Oklahoma Health Care Authority
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| Formed | July 1, 1993 |
| Headquarters | 4345 N.Lincoln Blvd. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Employees | 416 unclassified |
| Annual budget | $4.5 billion |
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| Website | www.okhca.orgwww.insureoklahoma.org |
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OKHCA) is an agency of the government of Oklahoma responsible for providing health insurance benefits for the state's SoonerCare (Oklahoma Medicaid) members. The Authority is the state-level counterpart to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The Authority is led by a Board of Directors, composed of seven members appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma, the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, and the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The Board in turn appoints the Administrator of the Authority, who serves as the chief executive officer of the Authority.
The Authority was created in 1993 during the term of Governor David Walters.
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is led by CEO, Rebecca Pasternik-Ikard under the direction of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors is the governing body of OHCA, which directs the actions and oversees the operation of the Authority. The Board is composed of seven members, with three appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma, two appointed by the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, and two appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Board members serves a four-year term without compensation. In making the appointments, the considerations must be given to urban, rural, gender and minority representation.
As of 2014, the current members of the Board are:
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority has the primary duty of executing SoonerCare, the Oklahoma version of Medicaid. SoonerCare is a health coverage program jointly funded by the United States federal government and the Oklahoma state government. The program provides payments to cover medical services to economically challenged individuals. OHCA determines financial eligibility for the program.
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