National hospice, palliative and home health provider Compassus has proposed acquiring 50 percent of Providence Home Health & Hospice in Oregon. This would involve Compassus taking over management of Providence’s Oregon home health and hospice agencies, which currently operate in the following areas:
- Beaverton
- Hood River
- Medford
- Newberg
- Oregon City
- Portland
- Salem
- Seaside
- Silverton/Mt. Angel
OHA's Health Care Market Oversight program is reviewing this proposed deal to understand how it could affect people in Oregon, including its potential to impact health equity, health care costs, access and quality. More information about this review is available on OHA’s webpage dedicated to the transaction.
As part of its review process, OHA seeks public comment from providers, patients and caregivers of patients who have received home health or home hospice services from Providence. OHA wants to hear both about your experiences with Providence and any thoughts you have about the proposed deal with Compassus.
You can share public comment in these ways. Make sure to include the word “Compassus” in your comment:
Comments will be posted to OHA’s website. Please do not include information that you do not want publicly shared.
Thank you for helping OHA make sure this proposed deal supports Oregon’s goals of health equity, lower costs, increased access, and better care.
OHA invites you to join a conversation about the current state of Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). How can we improve awareness, access and quality for providers, community partners and program participants?
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Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2025
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Time: 9:30 to 11 a.m. Pacific Time
For this conversation we plan to discuss:
- HCBS overview and roadmap history
- Referral process
- Current and new assessment tools
- ARPA funding for safety net clinics
- Open time for questions and answers
We will use Zoom for this meeting and participants are limited to 500 people.
We look forward to seeing you for this conversation. For questions about HCBS services, please email 1915i.MedicaidPolicy@odhsoha.oregon.gov.
At this year’s Youth IDD Mental Health Summit, Guy Stephens will be the keynote speaker. The founder of the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint, Guy will also lead with a training titled “Behavior is Biology: The Need for Trauma-Informed, Neuroscience-Aligned, Relationship-Driven, and Collaborative Approaches.”
This training will challenge traditional behavior models that rely on rewards, consequences, and exclusion. These approaches often misunderstand and harm children, especially those with disabilities, neurodivergent identities or trauma histories.
Participants will leave with practical strategies to create safer, more inclusive environments that support the success of every child.
- Date: Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time
- Location: CH2M HILL Alumni Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis
More school health services and providers are now eligible for School-Based-Health Services (SBHS) Medicaid reimbursement in Oregon. But only 25 percent of Oregon's 197 school districts bill Medicaid for these services.
OHA's School Medicaid Pilot Project will help more districts participate, and help sustain school health programs across Oregon. The two-year pilot will help OHA to:
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Learn how to best help Education Service Districts (ESDs) and school districts access the Medicaid funding they qualify for.
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Identify barriers in policies and processes that prevent more participation in SBHS.
In this pilot, OHA's SBHS program and pilot partner, Multnomah Education Service District will work with two ESDs and 11 school districts that:
Through the pilot, the districts' SBHS Medicaid billing teams will receive:
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Custom onboarding and implementation plans,
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Student Information System (SIS) data integration support,
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Staff training and
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Billing submission and validation support for ORMED, a secure online billing system for SBHS direct services.
Provider resources
Fee-for-service coverage of directly observed therapy effective Oct. 1, 2024 (6/18/2025)
Fee-for-service hospice rates effective July 1, 2025 (6/20/2025)
Recent rule revisions
Oregon Administrative Rule 410-200-0438: Amending OHP Bridge Health Program to align annual income limits for this program with federal regulations (6/10/2025)
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