A core part of OPIP’s mission is to inform policies that support the optimal health and development of youth. As a bridge between policy and practice, we help translate policy for local practices, while also bringing front-line experiences and community perspectives into policy conversations.
Highlight of Public Comments December 2021-February 2026
Informing policy through front-line and community-based insight is central to OPIP’s work. Below are examples of public comment we’ve provided:
2026
- Public Comment to the Oregon Health Policy Board on Protecting the CCO Incentive Metric Program and Sustainable Funding for Primary Care – February 2026
- Public Comment to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means on Fully Funding OHA’s Medicaid Request and Increase Funding Assigned to the CCO Incentive Metric pool – February 2026
2025
- Public Comment to the Oregon Health Policy Board on EPSDT and Behavioral Health Services for Children – September 2025
- Public Comment to the Oregon Health Policy Board on CCO 3.0 – April 2025
- Public Comment to the Early Learning Council on Addressing the Behavioral Health Needs of Young Children – April 2025
- Public Comment to the Health Equity Committee on Ensuring a Focus on Children with Special Heath Care Needs – April 2025
2024
2023
2022
- Public Comment to the Oregon Health Policy Board on Centering Children with Health Complexity in Health Equity Efforts – June 2022
- Oral Public Comment to the Oregon Health Policy Board on Prioritizing Children with Health Complexity in Health Equity Efforts – June 2022
2021
- Oral Public Comment to the Oregon Health Policy Board on Medicaid Waiver Metrics and Equitable Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs – January 2021
Oral Public Comment on the Medicaid Waiver and Incentive Metrics for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs – December 2021
Summary Briefs Created by OPIP:
As part of it’s work with policymakers, OPIP has developed summary briefs to inform reform efforts within the Oregon Health Authority, the Early Learning Council, and other state agencies. These briefs focus on the following topics:
- Learnings Related to Coverage Barriers of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (ESPDT) Services in Primary Care Settings For Claims Aligned with the Young Children Receiving Social-Emotional Issue-Focused Intervention/Treatment Services CCO Incentive Metric – 2025
- Learnings Related to Behavioral Health Network Adequacy for Children Birth to Five in Coordinated Care Organizations & Opportunities for Improvements – 2025
- Centering Children with Health Complexity in Oregon Health Authority’s Health Equity Efforts – June 2023
- Ensuring Children with Health Complexity Are a Priority in Oregon Health Authority and Cross-Agency Efforts – February 2023
- Child Health Complexity Data as a Foundation for Oregon’s Behavioral Health, Housing, and Education Strategies – February 2023
- Using Kindergarten Readiness as an Accountability Metric for Coordinated Care Organizations in Oregon, December 2011.
- Shared Accountability for Oregon’s Coordinated Care Organizations and the Early Childhood Design Team, December 2011.
- Enhanced Payments for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs: Policy Considerations, January 2012.
Summary Briefs by the Broader OPIP Steering and Partners Committees:
The OPIP Steering and Partners Committees are comprised of public and private entities with a shared investment in child health care quality and goal of improving the health of the children and youth of Oregon. These engaged groups meet monthly (Steering) and quarterly (Partners), during which highlights of key Oregon health reform activities are summarized. Through the course of these meetings, two timely summary briefs were created in collaboration with the OPIP partners, which summarize input on health reform efforts.
- Oregon Health Authority’s Patient-Centered Primary Care Homes (PCPCH) Attestation: Key Learnings from the Front Line Based on Practice Level Review, April 2012.
- Opportunities to Ensure a Maternal and Child Health Focus in the Coordinated Care Organizations, April 2012.
- CHIPRA Demonstration Grant – Medical Home Pilots: Recommendations from the OPIP Executive Committee Regarding Design Parameters and Key Issues to Consider.
Peer reviewed article on Children’s Health Complexity:
As part of our work with OHA, OPIP published an article in BMJ Innovations on the children’s health complexity work:
