PacificSource Community Solutions’ Columbia Gorge Coordinated Care Organization announced that it will receive payback of more than $2.5 million from Quality Pool payments that the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) withheld from all CCO’s payments during 2015.  In a statement, PacificSource Community Solutions said it will allocate the money received from OHA back to the care providers for the Columbia Gorge CCO, as well as create funds over which the Columbia Gorge Health Council has decision-making authority.  The pool of funds will be used for initiatives throughout the Columbia Gorge, strategically aimed at improving the health of the community.  The Columbia Gorge CCO was one of 16 CCOs statewide to receive the full quality payout, and it was the only CCO that met performance targets on all 17 of the quality measures determining how successful CCOs have been at improving care, making quality care accessible, eliminating health disparities, and curbing the rising cost of health care for the populations they serve.  Performance on clinical measures in the Columbia Gorge CCO was the highest in the state in three areas: follow-up care for people who have been hospitalized for mental health conditions, assessment for children in foster care, and rates of timely prenatal care for pregnant members.