Amy Fellows | We Can Do Better

2015 Insurance Rate concerns? – The Oregon Insurance Division is taking public input up until midnight on Friday.

by Amy Fellows | Jul 17, 2014 | Act, Blog

Find out more about how to give public comment about 2015 insurance rates and see what they will be here. Read more in Business Journal...

OpenNotes in Oregon and national OpenNotes psych pilots

by Amy Fellows | Jul 17, 2014 | Blog, Learn

The We Can Do Better lead Northwest OpenNotes Consortium was covered in the July Portland Physician Scribe (see page 8). Nationally the OpenNotes leaders in Boston are now opening up therapy notes, read more in this NY Times article. Is this something you would want...

New RWJF Report on First Observations Around the ACA

by Amy Fellows | Jul 14, 2014 | Blog, Learn

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has a new report out to track the impacts of health care reform. One of the key findings is that there was not an increase in new patient visits and that there is a widening gap between states who did Medicaid expansion and those who...

Commonwealth looks at ACA impact on uninsured

by Amy Fellows | Jul 10, 2014 | Blog, Learn

Check out this new Commonwealth study on the impact the ACA had on the uninsured. 9.5 Million fewer adults are...

Not to late to listen if you missed July 3 Think Out Loud on Medical Malpractice Mediation and Patient Safety

by Amy Fellows | Jul 7, 2014 | Blog, Learn

Last Weeks July 3 Think Out Loud is worth a listen. Segments on the new medical malpractice mediation system and on potential changes to hospital fines from Medicare for patient injuries, listen...