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5 Things Washington: COVID-19, Retirements in the Legislature, Sue Birch
DJ Wilson | Mar 25, 2020 | Washington
We are in the opening days of a long period of staying at home, likely months rather than weeks. Take this more seriously than you think you need to. There is no upside to do otherwise at this point. Washington's confirmed cases are still doubling about every 7 days, rather
5 Things Washington: Coronavirus, Presidential Primary, Cascade Care RFA
DJ Wilson | Mar 10, 2020 | Washington
It's one thing to know that 2/3rds of the economic damage of a pandemic like COVID-19 is a consequence of fear, with only 1/3rd from the virus itself. It's another thing to not get scared and buy into the hype. For example, the generally slow-to-radicalize American Hospital Association said Friday
5 Things Washington: Supplemental budgets, Presidential Primary, Lindsay Harris
DJ Wilson | Feb 26, 2020 | Washington
I'm hitting send from 30,000 feet, flying to a conference in Florida. It's a wonder of our modern economy that one can work remotely from the air while writing to a list of over 25,000 readers. That isn't stopping the folks next to me about complaining about the seating, or
5 Things Washington: Leanne Berge, Prior authorization, Rep. Eileen Cody
DJ Wilson | Feb 11, 2020 | Washington
We are in day 30 of the 60 day legislative session. The few notable health bills that are moving this session actually highlight something more interesting: just how big a health care session 2019 was. So, for a host of reasons, this feels like the lull before the next big
5 Things Washington: Health policy update, Coronavirus, Sen. Manka Dhingra
DJ Wilson | Jan 29, 2020 | Washington
We're in week three of the legislative session. While it's an active one on health policy, it sort of makes the activity of the 2019 session appear all the more herculean. AWHP Exec Director Chris Bandoli said at our recent conference that these short sessions are often the place where
Medicaid-managed care kicks off session for Health Committee
Madeline Shannon | Jan 14, 2020 | Washington
The Senate Health & Long-Term Care Committee started off the 2020 legislative session Monday with two presentations about managed care plans through Medicaid both nationally and in the state of Washington, starting with a presentation from Manatt Health Strategies Senior Managing Director Patricia Boozang. Boozang, who provided a historical overview
5 Things Washington: Olympia Insiders, Lessons from other states, Cost of care
DJ Wilson | Dec 23, 2019 | Washington
Last night, our kids and about 10-12 other kids on our street went caroling around the neighborhood. It was dark, and chilly, of course. But, in an hour, we met a 102-woman none of us had met before. The kids hugged the recent widower on the corner. And, we introduced
5 Things Washington: Detailed Agenda, Chris Bandoli, Health Care Climate Alliance
DJ Wilson | Dec 12, 2019 | Washington
We are now four weeks out from our 2020 Washington State of Reform Health Policy Conference! It's our 10th anniversary (crazy, right?) and we've got our Detailed Agenda now out with over 100 speakers curated for you on January 9th. We have also posted the speakers for our Pre-Conference Sessions for folks that want
5 Things Washington: Hawaii Lt. Gov. Josh Green, BH workforce, Jiquanda Nelson
DJ Wilson | Nov 26, 2019 | Washington
We are about ten weeks away from our 2020 Washington State of Reform Health Policy Conference. This next year's event will be our 10th, a big anniversary for an event we weren't sure would have a second iteration, much less a 10th. Ten years ago, I asked folks like Aaron Katz,
5 Things Washington: Inslee's "why" problem, Group Health Foundation in politics, Jacquie Owens
DJ Wilson | Nov 14, 2019 | Washington
We are now 8 weeks out from our 2020 Washington State of Reform Health Policy Conference... Momentum is really building, I'm happy to say. And, I think you'll see from the Topical Agenda, and ultimately our speakers, that our Convening Panel is looking to offer even more cutting edge sessions than usual. In
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