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Regence HMO Oregon
Author(s) -
Casey Michelle,
Moscovice Ira
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
the journal of rural health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.439
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1748-0361
pISSN - 0890-765X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-0361.1998.tb00626.x
Subject(s) - medicaid , indemnity , health plan , managed care , rural health , medicine , health insurance , health maintenance , environmental health , business , family medicine , gerontology , health care , rural area , actuarial science , economic growth , pathology , economics
Summary Regence HMO Oregon is a large IPA‐model HMO based in Portland, Ore. It serves commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare cost enrollees throughout Oregon and southern Washington. An affiliate of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oregon, Regence HMO Oregon built its rural enrollment by acquiring Capitol Health Care, an HMO with rural enrollment; by encouraging rural employers with traditional Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oregon indemnity and PPO coverage to switch to HMO coverage; and by aggressively contracting with providers statewide to serve Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid) enrollees.