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McMinnville, Ore. — Yamhill Community Care celebrates its first designation as one of one-hundred best non-profit workplaces in Oregon for 2016 by Oregon Business Magazine. Since the community based company’s grass-roots beginnings in November 2012, Yamhill Community Care has been gradually building its local administrative team to manage its contracts with both the Oregon Health […]

McMINNVILLE, Ore. — Yamhill Community Care Organization emerged out of a grass roots movement committed to transforming how healthcare is delivered in Yamhill County, based on local control and accountability to the community. As part of this continuing commitment, Yamhill Community Care will transition the management of its medical care innovation work to its McMinnville

By Seamus McCarthy “Pain is different for each person.” Sadly, Chris Trunde knows the subject well, from personal experience. From a childhood automobile accident, from arthritis and from his 48 years of living, the McMinnville resident knows back pain. He knows post-surgical pain in his hands. He feels persistent, chronic pain that made ordinary chores

McMinnville, Ore. — Yamhill Community Care Organization (Yamhill CCO) launched its WellRide program starting October 1st. One of the most common and difficult barriers against receiving health services is access to transportation, and WellRide will reduce that barrier for many members. WellRide is a new product offered by Yamhill CCO, operated by First Transit, which

McMINNVILLE, Ore. — Yamhill Community Care Organization has been included among four health care organizations to serve as the inaugural models for community-based, collaborative efforts to improve population health by aligning public health, health care and other sectors. “Bridging for Health: Improving Community Health Through Innovations in Financing” is a project of the Robert Wood

Community effort in health care merits financial, quality rewards McMinnville—The State of Oregon has awarded Yamhill Community Care Organization (Yamhill CCO) $1,137,005 for meeting incentive and state measures of quality performance. Based on the final Health System Transformation 2013 progress report, YCCO met the benchmark or improvement targets on 14.8 of 17 Coordinated Care Organization

McMinnville—The non-profit Coordinated Care Organization that provides mental and physical health care for Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid) members in Yamhill County has officially adopted a new name: Yamhill Community Care Organization (Yamhill CCO). The change from Yamhill County Care Organization is small, but significant, says Jim Carlough, Yamhill CCO chief executive officer. “While we are

By Nicole Montesano of the News-Register Yamhill County has landed one of six Early Learning Hubs under a new state program intended to improve and expand children’s education from an early age. The hubs are intended to help daycare providers, pediatricians, schools, social services and public health centers coordinate their efforts, so that more children

McMinnville, Ore. — Yamhill County Care Organization (Yamhill CCO) celebrates its first year of operations this month. While planning for more health-care improvement objectives in the months and years ahead, Yamhill CCO is marking the anniversary with a look back at the past year’s accomplishments, and anticipating a Letter of Intent from the Early Learning

The state has granted the Yamhill County Care Organization final certification as an official Coordinated Care Organization. The new 501(c)3 nonprofit will begin providing managed care services Thursday, Nov. 1. While Oregon Health Plan members will just begin receiving new identification cards this week, the changes have been in motion since the Legislature issued a