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OHA officials outline workforce investments and review of board-registered associate Medicaid billing
Summary
Oregon Health Authority deputies briefed the Senate committee on workforce investments made since 2022 and described a planned rule review of board-registered associates and Medicaid billing to assess quality and access impacts for pre-licensure clinicians.
John Collins, deputy director for the Behavioral Health Division at the Oregon Health Authority, told the Senate Committee on Early Childhood and Behavioral Health that the agency is following up on feedback from a statewide listening tour and other workforce studies.
Collins summarized major workforce investments from the 2022 behavioral-health workforce bill (House Bill 4,071), saying the program directed about $80 million to a mix of strategies. “About $20,000,000 went directly towards clinical supervision,” Collins said, and the remainder supported loan repayment, tuition assistance, stipends and housing supports intended to recruit and retain workers.
Collins said loan-repayment investments have strong early retention: “90% of the folks that…
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