Medicaid members who will be shifting insurance providers from PacificSource to Trillium gathered Saturday, Dec. 6 in Cottage Grove to ask questions and get more details about the transition.
About 20 people attended the meeting at the Cottage Grove Community Center, organized by the Oregon Health Authority, and shared concerns, ranging from access to behavioral services to language barriers.
PacificSource and Trillium are insurers that serve as coordinated care organizations, or CCOs, which manage care for people enrolled in the Oregon Health Plan, the state’s Medicaid program. The health authority in September ended contract negotiations with PacificSource as a Lane County CCO…