Columbia Gorge Health Council Board

The Columbia Gorge Health Council (CGHC) is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit corporation in Oregon and has served since 2012 as the community governance and engagement body for the PacificSource Columbia Gorge Coordinated Care Organization (CCO). Among other duties, the CGHC:

• provides leadership and project management to create a multi-agency, regional Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan every three years,

• has decision making authority over the CCO budget,

• makes spending decisions for a portion of the State Quality Pool and for all shared savings funds above PacificSource’s capped margin, and

• operates the Community Advisory Council, the Clinical Advisory Panel, a Finance Committee, and other committees and workgroups as needed to support CCO objectives.

Our directors include representatives of all major health care providers in the region, representatives of each county served, community members, and practicing health care providers. Our organization has provided a conduit for the voices of clinicians, consumers, and organizational leaders to improve health outcomes and member experience. This governance structure has created a successful pathway for community engagement in leadership and doing the work of the CCO, and we would very much like for it to continue.