2020 CCO Incentive Measures for Child Health Providers

Last month Oregon Health Authority announced the 2020 CCO Incentive Measures, and Oregon Pediatric Society is highlighting the measures aimed at child health providers. You may download or print our…

Video: How Extreme Risk Protection Orders Save Lives

OPS

09/05/2019

Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) are court orders designed to temporarily keep firearms away from people who are at a high risk of hurting themselves or others. Since September is…

Support Changes Everything: National Breastfeeding Month

Amber Ziring, OPS

08/01/2019

August is National Breastfeeding Month, kicking off with World Breastfeeding Week’s theme to Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding. Pediatricians are uniquely poised to empower parents and enable breastfeeding. The American Academy…

OPS Priorities and the 2019 State Legislative Session

Julie Scholz, OPS

07/23/2019

OPS advanced several priority bills and initiatives during the recent 2019 Oregon Legislative Session. Of the 2,768 bills introduced, OPS’s lobbyist Katy King and our Advocacy Committee tracked 23 priority-one…

AAP’s Visit to the Border: What They Saw and What You Can Do

Kyle Yasuda, AAP

07/17/2019

A message from AAP President Kyle Yasuda: I recently visited our southern border with AAP President-Elect Sally Goza, MD, FAAP; Marsha Griffin, MD, FAAP, co-chair of AAP's Immigrant Health Special…