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The 2027 CCO Oregon Conference will be on Monday, October 4 at the Salem Convention Center. Sign up for our newsletter and keep an eye on this page for updates beginning this spring, including our Call for Presentation Proposals, sponsor and exhibitor opportunities, and general registration.

We hope to see you there!

Thank you for a great 2026 conference!

On October 5, more than 340 people joined us in Salem for the 13th Annual CCO Oregon Conference. Thank you to the CCOs, providers, community partners, policymakers, health system leaders, and others from across the state who made it such a great day.

We spent the day talking honestly about where Oregon’s health system is headed, what nearly 15 years of coordinated care have taught us, and what we want to carry forward. We heard different perspectives, wrestled with some difficult questions, and learned from work happening in communities across Oregon.

And we made time to connect. Hallway conversations, introductions, catching up with longtime colleagues, and meeting new partners are a big part of why we gather each year.

Big conversations about what comes next

Our plenary sessions brought state officials, health system leaders, and legislators together with conference attendees for candid conversations about the choices ahead for Oregon, from the long-term future of OHP and the safety net to the more immediate decisions facing the health care system.

Where is Oregon headed?
Fariborz Pakseresht, Oregon Health Authority Interim Director, and Liesl Wendt, Oregon Department of Human Services Director, joined CCO Oregon’s Samantha Shepherd to look ten years ahead at the future of OHP and Oregon’s safety net. The conversation explored where Oregon may face real tradeoffs, what parts of the current model are strong enough to carry forward, and where redesign or major policy shifts may be needed. They also discussed what groundwork needs to begin now and how Oregon’s health care and coordinated care community can help shape what comes next.

What do the changes ahead mean for the health delivery system?
At lunch, Brent Eichman of Umpqua Health Alliance, Ann Ford of GOBHI and EOCCO, Jennifer Griffith of One Community Health, and John Kitzhaber of the Health System Sustainability Group joined moderator Mindy Stadtlander of Health Share of Oregon to look five years ahead and consider how Oregon can maintain access and quality amid growing financial and policy pressures. The conversation explored what we need to protect, what tradeoffs or changes we should be willing to consider, and opportunities to rethink care delivery and partnerships, reduce unnecessary administrative burden, and build a stronger, more sustainable system.

What decisions will shape Oregon’s path forward?
We closed the day with Senator Kate Lieber, Representative Rob Nosse, Representative Emily McIntire, and House Majority Leader Ben Bowman, in conversation with Jeremiah Rigsby of CareOregon. The discussion brought the focus to the year ahead: what should we protect as state and federal funding pressures grow, where we may need to change course to preserve the core of OHP and the coordinated care model, and which decisions will matter most. Panelists also considered what it would look like for Oregon to emerge from this period of change with a stronger, more sustainable health care system.

Taking stock of nearly 15 years of coordinated care

One of the day’s breakout conversations took a step back to ask: What have we learned from Oregon’s Coordinated Care Model?

Jeremy Vandehey of Nexus Strategies, Courtney Johnston of Trillium Community Health Plans, Josh Balloch of AllCare, Joan Watson-Patko of the Oregon Primary Care Association, and moderator Matt Sinnott of Willamette Dental reflected on what we set out to accomplish and where we ended up, what’s worked, what hasn’t, and what Oregon should retain, rethink, or redesign as the state approaches the next chapter of coordinated care.

That conversation was one of many breakout sessions highlighting practical work underway across Oregon, including strengthening behavioral health and the social safety net, sustaining community health worker services, building workforce pathways, advancing health equity, supporting housing and nutrition, partnering with Tribes and schools, and using data to support community-led change.

Keeping the conversations going

The conference may be over, but the work and the conversations definitely aren’t. There are real challenges in front of us, and none of us has all the answers. That’s part of why coming together like this matters. We get to learn from each other, challenge each other, make connections, and figure out what comes next together.

Below you’ll find presentations from breakout sessions. We hope you’ll revisit something you heard, catch up on a session you missed, and keep the conversations going.

Connecting the dots: Cross sector collaboration in Oregon’s System of Care (SOC): Trillium Community Health Plan, Health Share of Oregon, and the System of Care Advisory Council
Advancing nutritional health through community partnerships and care coordination: Yamhill CCO, Meals on Wheels, and Unite Us
Sustaining Community Health Worker (CHW) services: A collaborative approach to infrastructure and payment: Health Share of Oregon, Coalition of Community Health Clinics, Familias en Acción, Oregon Community Health Workers Association, and Anderson-Nathe Consulting, LLC
Dental career pathways: From recruitment to advancement: Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, Multnomah County Community Health Center, and CareOregon
From mandate to momentum: The role of the CCO Health Equity Administrator: Health Share of Oregon, PacificSource Community Solutions, Eastern Oregon CCO, CareOregon, Jackson Care Connect, Trillium Community Health Plan, and AllCare Health
Peers, incentives, and overdose reduction: Early findings from PEER-CM: OHSU Department of Medicine, Comagine Health, 4D Recovery, HIV Alliance, and OHA
Housing as a health‑related social need: Pilot insights and impacts: Health Share of Oregon and Providence’s Center for Outcomes Research & Education (CORE)
Healthy students, stronger systems: CCO partnerships with Education Service Districts (ESDs): Willamette Health Council, InterCommunity Health Network CCO, Oregon Department of Education, Linn-Benton-Lincoln ESD, Willamette ESD, and OHA
From data to impact: Strengthening evaluation capacity for community-led change: InterCommunity Health Network CCO, ANDARES, and EK Consulting & Evaluation Services
Building trust and partnership: The strategic role of Tribal Liaisons: Health Share of Oregon, Trillium Community Health Plan CCO, InterCommunity Health Network CCO, Jackson Care Connect, Columbia Pacific CCO, and OHA
Learning Collaborative: Strengthening the safety net
- Paid Leave Oregon: An Integral Part of Community Wellness and the Social Safety Net: Oregon Employment Department
- From Paperwork to Purpose: Sustaining CBOs, Braiding Funds, and Advancing Health Equity in Oregon’s HRSN Landscape: Community Health 360 and Young Roots Oregon
- Keeping Services Moving: Practical Strategies for HRSN Network Capacity Management: Eastern Oregon CCO
- Strengthening Pathways to Social Support in Primary Care: OHSU Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network

Thank you to our members and 2026 conference sponsors!

Information and presentations from previous conferences:

Looking back

In 2022, we commemorated the 10th anniversary of Oregon’s innovative coordinated care model at the CCO Oregon annual conference. To understand the impact and significance of this model, and how it continues to benefit Oregonians statewide, watch the video below.

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