
The CCO Oregon 2022 Annual Conference: Celebrating 10 years of Oregon’s Coordinated Care Model was hosted at the Salem Convention Center on Thursday, September 29th. Review the full agenda and conference program.
The conference, which attracted 300 attendees, began with opening remarks from Samantha Shepherd, Executive Director of CCO Oregon and Jeremiah Rigsby, CCO Oregon Board of Directors and Chief of Staff, CareOregon.
Opening remarks were followed by a 10-year celebration video and a keynote address by former Governor John Kitzhhaber.
In the afternoon, attendees watched a video address from U.S Senator Jeff Merkley


followed by a Behavioral Health panel of elected officials from the Oregon State Legislature:
- State Senator Kate Lieber, Co-Chair, Joint Ways andMeans, Subcommittee on Human Services; Member, Senate Committee on Human Services,Mental Health, and Recovery
- State Representative Raquel Moore-Green, Vice-Chair, House Committee on Behavioral Health; Member, House Committee on Health Care
- State Representative Tawna Sanchez, Co-Chair, Joint Committee on Ways and Means
- Judge Nan Waller, Oregon Judicial Department,Multnomah County
- Dana Hittle, Interim Medicaid Director, Oregon Health Authority
The panel was facilitated by Bill Bouska, Director of Government Relations, Samaritan Health Services.

The 2022 conference featured 12 presentations exemplifying the innovative and thoughtful work happening in coordinated care. Review the full agenda with abstracts and conference program.
Check out the presenter bios and click on the links below to view presentation slides.
- An Ounce of Prevention: Investing early for better health outcomes presented by Peg King & Maureen Seferovich, Health Share of Oregon; Holly Hermes & Brad Olson, Randall Children’s Clinic -LegacyHealth Systems; Kasey Edwards Snider, Project Nurture -Providence Medical Group; EvanWeaver,Washington County Public Health
- Bridging Care Gaps- Utilizing Community Health Workers in a dental care team presented by Iris Bicksler, PacificSource Health Plan; Manu Chaudhry, Cindy Fisher & Cheryl Rosecrans, Capitol Dental Care
- Climate and Health: Development of a climate dashboard presented by Beth Bambrick & Cat Livingston, Health Share of Oregon; Richard Bruno & Heather Hollingsworth, Central City Concern; Catherine Potter, Kaiser Permanente; Maggie Klein, Oregon Health & Sciences University
- Collaborative strategies to advance the Coordinated Care Model (combined presentation):
A. Addressing health-related social needs: How collaboration between a CCO and a Community-Based Organization (CBO) helps to achieve shared goals presented by Carly Hood-Ronick, Project Access NOW; Dave Fife, CareOregon
B. COVID immunization work in coordinated care presented by Danielle Shannon, WVP Health Authority - Community Information Exchange: A vital tool in addressing health inequities presented by Justin Straus, Cascade Health Alliance;MartyCarty, Oregon Primary CareAssociation; Carly Hood-Ronick,Project Access Now; Hope Peskin-Shepherd, Oregon Health Authority; Tiana Wilkinson, PacificSource; State Representative Maxine Dexter
- Impacts of innovative projects in the coordinated care model Charissa Young-White, InterCommunity Health Network CCO (IHN-CCO); Ricardo Contreras, Casa Latinos Unidos; Carissa Cousins, Samaritan Encompass and ABC House; Laura Estreich, Disability Equity Center; Allison Hobgood, Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center
Additional materials: Delivery System Transformation, Disability Equity Center - Implementing the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) criteria to fidelity presented by Bennett Garner & Ben Ryden, Comagine; David Gastfriend, DynamiCare Health; Heather Jefferis, Oregon Council for Behavioral Health
- The Intersection of health equity and reproductive health access in Oregon presented by Hayley Nunn, Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette and Amy Handler, Planned Parenthood Southwestern Oregon
- Lessons Learned: Assessing language services to provide equitable access to care presented by Anna Lynch & George Marlton, CareOregon; Piyawee Ruenjinda, Anna Wheeler-Kay,& Carlos Nunez Quinard, OHA Certified Interpreters
- Telehealth services before, during, and after a public health emergency presented by Jacque Serrano, GOBHI; Shawn Carvalho, Community Counseling Solutions – Umatilla County; Aaron Grigg, Center for Human Development; Alexa Jett, CareOregon Dental Additional Materials: Rural Telehealth
- Transitional Housing – Bringing stability and hope presented by Maggie Klein, Oregon Health & Sciences University; Sarah Holland, Central City Concern; Alyssa Craigie, Health Share of Oregon
Thank you to our 2022 annual conference sponsors and exhibitors!



