5 Things We’re Watching is our regularly distributed market and policy intelligence newsletter. Each newsletter includes five items of relevance specific to your market. Enjoy links to original source documentation, thoughtful coverage from other outlets, and independent reporting from State of Reform.
5 Things Alaska: End of session, Q&A w/ Lindsey Kato, Rural hospitals
Emily Boerger | May 19, 2022 | Alaska
Yesterday marked the final day of the 2022 legislative session following days of budget negotiations and policy conversations. With that in mind, this edition of "5 Things We're Watching" includes a look at some of the last minute bill movement that took place at the capitol in the final days. We
5 Things Alaska: Workforce shortage, Overdose deaths, Inflation & Medicare
Emily Boerger | Apr 21, 2022 | Alaska
As State of Reform continues to expand and grow, we're excited to announce that we've hired a new full time reporter to cover the intersection of health care and health policy in Alaska. Shane Ersland comes to State of Reform with over 10 years of journalism experience, having most recently
5 Things Alaska: Q&A w/ Rep. Snyder, Student mental health, DHSS split
Emily Boerger | Feb 16, 2022 | Alaska
Though the COVID-19 case rate remains high across the entire state, the latest dashboard data shows that last week saw a 45% decrease in cases compared to the first week in February. There are also currently 103 COVID hospitalizations in the state—a significant improvement compared to earlier this month. As we navigate these ever-changing and
5 Things Alaska: 2022 health policy, Q&A w/ Rep. Geran Tarr, Job projections
Emily Boerger | Jan 20, 2022 | Alaska
We're hosting several events in the coming weeks that I want to be sure are on your radar. In less than a month, we'll host the 2022 State of Reform Federal Health Policy Conference. We will soon release our Detailed Agenda for this virtual event, which will include the full list of confirmed
5 Things Alaska: Health in the budget, Broadband report, People First Initiative
Emily Boerger | Dec 23, 2021 | Alaska
In case you missed it, on Monday we released the Topical Agenda for the 2022 State of Reform Federal Health Policy Conference. The event is coming up on February 17 and will be fully virtual, allowing attendees from across the country to participate! This conference will feature conversations on federal health policy, innovations
5 Things Alaska: Youth mental health, Medicaid redetermination, HUD grants
Emily Boerger | Nov 17, 2021 | Alaska
With the Thanksgiving holiday next week, I wanted to take a moment to say thank you on behalf of the entire State of Reform team for your continued support. Whether it's through attending our conferences, reading our coverage of health care and health policy in Alaska, or sponsoring our events,
5 Things Alaska: Q&A w/ Sen. Begich, COVID hospitalization costs, Health care wage gap
Emily Boerger | Oct 20, 2021 | Alaska
This edition of 5 Things We're Watching touches on a broad range of issues impacting Alaska's health care system. We feature a conversation on improving health equity in the state, the latest data on COVID hospitalization and treatment costs, and State of Reform Reporter Ethan Kispert has a forward-looking policy
5 Things Alaska: Health policy preview, Keynote video w/ Dr. Anne Zink, Adult ICU closures
DJ Wilson | Sep 23, 2021 | Alaska
You may have seen my note yesterday about our news that State of Reform is now part of the HMA family of companies. It's a smart, mission-driven group of folks at work to improve the health care systems for the communities they serve. So, there is strong cultural alignment with us,
5 Things Alaska: Value-driven systems of care, Republican leadership, Vaccine hesitancy
DJ Wilson | Aug 25, 2021 | Alaska
We are very excited to be joining everyone again at State of Reform again this year. I'm disappointed it won't be in person, something I know we would all prefer if things were different. But, with new cases now much higher in Alaska than previously, and only 47% of Alaskans
5 Things Alaska: Sandra Heffern, Rural telehealth, Federal action
DJ Wilson | Jul 26, 2021 | Alaska
Thank you to our team of reporters, led by our Managing Editor Emily Boerger, for holding down the fort while I was away on a family break. We have 8 reporters these days. They cover health care and health policy in Alaska and 14 other states across the country. We've
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