Oregon Health Forum

November 15: Homelessness, Health Care and Housing Featuring Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler

Portland mayor Ted Wheeler will discuss his administration’s approach to ameliorating Portland’s homelessness crisis, followed by a reactor panel of experts.

October 23: The New Movement — How States Are Lowering Prescription Drug Prices

How can states (and how will Oregon) intervene to moderate skyrocketing drug prices?

September 27: If Single Payer is the Answer, What’s the Question?

Single payer health care has become a salient political issue in recent years.

With the upcoming election season in mind, our panel of experts will discuss the implications of adopting single payer health care versus continuing on with our current system.

June 21, 2018: Will CCO 2.0 Go Far Enough?

Leaders push for bridges, not silos, among providers for the next stage of Medicaid in Oregon.
PLUS — Couldn’t make it to the live event? Watch the full program online!

April 27, 2018: Looking Beyond Healthcare in Effort to Improve Health

Panelists at Oregon Health Forum’s Social Determinants of Health breakfast forum said more data is key to addressing the ways society itself makes people sick.

April 6, 2018: Surveying Healthcare Challenges, Wyden Sees 2017 as a Year of Wins

Speaking from downtown Portland on April 6th, 2018, the U.S. senator said Medicare and children’s health insurance programs are better off now than a year ago, though Oregon and the U.S. still have many challenges.

June 21: CCO 2.0 — The Future of Coordinated Care

The next round of contracts for the state’s coordinated care organizations is drawing near, and state officials are already discussing how to improve delivery of care to the 1 million people on the Oregon Health Plan.

March 22, 2018: Leaders Call for Far-Reaching Changes to Meet Oregon’s Healthcare Workforce Needs

How insurance companies pay providers, how universities work with hospitals, how accrediting bodies set requirements, and how students pay for Read more

May 23: Should Employers Pay for Health Insurance? Lessons From Other Countries

Oregon’s healthcare costs, like those in other states, are the highest in the world. Oregon’s employers, like those in other Read more

April 27: The Impact of Social Determinants on Health Outcomes

Panelists will examine how various social factors can affect health outcomes.