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Association of Oregon Community Mental Health Programs (AOCMHP) & Oregon Primary Care Association (OPCA)

The Oregon team supported three partnership projects between high-performing CCBHCs and FQHCs, including one each in urban, suburban/rural, and frontier settings. The goal was to explore how value-based payment arrangements could be used to foster collaboration between FQHCs and CCBHCs to drive improvements in outcomes. In addition, the associations conducted a robust planning process to inform a statewide pilot of Rapid Engagement, a person-centered approach to intake. Rather than a single long intake visit, Rapid Engagement creates an intake pathway. Over a series of visits, clinicians balance building relationships and meeting individual priorities with fulfilling assessment and treatment requirements over time. With a focus on achieving meaningful consumer involvement and developing a feasible and concise measurement plan, the Oregon team aimed to lower barriers to care by reducing long wait times, extensive paperwork at intake, high rates of “no shows” and workforce stress. 

Successes: 

  • Strengthened policy collaboration, including working together on a shared telehealth agenda during the pandemic.
  • Convened joint meetings of the organizations participating in partnership projects to discuss value-based payment and care and care integration.
  • Established steering committee and groups to inform implementation of a Rapid Engagement pilot, including model design, metrics, and rules workgroups.

Funded Organizations

The Association of Oregon Community Mental Health Programs (AOCMHP) strengthens local care systems through partnerships with local mental health authorities, community stakeholders, and state departments to ensure equitable, effective, and humane care to communities. AOCMHP represents all 36 Oregon counties for over 40 years through the establishment of county department community mental health programs (CMHPs), not-for-profit CMHPS, one tribal CMHP, and Community Developmental Disabilities Programs that operate outside of CMHPs.

The Oregon Primary Care Association (OPCA) delivers integrated medical, dental, and behavioral health services to over 270 locations statewide, serving over 470,000 Oregonians. Throughout 40+ years of service, OPCA remains committed to community-based health system transformations which lead to better care, lower costs, and health equity such as peer networks, trainings, learning collaboratives, and data-driven projects.