WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: May 7, 2015 Featuring: Chris DeMars, MPH, Director, Systems Innovation, Oregon Health Authority- Transformation Center Ronald Stock, MD, MA, Director of Clinical Innovation, Oregon Health Authority-Transformation Center Trissa Torres, MD, MSPH, FACPM, Senior Vice President, IHI Far from the epicenter of Washington, DC, and the federal government’s efforts to expand health insurance coverage and usher in health care delivery and payment reform, states are moving ahead with amazing innovations of their own these days. Medicaid waivers, which offer states running room to experiment with public dollars, are one big reason. And one big example of what’s possible is unfolding in Oregon. No stranger to trail-blazing with transformative ideas and initiatives, Oregon’s latest efforts to provide better care and value to nearly one million Medicaid recipients the focus of this WIHI. The groundwork and the enabling policies and legislation for Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) have been several years in