Brown taps DCBS director Allen as OHA's new acting director

A week after announcing the abrupt resignation of Oregon Health Authority Director Lynne Saxton, Gov. Kate Brown has tapped a replacement from her own cabinet. Patrick Allen, who has served as the director of the Department of Consumer& Business Services since 2011, will become acting director of OHA, Brown announced Wednesday. The move comes after Saxton resigned following disclosure that OHA staff had devised a communications plan to smear FamilyCare Health, a Portland-based Medicaid insurer…
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