Oregon Health Authority

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Oregon Health Authority
Agency overview
Formed2009; 12 years ago (2009)
JurisdictionOregon
HeadquartersSalem[1]
Employees4,381[2]
Annual budget$27,227 million[3]
Agency executives
  • Patrick Allen[4], Oregon Health Authority Director[4]
  • Julie Johnson[4], Tribal Affairs Director[4]
Parent departmentOregon Department of Human Services
Child agency
  • Public Health Division
Websitewww.oregon.gov/oha/Pages/index.aspx
An ambulance parked in a parking lot that has been turned into a mobile COVID testing center is festooned with a trans pride flag and pro-LGBT messages. A sign next to it says "testing center."
A mobile COVID-19 testing center run by the Oregon Health Authority in November 2020.

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is a government agency in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was established by the passage of Oregon House Bill 2009 by the 75th Oregon Legislative Assembly, and split off from Oregon Department of Human Services, OHA oversees most of Oregon's health-related programs including behavioral health (addictions and mental health), public health, Oregon State Hospital for individuals requiring secure residential psychiatric care, and the state's Medicaid program called the Oregon Health Plan. Its policy work is overseen by the nine member Oregon Health Policy Board.[5]

The Health Authority director is Patrick Allen. Its first director was Bruce Goldberg, M.D., former director of the Oregon Department of Human Services.[6]

The mission of the Oregon Health Authority is helping people and communities achieve optimum physical, mental and social well-being through partnerships, prevention and access to quality, affordable health care.[7]

OHA is responsible for the state's Medicaid program, which is operated under a Medicaid Demonstration waiver from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), known as an 1115 Waiver. The demonstration includes coordinated care organizations (a form of accountable care organization or ACO) as the Medicaid delivery system; flexibility in use of federal funds by the CCOs; and a federal investment of approximately $1.9 billion over five years, tied to an agreement by the state to reduce the trend in per-capita medical spending by two percentage points by the end of the waiver's second year.[8]

Divisions[]

OHA consists of these Divisions[9]

  • External Relations Division
  • Fiscal and Operations Division
  • Health Policy and Analytics Division
  • Health Systems Division
  • Office of Equity and Inclusion
  • Oregon State Hospital
  • Public Health Division

References[]

  1. ^ "Oregon Health Authority Contacts". August 19, 2021. Archived from the original on May 23, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  2. ^ "Oregon Heath Authority 2021-23 Ways and Means Reference Documents Index" (PDF). www.oregon.gov. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  3. ^ "Oregon Heath Authority 2021-23 Ways and Means Reference Documents Index" (PDF). www.oregon.gov. p. 642. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Oregon-Health-Authority.pdf" (PDF). www.oregon.gov. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "What is the Oregon Health Authority (OHA)?". Retrieved April 21, 2010.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-04-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Oregon Health Authority - About OHA". www.oregon.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  8. ^ "Oregon Health Plan Waiver". www.oregon.gov. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  9. ^ "OHA Programs and Divisions". www.oregon.gov. Retrieved August 20, 2021.

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