Oregon health care looking well-coordinated

Portland Business Journal:

As Oregon prepares to collect nearly $2 billion to essentially test a new way of serving Medicaid patients, Gov. John Kitzhaber’s victory lap is just getting underway.

Kitzhaber began his trot Friday morning at downtown Portland’s Central City Concern. What was billed as a press conference attracted about 125 backers of Kitzhaber’s “coordinated care organization” plan. Kitzhaber’s team announced yesterday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will give the state $1.9...

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