PORTLAND — Oregon’s second largest Medicaid carrier will shut down after the company and state failed to agree on a contract for next year.
FamilyCare President and CEO Jeff Heatherington said he met with Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday afternoon and declined the state’s offer because the rates were too low.
A spokeswoman for the governor declined to describe the conversation but wrote in an email that Brown found reports that Medicaid members in FamilyCare’s network already were being denied services unacceptable.
FamilyCare and the state have a long-running dispute over reimbursement rates. FamilyCare contends the rates are too low and would force the company into bankruptcy next year.