Oregon Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Approval

“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is approving a new demonstration titled, “Oregon Health Plan (OHP)” (Project Number 11-W-00415/10) (the “demonstration”), in accordance with section 1115(a) of the Social Security Act (the Act). Approval of this comprehensive demonstration will enable Oregon (“the state”), through various waiver and expenditure authorities, to test the efficacy of innovative practices aimed at promoting consistently high-quality, evidence-based, coordinated, and integrated care with the combined goals of providing medical assistance services and improving the health of communities and populations served through the demonstration. Accordingly, the demonstration will lead to additional populations being served by Medicaid, as well as additional services being furnished to Medicaid beneficiaries.”