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 Oregon: Q&A w/Jeremy Vandehey, Suicide prevention bills, ACA subsidy expansion
DJ Wilson | Mar 9, 2021 | Oregon
This autumn, we mark our 10th anniversary of hosting our Oregon State of Reform conference and covering health policy in the state. It's been because of the support from some diverse and unique organizations over the years, like FamilyCare and CareOregon, Regence and PacificSource, PH Tech and Kaiser, HMA and
5 Things Oregon: Herd immunity, Rep. Moore-Green, Workforce report
DJ Wilson | Feb 9, 2021 | Oregon
We are now covering state health policy in 15 states, providing more independent coverage of state and market-level health care coverage than any outlet in the country, so far as we can tell. It's a long way from our first story on Oregon health care back in 2012! If you'd
5 Things Oregon: Health policy preview, Committee membership, Vaccine rollout
DJ Wilson | Jan 14, 2021 | Oregon
If you understand the unique character of our republican democracy, you can find calm in this anxious time. In six days, Joe Biden will be inaugurated President of the United States. He may not have been your candidate. That disappointment is a luxury of being in a democracy. The orderly
5 Things Oregon: Budget proposal, Biden era health policy, Vaccine science
DJ Wilson | Dec 10, 2020 | Oregon
This is indeed a "dark winter," as was predicted. But, I'm hopeful that we are perhaps at our nadir. We are 11 days away from the days getting longer. We are four days away from the likely first vaccines to distributed in the US. And, of course we are zero days
5 Things Oregon: Health policy preview, My COVID experience, Election results
DJ Wilson | Nov 10, 2020 | Oregon
Thanks to all of you who joined our 2020 Oregon State of Reform Health Policy Conference. I wanted to offer a particular shout out to Eric Hunter and his team at Care Oregon, and to Jeff Heatherington and the Heatherington Foundation. Both served as Event Sponsors of this year's event.
5 Things Oregon: Wave in Medicaid, Public health reboot, Racism in health care
Emily Boerger | Oct 14, 2020 | Oregon
I'm jumping in for DJ in this edition ahead of our hosting the 2020 Oregon State of Reform Virtual Health Policy Conference next week! While this is our first virtual conference we’ve held in Oregon, it’s actually our 9th year hosting State of Reform in the state. Thanks to your support, State
5 Things Oregon: Topical Agenda, State Health Improvement Plan, Medicaid enrollments
DJ Wilson | Sep 10, 2020 | Oregon
Six months ago, it wasn't clear that State of Reform would still be here today. All of our content is funded through revenue from live events. And, COVID put a damper on all of those. We moved to the virtual space, trying to build a platform that could foster community,
5 Things Oregon: Special session, Trillium decision, Linda Roman
DJ Wilson | Aug 13, 2020 | Oregon
We've been writing this newsletter now for 9 years, visiting your inbox once a month with five things we think are worth keeping an eye on. They might not be the same five things that you think are always the most important thing for your organization. But, hopefully you find
5 Things Oregon: "Low value" care report, Behavioral health policy, Key meetings
DJ Wilson | Jul 15, 2020 | Oregon
Our Convening Panel met yesterday ahead of our 2020 Oregon State of Reform Virtual Health Policy Conference. This year's event will offer some unique tools customized to the State of Reform experience, where we hope to continue to foster the kind of content, networking, and conversations that play a central
5 Things Oregon: COVID uptick, Black leaders in health care, Rep. Marty Wilde
DJ Wilson | Jun 16, 2020 | Oregon
I'm particularly excited to be hosting a unique conversation on Black leadership in US health care this Friday. Among the speakers is Eric Hunter, CEO of CareOregon. It's a free event, and I feature it for you in item 1 below. Growing up in Bend, Oregon, didn't provide me with a
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