COVID-19 Therapeutics Newsletter

November 2022

• Welcome Readers
• COVID-19 Therapeutics Updates
• Allocation Data
• Events
• Equity & Inclusion
• Resources

Welcome Readers

Welcome to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) COVID-19 Therapeutics Newsletter!

The purpose of this newsletter is for our team to stay connected with Oregon. We aim to keep you up to date on all things COVID-19 therapeutics, events, equity, inclusion, and provide additional resources. OHA is committed to equity and increasing access to COVID-19 treatments for Oregonians who need it.

COVID-19 Therapeutics Updates

Test to Treat (T2T)

The Test to Treat (T2T) program connects eligible people who are at high risk of severe COVID-19, to treatments. These locations provide access for people to get tested, receive a prescription from a healthcare provider, and fill that prescription, all at one place or have your prescription sent to a nearby pharmacy. The Test to Treat (T2T) Locator helps you find places that provide these services. Keep in mind, many of the sites, including some Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), have telehealth capability. For example, the Walgreens sites listed on the locator have telehealth capability through Providence Express Care.

If you are uninsured, have trouble paying for healthcare, or need additional resources, FQHCs listed as Test to Treat are a great option.

In addition to Walgreens, please see the list below for additional Test to Treat sites.

FQHCs

• Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center - Hillsboro
• One Community Health - Hood River
• One Community Health - The Dalles
• Valley Family Health Care - Ontario
• Valley Family Health Care - Nyssa
• Valley Family Health Care - Vale
• Central City Concern Blackburn Center - Portland
• Central City Concern Old Town Clinic - Portland

Urgent Cares

• St. Charles Urgent Care - Prineville
• St. Charles Urgent Care - Bend
• St. Charles Urgent Care - La Pine
• AFC Urgent Care - Hillsboro
• AFC Urgent Care - Northwest Portland
• AFC Urgent Care - Beaverton
• AFC Urgent Care - Northeast Portland
• AFC Urgent Care - Oregon City
• AFC Urgent Care Telemedicine
• Go Health - Cedar Hills
• Go Health - Fairview
• Go Health - Gresham
• Go Health - Johnson Creek
• Go Health - Lake Oswego
• Go Health - Oregon City
• Go Health - Raleigh Hills
• Go Health - Sherwood

Pharmacies

• Prescriptive Pharmacy - Redmond

NOTE: Please refresh the locator site between each search

Oregon Health Plan (OHP)

Folks can get treatment for little to no cost. As of July 1, 2022, more adults are now eligible for benefit and other services, regardless of their immigration status. You can visit the Healthier Oregon website to learn more or view the Healthier Oregon FAQ.

You can also visit Oregon Health Plan (OHP) webpage for information on eligibility and how to apply. Enrollment is always open and Medicare and private health insurance plans have open enrollment in the fall. If you are unsure if OHP is right for you, you can go to OregonHealthCare.gov to help you find the application that works best for you and your family.

Telehealth

Positive for COVID-19?

The Oregon Health Authority, in partnership with Color Health, is offering free telehealth visits to determine whether COVID-19 treatment is right for you.

Antiviral treatment is for people with mild to moderate COVID-19 who are within 5 days of symptom onset. COVID-19 treatment can help reduce your chance for severe disease and prevent hospitalization.

If treatment is prescribed by a clinician during your telehealth visit, you can choose to have your prescription delivered within 24 – 48 hours or made available for pickup at a local pharmacy.

To start the free visit, use your smartphone or a computer to go to: color.com/covid-19-treatment-or  

Or scan the QR code with your smartphone camera.

If you do not have a smartphone or access to a computer, you can call the hotline at can also call the hotline at 833-273-6330.

How it works?

Step 1

Go to color.com/covid-19-treatment-or or call 833-273-6330 and tell us about your symptoms

Step 2

Join the video or phone call

Step 3

If you’re prescribed antiviral treatment, pick it up at your local pharmacy or get home delivery

Telehealth hours are 8:00am to 8:00pm PST, 7 days a week.

For more information about the program, please visit the Oregon Health Authority program page here: govstatus.egov.com/or-oha-covid-19-treatments

Provider Spotlight

Central City Concern - Since 1979, the Portland community has trusted Central City Concern to help people create meaningful, long-term change. Every year, Central City serves more than 13,000 people experiencing or at risk of homelessness with affordable and supportive housing, person-centered health care, addiction recovery and employment assistance.

The factors that contribute to homelessness are complex. A web of structural weaknesses and individual circumstances surrounds our clients, leaving them vulnerable at many points in their lives. We draw on more than 40 years of front-line experience to provide the help people need when they need it most.

CCC’s approach addresses both the systemic drivers of homelessness and the individual factors that can reinforce it. Helping their clients overcome barriers such as lack of affordable housing, health care and living-wage jobs, systemic racism, mental health challenges, chronic health conditions, substance use disorders, and time spent in the justice system. And everything rests on their foundational belief in the restorative power of human connection and dignity.

Mission – Central City Concern helps those struggling with life’s biggest problems to end or avoid homelessness and build healthy, housed, resilient and engaged lives. Our vision is a future in which nobody in our community has to experience the pain and harm of homelessness.

Museum Spotlight

The International Outbreak Museum – The International Outbreak Museum began in the office of Dr. Bill Keene in his early years investigating infectious disease outbreaks at the Oregon state health department. Dr. Keene realized early on that outbreak investigations are very public opportunities to teach large audiences about the kinds of foods and products that can become contaminated and cause widespread dissemination of disease.

From one of the very first (and still the oldest) exhibits, an actual box of “Rely Tampons” that associated with Toxic Shock Syndrome and Staphylococcus aureus in 1978, to painstakingly reproduced products (like Sally Jackson artisanal raw milk cheese), the physical museum includes some pretty cool stuff.

In addition to these examples, the items in the museum range from restaurant menus, cans of contaminated leather spray, bottles of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) - contaminated tattoo ink and equipment, and packaging from many products that were recalled from the market because they caused outbreaks and made citizens sick.

While there are no formal policies in place on what qualifies placement in the museum, epidemiologists from around Oregon, the country, and in some cases, the world have shared items that are associated with outbreaks.  Epidemiologists have provided information on historical outbreaks they’ve worked on, determined the cause of, and stopped which are on display.

Dr. William “Bill” Keene – Founder of the International Outbreak Museum

Dr. Keene was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) International at the 2014 Food Safety Summit.

Dr. Richard Leman – Oregon Health Authority Senior Health Advisor providing a tour of the museum. Dr. Leman is a strong advocate of the outbreak museum and works tirelessly to keep Dr. Keene’s vision alive.

Follow the International Outbreak Museum:

Twitter

YouTube

Allocation Data

What is allocation?

The federal government chooses how much COVID-19 treatments each state receives. OHA then decides which sites in Oregon receive treatment and how much.

Oregon is split into smaller regions that have counties within it. The map shows how Oregon is separated and can give a better picture on what counties are in each region.

The table shows how many of each treatment OHA allocated to sites within Oregon in the last month. Please note that this only shows what OHA has allocated and does not include amounts provided to pharmacies by the federal government.

Regions in Oregon (By Counties)

Statewide Allocations (10/01/2022 – 10/31/2022)

*Evusheld is used to prevent COVID-19 infection in people who have moderate to severe immune compromise due to a medical condition or can’t get the vaccine due to medical reasons.

The federal government requires all states to share certain information about treatment administration. Currently, they require information about allocations, distribution, and daily utilization. The federal government does not require states to collect information about treatment administration based on race and ethnicity, therefore, OHA cannot provide this information.

Remdesivir is also a treatment for COVID-19 infection for adult and pediatric patients. Please note that this is commercially distributed, and OHA does not allocate this medication.

Bebtelovimab is now commercially available which means that healthcare professionals can get it without going through OHA. OHA still has limited supply of Bebtelovimab remaining and will continue to distribute it, free of charge, to healthcare providers who serve underserved and uninsured communities, until the supply is gone.

Events

COVID-19 Therapeutics Webinars

Previous Webinars

Upcoming Webinars

Equity & Inclusion

Black COVID-19 strategy workgroup

If you have any questions, please contact: aaryn.wilkinson@dhsoha.state.or.us

Resources

OHA

Federal

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