You know all that newfangled computer health care billing and tracking?
Here is how we do it in Oregon....
SALEM -- A new state computer system that handles 2 million Oregon Health Plan payment claims each month has serious technical problems.
State officials say low-income Oregonians who qualify for state-paid care are still able to see doctors and get prescriptions filled. But those providing the care say the state's Medicaid Management Information System has turned into a nightmare that has dragged on for nearly eight months.
The system isn't clear on whether a patient is enrolled in a specific program or eligible for services at all; some managed care organizations complain about having to enter data manually. The providers also say they're worried about how the system will handle an additional 80,000 children and 35,000 low-income adults who will become eligible when the Oregon Health Plan is expanded this fall....
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/i...uter_runs.html
Liberal Oregon has led the country on many issues, green jobs, the Bottle Bill, open beaches, assisted suicide and many other issues. Do you want our version of health care too?
Scott S