Oregon Health Authority

{{short description|State government agency of Oregon, U.S.}}

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| headquarters = Salem{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 19, 2021 |title=Oregon Health Authority Contacts |url=https://www.oregon.gov/oha/Pages/Contact-Us.aspx |url-status=live |work= |location= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523121930/https://www.oregon.gov/oha/Pages/Contact-Us.aspx |archive-date=May 23, 2021 |access-date=August 19, 2021}}

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| employees = 4,381{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Oregon Heath Authority 2021-23 Ways and Means Reference Documents Index |url=https://www.oregon.gov/oha/Budget/2021-2023-WM-Reference-Doc.pdf |website=www.oregon.gov |location= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2021-08-19 |page=6}}

| budget = $27,227 million{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Oregon Heath Authority 2021-23 Ways and Means Reference Documents Index |url=https://www.oregon.gov/oha/Budget/2021-2023-WM-Reference-Doc.pdf |website=www.oregon.gov |location= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2021-08-19 |page=642}}

| chief1_name = Dr. Sejal Hathi, MD, MBA{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=OHA Director |url=https://www.oregon.gov/oha/pages/oha-director.aspx |website=www.oregon.gov |publisher= |location= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=January 15, 2024}}

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| chief2_name = Julie Johnson

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File:Oregon health authority COVID-19 mobile testing center.jpg testing center run by the Oregon Health Authority in November 2020. ]]

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is a government agency in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was established by the passage of Oregon House Bill 2009 by the 75th Oregon Legislative Assembly, and split off from Oregon Department of Human Services. OHA oversees most of Oregon's health-related programs including behavioral health (addictions and mental health), public health, Oregon State Hospital for individuals requiring secure residential psychiatric care, and the state's Medicaid program called the Oregon Health Plan. Its policy work is overseen by the nine member Oregon Health Policy Board.{{cite web|title=What is the Oregon Health Authority (OHA)?|url=http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/about_us.shtml|accessdate=April 21, 2010}}

The interim Health Authority director is James Schroeder. Its first director was Bruce Goldberg, M.D., former director of the Oregon Department of Human Services.{{Cite web |url=http://www.oregon.gov/oha/news/Pages/oha-bios.aspx |title=Oregon Health Authority News and Information OHA Leadership Team |access-date=2016-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414160954/http://www.oregon.gov/oha/news/Pages/oha-bios.aspx |archive-date=2016-04-14 |url-status=dead }}

OHA is responsible for the state's Medicaid program, which is operated under a Medicaid Demonstration waiver from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), known as an 1115 Waiver. The demonstration includes coordinated care organizations (a form of accountable care organization or ACO) as the Medicaid delivery system; flexibility in use of federal funds by the CCOs; and a federal investment of approximately $1.9 billion over five years, tied to an agreement by the state to reduce the trend in per-capita medical spending by two percentage points by the end of the waiver's second year.{{Cite web|url = http://www.oregon.gov/oha/healthplan/pages/waiver.aspx|title = Oregon Health Plan Waiver|website = www.oregon.gov|access-date = 2016-04-08}}