The Oregon Health Authority’s Clinical Supports, Integration and Workforce Unit and the Health Care Workforce Committee are reviewing a final draft (April 26, 2026) literature review that will feed into a 2027 report to the Legislature on the effectiveness of health care provider incentive programs. The document synthesizes national and Oregon-specific evidence across loan repayment, scholarships, behavioral health workforce grants, supervision grants, housing/childcare and relocation stipends, tax credits, and malpractice insurance subsidies, and flags gaps in data, long‑term retention tracking, and behavioral health and nursing incentives. Because this is a pre-legislative evaluation, no new procurements are defined yet, but the report explicitly identifies opportunities for expanded behavioral health and nursing incentives, clearer training and career pathways, employer supports like housing and childcare, and improved data systems. Vendors that design, administer, or evaluate workforce incentive programs, as well as those offering data/analytics platforms for tracking workforce outcomes, can position themselves to help OHA shape the next generation of programs and supporting infrastructure as recommendations are translated into funded initiatives for 2027 and beyond.

The report references prior 2016, 2023, and 2025 evaluations of Oregon incentive programs and notes ...