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 Washington: Q&A with Sen. O'Ban, Legislative Update, Beth Johnson
DJ Wilson | Mar 12, 2019 | Washington
It's day 58 of the 2019 Washington State legislature - one that will go down as a big session for health care in a way that few people may have fully appreciated at the start of the new year. It's certainly one of the things we're watching this month in
5 Things Washington: Consequential Health Legislation, Rep. June Robinson, Aetna Hiring
DJ Wilson | Feb 26, 2019 | Washington
If you aren't paying really close attention, there is a lot of movement in Washington State health care these days. The session has a number of consequential bills. There are some interesting and strategic hires taking place across multiple organizations. And, it feels like the political pressure underlying some of
5 Things Washington: Fair Share Health Care, Medicaid Eligibility, Keith Monosky
DJ Wilson | Feb 13, 2019 | Washington
We have a host of topics drawn from the legislative session teed up for you in this edition of 5 Things. Sara Gentzler on our team is based full time in Olympia, while Emily Boerger, Marjie High and myself are in Seattle. So, this newsletter has become very much a
5 Things Washington: Long Term Care Trust Act, VBP, What You Missed
DJ Wilson | Jan 24, 2019 | Washington
The legislative session is now underway. So, among our 5 Things in this issue, we feature one of the most consequential bills you may not have heard about: Rep. Jinkins' legislation to create a long term care benefit for all Washingtonians. It's a national trend setter, with states like California watching the
5 Things Washington: Public option, Six predictions, Mohit Ghose
DJ Wilson | Jan 11, 2019 | Washington
We kickoff our 2019 Washington State of Reform Health Policy Conference this afternoon with our Pre-Conference Sessions. Two of the three sessions are sold out with 96 total attendees. It looks like we'll have over 150 at our Networking Reception later today at 4:30. Tomorrow, for the main event, we have 796
5 Things Washington: Bob Ferguson, social determinants, the patient perspective
DJ Wilson | Dec 27, 2018 | Washington
We are now two weeks out from our 2019 Washington State of Reform Health Policy Conference at the Westin in Downtown Seattle. We already have over 600 registrants set to be with us, along with about 110 speakers. Our 'deep dive' Pre-Conference Sessions still have a couple of spots left if you'd like to
5 Things Washington: Inslee's BH plan, Staici West, Detailed Agenda
DJ Wilson | Dec 14, 2018 | Washington
We are four weeks out from our 2019 Washington State of Reform Health Policy Conference. So, some of the topics we're watching in health care in December are justifiably also teed up for our conference on January 10th. This will be the 9th State of Reform conference. Last year at this
5 Things Washington: Frank Chopp, Re-Wire Policy Conference, Merissa Clyde
DJ Wilson | Nov 30, 2018 | Washington
We'll make some decisions in the next few days about which Pre-Conference Sessions to put together. If you're interested in attending one, and voting through your registration on which "deep dive" we should host, please check out the page here. We'll pick three and move forward, refunding or re-assigning your registration if your
5 Things Washington: The "This is Us" edition
DJ Wilson | Nov 15, 2018 | Washington
We started this newsletter in April, 2011. Since then, we've provided five content areas from Washington State health policy that we think are worth your time each month. In 2014, with the support of funding from OneHealthPort, we extended our newsletter to twice a month. In March, 2015, we missed
5 Things Washington: Rep. Nicole Macri, Dan Ferguson, Sen. Joe Fain
DJ Wilson | Oct 24, 2018 | Washington
Early Bird rates for our upcoming 2019 Washington State of Reform Health Policy Conference go up this Friday evening. So, if you know you want to be with us on January 10th, go ahead and get registered this week. You'll save $50 of the registration price for what has been called
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