SALEM, Ore. - The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) found five organizations failed to meet acceptable health care cost growth standards in 2023. Three of these organizations are now required to submit improvement plans to meet the state's spending target.

According to OHA, these organizations include St. Charles Health System, The Corvallis Clinic, and PacificSource. Notably, St. Charles Health System's costs for serving people with commercial insurance increased by 26.3%.

"Making health care affordable benefits everyone," said Clare Pierce-Wrobel, director of OHA's Health Policy & Analytics Division.

OHA's Sustainable Health Care Cost Growth Target Program aims to limit annual cost growth to 3.4% per person. However, some organizations exceeded this target without acceptable reasons.

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