TARGET AUDIENCE: Physicians, Physician Associates, Nurse Practitioners of all specialties. Behavioral Health & Addiction practitioners (LCSW, LPC, CADC). Practitioners from all States welcome.

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APA Advocates for Reducing the Scope of the Current Clozapine REMS Program

Clozapine is a highly underutilized, potentially life-saving treatment for patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia and among prescribers the Clozapine REMS system is perceived as an obstacle to increasing clozapine utilization. APA recommends that the Advisory Committee on Drug Safety and Risk Management and the Advisory Committee on Psychopharmacologic Drugs consider reducing the scope of the current REMS program to focus on education only.

Read the full letter.

Oregon Health Authority (OHA) Medicaid Division presents the OHP Clinical Connections series.

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) Medicaid Division warmly invites you to the OHP Clinical Connections 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.
 

Upcoming sessions will be from 1:05 to 2 p.m. Pacific Time on these dates:
September 16, 2025
December 16, 2025

Please click HERE to register for the 2025 series via Zoom.

If you are unable to attend, please encourage someone from your organization to attend on your behalf.

Agenda highlights for the September 16, 2025 session include:
-Recent Medicaid policy updates
-How clinicians can help shape Medicaid programs and policies
-Q&A and open discussion
 
We also want to learn the best ways to connect and share information with you throughout the year.

If you have questions about the webinar, please contact Dan Cox at Dan.Cox@oha.oregon.gov or 503‑979‑8594 (voice and text).

'Brain and the mind are just as important': Doctors say there's a connection between your physical and mental health

"They are interdependent and increasingly over the past several years there's been an appreciation that the head is actually connected to the body, and that the brain and the mind are just as important as any other organ system," said Regence Executive Medical Director of Behavioral Health, Dr. Mike Franz.

Learn more from KGW8.