Bill > HB2218

This bill requires the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and coordinated care organizations (CCOs) to adjust reimbursement rates for inpatient psychiatric services provided by hospitals to medical assistance recipients. Specifically, the bill mandates that these rates must be no less than the per diem rates for inpatient psychiatric rehabilitation services at the Oregon State Hospital. The OHA must establish fee-for-service reimbursement rates that meet this threshold and will need to adjust these rates correspondingly when the Oregon State Hospital's rates increase. Coordinated care organizations will be required to reimburse hospitals at these established rates. The provisions will apply to new, amended, or renewed contracts between CCOs and the OHA starting from the bill's effective date. This legislation aims to ensure fair and consistent compensation for hospitals providing psychiatric services to patients receiving medical assistance, potentially improving access to mental health care by standardizing reimbursement rates.

Health and Social Services

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2218