Our partnership with OHSU Since 2010, CMH has enjoyed a collaborative relationship with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland. The CMH Board of Trustees decided more than a decade ago to partner with a larger institution to expand specialty care to the North Coast community. OHSU was the obvious choice for CMH since the vision and organizational values of the two organizations were closely aligned. “The CMH Board wanted the leverage of a larger partner to help implement an aggressive growth strategy and assistance with the ever-changing health care reimbursement and regulatory environment,” says Erik Thorsen, CMH CEO. “The number one priority for the CMH Board was the requirement that CMH remains an independent, community-based organization. OHSU has always been incredibly respectful of this desire.” Over the years, our relationship has grown from providing limited chemotherapy to a strategy-driven model to drive the entire organization. In 2020, the partnership expanded, with most providers becoming CMH-OHSU Health employees, joining the OHSU Practice Plan and representing numerous specialties, such as emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedic surgery, family medicine, and pediatrics. CMH-OHSU Health
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