Central Oregon Health Quality Alliance

What it reported doing in 2025

The cohqa grant program: the grant program is funded through the surplus generated by a partyner organization, the central Oregon independent practice association's (coipa) Oregon health plan contract with pacificsource. The funds are offered at up to $40,000 per year, for projects addressing the following priorities: 1) provider led health care innovation: goal to implement intervention(s) specific to health care delivery systems, clinicians, and/or patients that focus on the quadruple aim of: improved quality, reduced cost, improved patient experience, and improved provider and staff experience in the communities that cohqa serves.2) community led healthcare innovation: innovations to improve community health, health care, and patient or provider experience can and should come from the community itself. We encourage community members, as consumers of healthcare, to partner with healthcare providers to develop and implement fresh ideas to improve care delivery.3) vulnerable or underserved populations: cohqa would like to improve health care for the most vulnerable or underserved members of our community. We support projects that address disparities in care due to socioeconomic, racial, or special needs (chronic disease, disabilities, etc).4) clinical integration and multisector coordination: implementation of intervention(s) that advance clinical and financial coordination and integration of stakeholders in the communities we serve.5) skill transfer: efficiently and effectively transfer skills and learned processes to other providers, clinics, or community organizations in a colloborative fashion.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 76.9%; rating input score 77
• Program expense ratio: 77.6%; rating input score 78
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0.2%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings