Mission

Our Columbia Gorge Health Council addresses barriers to health and well-being in the Columbia Gorge. We do this by working with partners to bring forth solutions that are driven by the community. We lift patient and provider voices. We bring partners together, invest funds, and support collective efforts to improve:

• Health quality

• Access

• Equity

Vision

We have a vision of community health and well-being for all peoples in the region.

Healthy people, healthy families, and healthy communities.

Values

Collaborate

To have community health and well-being means that systems, organizations, and people work and coordinate together. Our Health Council works to bring these players together to make improvements at the systems level.

Innovate

Our region has a long history of thinking outside of the box. Our region is willing to experiment, to take risks, and to try new things that will help us bring better health and well-being for all.

Promote Equity

Structural inequities and biases keep people in our region from getting the services they need. We commit to building equitable systems in our organization and our community. We do this so that each person has a chance to be healthy.

Inclusive

We believe that each person is an expert in their own life. We include all voices, especially those of CCO members and providers. That way, we can build a healthcare system in our region that works for all.

Accountable

We are charged with public and charitable funds. We commit to being transparent and responsible with these funds. We keep our commitments to patients, partners and the community. We strive to evaluate our work and constantly improve.

Columbia Gorge Health Council

Who serves on the Columbia Gorge Health Council?

The Columbia Gorge Health Council has three primary committees:

• Community Advisory Council (CAC) – the voice of community members and the various agencies. CAC Details >>

• Clinical Advisory Panel (CAP) – the clinicians in the region who collaborate to improve health and healthcare services.  CAP Details >>

• Board of Directors – the membership is set by the bylaws of the corporation and includes representatives from healthcare, counties and the community. Board Details >>

What does the Columbia Gorge Health Council do? What are its priorities?

The Columbia Gorge Health Council is a 501(c)3 non-profit focused healthcare delivery for the Medicaid population in Hood River and Wasco Counties and improving the health of the Columbia Gorge region overall. The Columbia Gorge Health Council convenes multiple organizations to complete a regional Community Health Assessment (CHA) and establish a shared set of health and healthcare priorities in the regional Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). More details can be found at CHA and CHIP.

While the CCO membership is specifically Hood River and Wasco County residents, we recognize that community members frequently cross state and county boundaries to work, live, learn and play in the region.

I want to contact the Columbia Gorge Health Council. How can I do that?

I want to contact PacificSource. How can I do that?

Phone Contact information is: (800) 431-4135 – Toll Free from 8am – 5pm, Monday – Friday or (800) 735-2900 – TTY

If you are with a local organization in the Gorge, you can contact Lexi Stickel, Community Health Coordinator.

PacificSource Community Solutions

Our partner in serving the Medicaid clients living in Hood River and Wasco Counties.

CCO Metrics

Oregon Health Authority is using quality health metrics to show how well Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) are improving care, making quality care accessible, eliminating health disparities, and curbing the rising cost of health care.

CCO Oregon

A non-profit member association that aims to be shaped by and to serve all stakeholders that touch coordinated care in Oregon