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Oregon official outlines market-oversight program and use of conditions to protect access
Summary
An Oregon Health Authority official described a four-year market-oversight program that reviews health-care transactions, can approve/deny or approve-with-conditions, and emphasizes transparency, public engagement and follow-up reviews.
Erica, Cost Growth Program Manager at the Oregon Health Authority, told Washington's Cost Transparency Board about Oregon's Health Care Market Oversight (HCMO) program, created by the legislature in 2021 and active since March 2022.
She said Oregon requires notice for transactions that meet materiality thresholds and that the agency issues a determination to approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove. The review focuses on impacts to cost, access, quality and…
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