EOCCO Clinics and Staff,
Welcome to the May 2025 issue of the EOCCO monthly provider newsletter. You will see a preview of articles listed below.
News from EOCCO:
- EOCCO 2025 Quality Improvement (QI) team office hours
- EOCCO's summer 2025 doula training program
- THW In Lieu of Services (ILOS) focus group
From our partners:
- OHSU Transgender Health Program: letters of support for gender affirming surgical care
- Motivational interviewing training for immunizers
- OHP Clinical Connections webinar series
- New OHA-Certified/Qualified Health Care Interpreter (HCI) Registry file posted
Plese let us know if you have any questions, concerns or recommendations. We would love to hear from you!
Please contact: eoccoproviderinquiry@modahealth.com
Thank you,
Your EOCCO Team
EOCCO 2025 Quality Improvement (QI) team office hours
EOCCO’s Quality Improvement team is hosting a series of virtual office hours for clinical partners during 2025!
While each office hour session will be loosely focused on a CCO incentive measure or reporting requirement, this is an open space for partners to come peer-share and ask questions about any topics in the quality improvement realm.
- Date and time: 2nd Tuesday of every month, from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST
Please click here to register for EOCCO’s QI office hours.
EOCCO's summer 2025 doula training program
EOCCO is offering its final 70-hour English Birth Doula training this July and August. The course will take place over six weeks and is specifically designed for individuals working in EOCCO-affiliated clinics, hospitals, and health departments. This is a valuable opportunity to strengthen staff capacity, expand perinatal support resources within your organization, and provide culturally responsive, personalized care to pregnant families. Participants who complete the full training will meet the requirements to become an Oregon-certified Birth Doula.
Applications are open through May 30, 2025. Please click here to access the summer 2025 birth doula cohort application. For those interested in learning more, EOCCO is hosting a virtual lunch-and-learn session for prospective applicants on Thursday, May 29, 2025. Please click here to register for the virtual lunch-and-learn session.
For questions and more information, please email THW@eocco.com.
THW In Lieu of Services (ILOS) focus group
EOCCO is exploring the expansion of In-Lieu of Services (ILOS) for Traditional Health Workers (THWs) in non-clinical settings and community-based organizations. To help guide this process, EOCCO invites all THWs, THW supervisors, THW employers and others interested in this topic to participate in a structured focus group on May 28th from 12:00 p.m. –1:00 p.m. PST. This session will provide an opportunity to share insights, identify needs, and shape the future of ILOS offerings for THWs and EOCCO.
Please click here to register for this focus group. For questions, please email THW@eocco.com.
OHSU Transgender Health Program: letters of support for gender-affirming surgical care
The OHSU Transgender Health Program (THP) will be hosting a virtual continuing education course for mental health providers that addresses gender-affirming care topics.
This one-day virtual course offers mental health providers information about:
- Preparation and recovery from gender-affirming surgical care
- Conducting trauma-informed gender-affirming mental health assessments for adults
- Writing letters of support for adults
Date and Time: Friday, June 6, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. PST
For individual registration, please click here. Please note: Group registration is intended for groups of five or more people from the same agency, institution or group practice. For group registration, please click here.
Motivational interviewing training for immunizers
The Transformation Center, in partnership with Boost Oregon, is hosting motivational interviewing (MI) trainings to support vaccine conversations. Virtual trainings are available during May and June at no cost to health care providers and immunizers. The trainings include an introduction to MI and skills for sharing vaccine information to encourage dialogue in a culturally sensitive way. There is also a longer MI training workshop to deepen MI skills.
Please click here for more information about MI interviewing trainings. If you are interested in learning more or have questions, please contact Anona Gund at Anona.E.Gund@oha.oregon.gov.
OHP Clinical Connections webinar series
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) Medicaid Division warmly invites you to the OHP Clinical Connections Webinar series. Designed specifically for clinicians, such as nurse practitioners, oral health clinicians, doctors and physician assistants, this new quarterly series will serve as a platform to:
- Engage in dialogue with the Medicaid Medical Leadership Team about Oregon Health Plan (OHP) program updates.
- Share your questions, concerns and insights about OHP coverage and service delivery.
- Provide feedback on how changes to OHP may affect your work and the OHP members you serve.
- Support inclusive planning of future changes to OHP.
Date and Time: Sessions will be from 1:05 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. PST on the following dates:
- Tuesday, June 17, 2025
- Tuesday, September 16, 2025
- Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Please click here to register for the 2025 webinars via Zoom.
New OHA-certified Health Care Interpreter Registry file posted
The March and April 2025 OHA Health Care Interpreter (HCI) Registry files have been posted to the EOCCO Incentive Measure webpage under “Meaningful Language Access”. These files contain a list of all active OHA-Certified or Qualified Health Care Interpreters in the state of Oregon. Files can be downloaded for your reference and records.
You can also search for OHA Certified or Qualified Health Care Interpreter’s on the Health Care Interpreter Registry webpage.
Questions?
Questions related to incentive measures, health equity, traditional health workers, SDoH, and HIT - Please email EOCCOMetrics@modahealth.com
Questions related to claims and payment information - Please email EOCCOProviderInquiry@modahealth.com
Need to verify if your provider or group NPI is active? Please use OHA’s verification tool
Need to register your practitioner, group or facility? You can find forms on EOCCO.com/Providers/becomeaprovider
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