Yamhill CCO has a new name - Yamhill Community Care Organization

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 30, 2014
Contact: Jim Carlough
Chief Executive Officer
[email protected]
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McMinnville—The non-profit Coordinated Care Organization that provides mental and physical
health care for Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid) members in Yamhill County has officially adopted
a new name: Yamhill Community Care Organization (Yamhill CCO).
The change from Yamhill County Care Organization is small, but significant, says Jim Carlough,
Yamhill CCO chief executive officer.
“While we are the CCO for Medicaid members living in Yamhill County, we aren’t an agency of
Yamhill County,” Carlough says. “We’re a private, nonprofit organization that partners with many
public and private community organizations and providers, and the name was confusing for a lot
of people.” Yamhill CCO is unusual in the way it was formed by the community and we listen
closely to stakeholder and member input and carefully consider the opinions of the community.
It's a bottom-up model, with the Community Advisory Council, the Clinical Advisory Panel and
the Board working together to discern the needs of the community and how to meet them most
effectively, says Jenn Richter, co-chair of the community advisory council.
Yamhill CCO has experienced steady growth since its founding in November 2012. And it has
added nearly 7,000 new members since the start of 2014, when Oregon expanded Medicaid
coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Membership now totals approximately 24,000
members.
Yamhill CCO has funded seven “Invest Forward” projects designed to address health needs
identified by the community. Additionally, it has worked with the Yamhill Early Childhood
Coordinating Council to help set up an Early Learning Hub, one of six approved statewide. Early
Learning Hubs help child care providers, pediatricians, schools, social services and public
health centers coordinate their efforts to help ensure that children enter public school ready to
learn.
In July, Yamhill CCO will begin integrating dental care for members with the physical health and
mental health services it already coordinates. It also will be moving into new offices in
McMinnville.
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For more information, contact Jim Carlough, [email protected].
AboutYamhillCommunityCareOrganization’sInvestForwardprojects
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Patient Activation Measure—Software to help providers to evaluate and assist patients to
be more engaged in their own health care. The assessment program will be available for
providers of Oregon Health Plan members assigned to Yamhill CCO.
Behaviorists in Primary Care—Funds George Fox University training of experienced
mental health clinicians who are studying the integrated care model of practice. The
behaviorists will be serving in several clinics in the county.
Community HUB Project—NorthWest Senior & Disability Service to employ NonTraditional Health Workers to focus on access and coordination of care to most medically
fragile members.
Care Coordinator and Panel Manager—Physicians Medical Center, McMinnville to hire
and train a Care Coordinator and Panel Managers, key members of the patient-centered
primary care home model of care.
Crimson database of patient information—Centralized and protected data repository to
allow participating providers to view patient information on recent services performed
delivered outside the clinic; to identify opportunities for improving care, for example, when
patients are due for a screening exam; and to avoid test duplication. Also provides data for
providers to analyze medical services provided locally.
Project A.B.L.E. Peer Wellness Project—Project A.B.L.E. provides peer-to-peer support
services for people with mental health diagnoses or challenges. The Peer Wellness Project
uses motivational, learning and wellness tools to help people recognize that actively
pursuing personal health can be fun and empowering.
Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center—Expansion of primary care services in
McMinnville to allow for more local engagement and balance the capacity for north county
members to access the new site in Newberg.

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