Oregon Health Authority
state government agency of Oregon, U.Swww.oregon.gov
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Sep 13, 2026
Noah VolzHOST
When providers are unavailable, patients defer preventive care, they show up in crisis instead of at routine visits, and they experience worse outcomes for conditions that are manageable with consistent primary care.
Noah VolzHOST
Those worse outcomes show up in emergency department utilization rates, in OHP quality metrics, in the performance scores that Jackson Care Connect and AllCare are held to by the Oregon Health Authority.
Noah VolzHOST
When OHP members can't access primary care and end up in emergency settings, CCO costs go up and quality metrics go down.
Noah VolzHOST
That's a financial problem for the CCOs, not just an access problem for patients.
Chad LawHOST
Bipartisan vote, kept the treatment money, changed the law.
Chad LawHOST
First piece of paper, Oregon Health Authority this spring and every outlet in the state ran the top line of it.
Chad LawHOST
Overdose deaths fell in twenty twenty-four and again in twenty twenty-five.
Chad LawHOST
First decline in the state since twenty sixteen.
Sam ChapmanHOST
My next question was going to be like, you know, what what's working well in the Oregon program, either generally or from a veteran first responders perspective? And where are the where are there challenges that are opportunities? I want to come back to that question, but I also want to dive into end of life at home care for a second.
Sam ChapmanHOST
So this is something that is technically permissible in Colorado, right? So the law, you know, we do not have this in Oregon, right? In fact, there's a lawsuit going on right now about it, which I'm not going to comment that much on, other than that I think it would be a better use of time to just change the law than to sue the Oregon Health Authority.
Sam ChapmanHOST
That's a personal opinion of mine.
Sam ChapmanHOST
But in Colorado, they have the ability to do this, but they have not moved forward with it yet.
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Amy CharlesworthGUEST
Now, we could talk all day about the cost of being on medications and the cost of talk therapy and all of that and how this is still a better deal.
Amy CharlesworthGUEST
But for people who need to be able to access these things or even the efforts being made for legalization so we can get it to a point where insurance can pay for it and all of that, if you double the fees, you're reducing people's ability to access it.
Sam ChapmanHOST
Yeah, there's no question that the... example, excuse, explanation that the Oregon health authority is giving as to why they need to double fees is to generate more revenue.
Sam ChapmanHOST
It's like, it's going to do the opposite, right? Absolutely opposite.
Lisa CartonHOST
Fetterman is drawing criticism from Pennsylvania Democrats because of the report.
Lisa CartonHOST
The Oregon Health Authority has issued an order that makes the COVID-19 vaccine available for those at highest risk of severe outcomes from the virus.
Lisa CartonHOST
That includes children younger than two, adults 65 and older, pregnant women, people in congregate settings, and health care workers.
Lisa CartonHOST
They're covered by insurance and available as soon as this weekend.
Heather RobertsCORRESPONDENT
Heather Roberts, FM News 101.
Brett RechampHOST
The Oregon Health Authority is announcing another measles exposure location.
Brett RechampHOST
Anyone who is on the first floor of the Kaiser Permanente Mount Talbert Medical Office in Clackamas this last Saturday between 10.30 a.m. and 6.10 p.m. may have been exposed.
Brett RechampHOST
If you're at this location, you are asked to check your vaccination records and keep an eye out for symptoms.
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Brett RechampHOST
The board is aging and fewer cases are coming in.
Brett RechampHOST
Last year, they only received two cases to offer rewards for information and there have been none so far this year.
Gail CunninghamHOST
If you're headed to the beach for Labor Day weekend, the Oregon Health Authority advises you to avoid contact with the water at Oceanside Beach on the north coast near Tillamook until further notice.
Gail CunninghamHOST
OHA issued a public health advisory today after finding unsafe levels of fecal bacteria in ocean waters there.
Brett RechampHOST
Last year, they only received two cases to offer rewards for information and there have been none so far this year.
Gail CunninghamHOST
If you're headed to the beach for Labor Day weekend, the Oregon Health Authority advises you to avoid contact with the water at Oceanside Beach on the north coast near Tillamook until further notice.
Gail CunninghamHOST
OHA issued a public health advisory today after finding unsafe levels of fecal bacteria in ocean waters there.
Gail CunninghamHOST
Visitors should avoid wading in nearby creeks, pools of water on the beach, or in discolored water and steer clear of water runoff flowing into the ocean.
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
What do you got there? What is it?
MaxwellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Oregon Health Authority has sent me a paper asking me about...
MaxwellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
No,
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
they didn't send it to you.
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And I told them, I called your school today and I said, do not give this to Maxwell.
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well,
MaxwellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
my father printed this and it says Oregon Health Authority.
MaxwellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Demographics, gender identity, and sexual orientation.
Tim LanceHOST
It's now 4-12, and a person with measles was at the Canby Rodeo on August 18th and could have exposed people to the virus.
Tim LanceHOST
The Oregon Health Authority saying that that person was there from 7-30 at night to 11 p.m.
Tim LanceHOST
Visitors who were at the Canby Rodeo during those hours should watch for measles symptoms and then check your vaccination records as well.
Tim LanceHOST
Now, if you do have symptoms, you are urged to call your health care provider before you go to any medical facility.
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Tim LanceHOST
Firefighters, though, have made steady progress, specifically on the north and southwest parts of that wildfire.
Brett RechampHOST
A person with measles was at the Canby Rodeo on August 18th and could have exposed people to the virus.
Brett RechampHOST
The Oregon Health Authority says the person was there from 7.30 p.m. to 11 p.m., Visitors who are at the Canby Rodeo during those hours should watch for measles symptoms and check their vaccination records.
Brett RechampHOST
If you do have symptoms, you are urged to call your healthcare provider before going to a medical facility.
Elizabeth KramerGUEST
Nobody knew it was legal.
Elizabeth KramerGUEST
You know, I mean, the kind of marquee piece of that suite of stuff that I did was, it was just answering what was legal for weddings in Oregon, because This is no real comment on what Oregon Health Authority was doing at the time because they had much bigger fish to fry.
Elizabeth KramerGUEST
But there weren't really specific guidelines for weddings.
Elizabeth KramerGUEST
There was a lot around events, but it was very hard as a vendor To know if like a wedding was was legal or not, let alone safe.
Noah VolzHOST
House Bill 3557 would require hospitals to publicly post a consumer-friendly price list.
Noah VolzHOST
It gives the Oregon Health Authority more proactive enforcement authority than currently exists under federal law.
Noah VolzHOST
And if a hospital doesn't comply, it creates a mechanism for patients to file pricing complaints directly with the Oregon Health Authority.
Noah VolzHOST
That's real accountability.
Noah VolzHOST
Senate Bill 1060 would codify federal hospital price transparency rules into Oregon law and standardize how pricing information is disclosed.
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Noah VolzHOST
They're governance tools.
Noah VolzHOST
Stronger community benefit reporting requirements.
Noah VolzHOST
Oregon Health Authority Enforcement Authority over hospital consolidation and service reductions that affect access.
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