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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Hello, HIV and STI Prevention partners,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Welcome to this week’s HIV/STI Prevention listserv email! Please email me at
</span><a href="mailto:shelley.m.pearson@oha.oregon.gov"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">shelley.m.pearson@oha.oregon.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
with any feedback about the listserv, with announcements/resources to share, or if you have colleagues who would like to be added to the list. For more information about the resources shared, please reach out via the contact information on each item.
</span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Information is provided for educational purposes only. Sharing this content is not an OHA endorsement.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">I plan to send the final listserv email of 2025 on Monday (12/29) if there’s content to share. If not, I’ll see you in 2026! Hope you all have
a safe and happy New Year. --Shelley <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Two items this week (click on the header to jump to that item):
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="#January">End HIV Oregon January Social Media Calendar Available Today</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="#OHP">Oregon Health Plan Now Covers Some Forms of Birth Control Without a Prescription</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="#tests">100 Free Home HIV, PrEP, HEP B & C & STI Testing Kits</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The social media images/visuals for End HIV/STI Oregon for the month of
<b>January </b>will <a name="October"></a>be in the Ambassador Kit by the end of today, 12/24/25.<b>
</b>Remember that you can always customize the capti<a name="January"></a>ons of the social media posts to be specific to your community. Have a testing event? Want to reach ou<a name="SeptemberSocialMedia"></a>t to a specific community? We can he<a name="Social"></a>lp!
Please don’t hesitate to reach out if there’s anything you’d like to see in the Ambassador Kit or social media posts. Contact Linda Drach at OHA (</span></span><a href="mailto:linda.drach@oha.oregon.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">linda.drach@oha.oregon.gov</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">)
or go directly to Sproles, our social media consultant at Coates Kokes (</span></span><a href="mailto:sproles@coateskokes.com"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">sproles@coateskokes.com</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">You can always access the new and archived monthly resources at
</span></span><a href="http://www.endhivoregon.org/"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">www.endhivoregon.org</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">.
There’s a link to our partner page on the footer of the website or you can go directly to the partner page at
</span></span><a href="http://www.endhivoregon.org/partners"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">www.endhivoregon.org/partners</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">.
On the partner page, click on the “Partner Resource Downloads” button (screenshot below) and enter password
<b>HIVResources</b> to open the Ambassador Kit. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Screenshots:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Look for this button on the website footer to open the partner page<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><img border="0" width="232" height="167" style="width:2.4166in;height:1.7395in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01DC741F.2B09E830"></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">On the partner page, click on this button to log in with password HIVResources<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><img border="0" width="714" height="358" style="width:7.4375in;height:3.7291in" id="Picture_x0020_31" src="cid:image003.png@01DC741F.2B09E830"></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Thanks,
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Linda<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-ligatures:none">Linda Drach<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5496;mso-ligatures:none">Pronouns: she/her/hers</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5496;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none">Operations & Policy Analyst 4<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none">HIV/STD/TB Section
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none">OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none">Public Health Division<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none">Cell: 503-449-1442<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"></span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OHA"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">http://www.oregon.gov/OHA</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:x_link_9"><b><span style="font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#064276;mso-ligatures:none">Oregon Health Plan now covers some forms of birth control without a prescription</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#064276;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Oregon Health Plan (OHP/Medicaid) members are now a<a name="OHP"></a>ble to get Opill birth
control pills and emergency contraception without a prescription and at no cost at covered pharmacies in the state. OHA, in collaboration with the Oregon Board of Pharmacy, made this possible through a standing order, which allows pharmacists to provide these
medications to OHP members and bill OHP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">In Oregon, these medications are already covered without a prescription for people with private
insurance. Federal law, however, requires that all medications for Medicaid enrollees be prescribed by a licensed practitioner who is enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program. Oregon’s new standing order means that OHP members will no longer have to get a
prescription to access these contraceptives at no cost.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:19.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#064276;mso-ligatures:none">How OHP members can get access<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">OHP members can go to their approved pharmacy and request emergency contraception or Opill, and for it to be covered by OHP.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Most OHP members get their benefits through a local
</span><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/hsd/ohp/pages/coordinated-care-organizations.aspx?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005595;mso-ligatures:none">Coordinated Care Organization
(CCO)</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">; OHP members can call their CCO and ask which pharmacy to go to.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">OHP members not in a CCO (known as OHP Open Card), or who do not know which CCO they’re in, can call OHP Client Services for help at 800-273-0557. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:11.25pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">OHP members will need to provide their OHP ID number, which is on their OHP ID card or CCO ID card, or by providing personal information that enables the pharmacy staff to search
for and confirm enrollment in OHP.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:19.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#064276;mso-ligatures:none">Where to learn more<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The
</span><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HSD/OHP/Pages/Reproductive-Health.aspx?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005595;mso-ligatures:none">OHP member web page</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> for
Sexual and Reproductive Health Care<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo9">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">A fact sheet in
</span><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HSD/OHP/Tools/Birth-Control-without-Prescription-EN.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery" title="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/hsd/ohp/tools/birth-control-without-prescription-en.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005595;mso-ligatures:none">English</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> &
</span><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HSD/OHP/Tools/Birth-Control-without-Prescription-ES.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery" title="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/hsd/ohp/tools/birth-control-without-prescription-es.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005595;mso-ligatures:none">Spanish</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo9">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">OHA’s
</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/oregonhealthauthority/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005595;mso-ligatures:none">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> and
</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/OregonHealthAuthority/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005595;mso-ligatures:none">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:11.25pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo9">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">OHA’s
</span><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ERD/Pages/Oregon-reduces-barriers-to-birth-control-for-Medicaid-members.aspx?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005595;mso-ligatures:none">press
release</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> to announce this news<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Good afternoon</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Diagnostics Your Way is pleased to offer
<b>100 Free HIV and STI testing<a name="tests"></a> kits</b> to Public Health Departments and Community Based Organizations.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The test mix can be customized to include HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Syphilis. Creatinine/EGFR can also be included to for PrEP testing.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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for the cost of lab analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Dx Your way is a CLIA/CAP accredited laboratory, offering the highest standards of testing and managed by leading infectious disease physicians in the field.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Daytona",sans-serif;color:#196B24">Nick Malhomme<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Daytona",sans-serif;color:#196B24">CEO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Daytona",sans-serif;color:#196B24">Diagnostics (Dx) Your Way<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Daytona",sans-serif;color:black">267-541-0693<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Shelley Pearson</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Pronouns: she/her/hers
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">HIV/STI Administrative and Communications Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Phone: 503-381-6173 (text capable)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=6GOOZTmNnEmPSBOtyUUvTPXWsxYAw9pMruc-dmI4GGhURTZUVTUzVERLUFRYMTk0MzROUVpBMExFRy4u&route=shorturl"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0563C1">Oregon Health Authority Customer
Service Poll (Public Health Division)</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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