(Salem, OR) -- Oregon Health Authority Director Sejal Hathi is proposing changes after visiting 35 counties to get comments on the agency's operations. More than 60 challenges were expressed ranging from healthcare workforce shortages to gaps in youth mental health services. Hathi has directed OHA leadership to find solutions. They include reducing administrative burdens on mental health and substance use programs, helping healthcare workers bill Medicaid, keeping rural healthcare facilities open and reducing lead exposure to children.