OAR 410-144-0040: Annual Reporting of Quality Metrics

(1) Essential Workforce Health Care Fund (EWHF) shall annually provide reports on the following metrics related to quality health benefits: (a) Health benefits design, including total premium, employer/employee premium split, deductible, out-of-pocket maximum, co-pays, co-insurance; (b) Services covered by benefit; (c) Number of employees and their dependents enrolled in the health benefit; (d) Network adequacy; (e) Waiting times for select services; (f) Other measures of employee health and wellness as mutually agreed upon between the Authority and participating employers; (g) Narrative description of significant changes from the past year or anticipated future changes; (h) Workforce retention metrics; and (i) Equity metrics. (j) The report shall be due to the Authority by January 31 of each year. (2) The Qualified Labor Management Training Trust shall annually provide reports on the following metrics related to apprenticeships, on-the-job training, and other programs contemplated in HB 3396 (2023): (a) Number of qualified nursing facilities participating in a labor-management training trust to expand on-the-job training, apprenticeship opportunities and other programs that support the development of health care professionals; (b) Participant demographics; (c) Training completions; (d) Job placement wages; (e) Retention of training participants; (f) Equity metrics (REALD and SOGI); and (g) Narrative description of significant changes in the participating employees from prior to training, through training, and anticipated future. (h) The report shall be due to the Authority by January 31 of each year. (3) The Qualified Labor Management Training Trust shall annually provide reports on the following metrics related to pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships, on-the-job training, and other programs contemplated in HB 4002 (Enrolled 2024 regular session): (a) Number of eligible behavioral health care providers participating in a labor-management training trust to expand on-the-job training, pre-apprentice and apprenticeship opportunities and other programs that support the development of behavioral health care professionals; (b) Participant demographics; (c) Training completions; (d) Increased wages and better health care benefits, provided; (e) Improved workplace safety standards; (f) Job placement wages; (g) Retention of training participants; (h) Equity metrics (REALD and SOGI); and (i) Narrative description of significant changes in the participating employees from prior to training, through training, and anticipated future. (j) The report shall be due to the Authority by January 31 of each year.