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: 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
5 Things Oregon: Budget deficit, Special session series, Greg Van Pelt
DJ Wilson | May 13, 2020 | Oregon
One of the ways we are responding to this COVID crisis is to create interactive virtual conversations that tee up some of the most important issues and challenges in health care today. Next week, we host our first multi-state panel discussion called "5 Slides We're Discussing," exploring how Medicaid plans in
5 Things Oregon: Gov. Brown's leadership, May primary, Art Suchorzewski
DJ Wilson | Apr 15, 2020 | Oregon
If you haven't signed up for our State of Reform Daily newsletter, you can do so here. We post about 10-12 stories each day covering the nexus of health care and health policy across a range of topics. You can also sign up for our COVID newsletter, out daily in the evening.
5 Things Oregon: COVID-19, Sen. James Manning, Health impacts of climate change
DJ Wilson | Mar 16, 2020 | Oregon
From our coverage below, you'll see Portland is about two weeks behind Seattle. And, as Seattle tracks Italy, by about 2 weeks, that means Oregon is about four weeks behind what could be a new epicenter in the disease spread. I know closing restaurants and staying home can be agitating,
5 Things Oregon: Health legislation, MFAR comments, Sen. Arnie Roblan
DJ Wilson | Feb 12, 2020 | Oregon
Mental health, public health, and health care financing: we're spending our time on those topics in this edition of 5 Things We're Watching in Oregon health care. It's what I do while I wait for the Blazers to get back over .500. (I may have time on my hands...) So,
5 Things Oregon: Retirements in the legislature, "What You Missed," John Kitzhaber
DJ Wilson | Dec 12, 2019 | Oregon
2019 has been a big year for us at State of Reform. We held our 8th annual conference in Portland, and now host State of Reform in 13 markets (crazy, right?) More importantly, perhaps, we recently hired Madeline Shannon of The Newport News-Times to help us cover Oregon health policy
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