Becker's Healthcare December 8, 2023
Almost a year after CareOregon and SCAN Group announced plans to merge, the deal is still in the regulatory process.
In December 2022, the two nonprofit health plans said they intended to combine under the name HealthRight Group. When the deal was first announced, the nonprofits expected it to close by the end of 2023.
Oregon regulators are taking a close look at the merger — on Dec. 6, Oregon’s Medicaid Advisory Commission issued a memo recommending the Oregon Health Authority disapprove the merger “in the absence of sufficient responses” to further questions from the commission.
Eric Hunter, CEO of CareOregon, told Becker’s the regulatory process has been frustrating and one-sided.
“We’re hoping that we’ll get...
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