanced than the crisis narrative often suggests. According to FamilyCare Health’s Hospital Transparency Report, Oregon hospitals generated approximately $7.3 billion […]
Recent reporting that OHSU has finally made money after years of losses does not reflect the reality of its own audited financial statements. As Oregon’s largest hospital by revenue, OHSU plays an outsized role in the state’s hospital market and as a source of access for Oregonians seeking specialized care statewide. Looking at a single […]
Asante Health System is the dominant hospital provider in southern Oregon, serving Grants Pass, Ashland, and Medford. Oregonians living here do not have any other alternatives for hospital-level care. Recent news reports about Asante’s warning that hundreds of layoffs may be necessary has sparked criticism from the community and concern from many nurses about access […]
Unlike traditional systems that separate mental and physical care (“carve-outs”), FamilyCare’s model streamlines services through unified claims, referrals, and authorizations.
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