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Agreement
saves OHP
coverage
House and Senate Re-
publican leaders an-
nounced that they have
reached an agreement with
the Oregon Hospital Asso-
ciation that would allow
the state to preserve hospi-
tal coverage under the Ore-
gon Health Plan (OHP)
without the additional cost
to the state.
Hospital coverage
would be maintained
through a hospital assess-
ment that would leverage
federal dollars to cover the
cost.
Sen. Jackie Winters
(R-Salem) chairman of the
Joint Ways and Means
subcommittee on Human
Services said, “It’s our
hope that this will allow us
to restore hospital cover-
age for our most vulner-
able citizens within avail-
able resources.
“This represents great
progress to ensure the vi-
ability of OHP and is con-
sistent with the bi-partisan
reforms we have already
enacted to put the Health
Plan on firmer financial
footing.”
Key elements of the
Republican leadership’s
plan to preserve hospital
coverage under the Oregon
Health Plan include:
*Avoiding a $260 mil-
lion cost-shift to employers
that would result from a
loss of state and federal
Medicaid resources.
*Stabilizing provider
reimbursement rates for
OHP Plus and Standard.
*Using short-term fi-
nancing opportunities with
new hospital assessments
to encourage greater use of
managed care for physi-
cian services.
*Reallocation adminis-
trative savings from re-
structured managed care
services into direct medical
care to meet the needs of
low-income Oregonians
enrolled in the health plan.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
TO WHOM
IT MAY CONCERN
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that the Josephine
County Commissioners will
conduct informal meetings with
public officials, county depart-
ment heads and employees,
and other citizens, every legal
day, Monday through Friday,
with the exception of Wednes-
day, between the hours of 9:00
A.M. and 12:00 P.M. and 1:00
P.M. to 5:00 P.M., in Room 154
of the Josephine County Court-
house. On Wednesdays, the
office hours are from 8:00 A.M.
to 12:00 P.M. and 1:00 P.M. to
5:00 P.M. A daily schedule of
all prearranged meetings will be
posted each morning beginning
at 8:00 A.M. from the Executive
Secretary of the Board of Com-
missioners. The purpose of
these meetings will be to gather
information, discuss issues, and
deliberate toward decisions
concerning matters of public
policy and concern. All inter-
ested persons may attend said
meetings except those desig-
nated as “Executive Sessions.”
In addition, notice of advisory
board and commission meet-
ings are also posted in the
Commissioners Office.
DONE and DATED this 22nd
day of Jan. 1997.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY
BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
Harold Haugen, Chair
Jim Riddle, Vice Chair
Jim Brock, Commissioner
Approved:
Steven Rich
Josephine County
Legal Counsel
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