Video & highlights from “5 Slides: Creating a culture of anti-racism in health care”
Emily Boerger | Aug 4, 2020 | Federal
The Health Provisions in HEALS and Heroes
James C. Capretta | Aug 4, 2020 | Federal
Key health care recommendations included in Biden-Sanders task force proposals
Emily Boerger | Jul 13, 2020 | Federal
We're taking the week off
Michael Goldberg | Jul 6, 2020 | Federal
Contact tracing remains inadequate in most states
James C. Capretta | Jun 30, 2020 | Federal
At this point in the unfolding coronavirus crisis, political leaders have been on notice for months that effective contact tracing will be critical to minimizing harm to human health and the national economy. With a vaccine or an effective therapeutic still months away, federal and state authorities must rely on
Federal court rules against hospitals in HHS price transparency lawsuit
Michael Goldberg | Jun 23, 2020 | Federal
Today, United States District Judge Carl Nichols ruled in favor of the Trump Administration in a lawsuit filed by hospitals challenging federal transparency requirements surrounding negotiated rates between hospitals and insurers. Specifically, the ruling upheld a Trump administration executive order directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require “hospitals
Video & highlights from our “Black Leadership in US Health Care and Health Policy” virtual conversation
Emily Boerger | Jun 22, 2020 | Federal
On Friday, June 19, State of Reform held a virtual conversation titled “Black Leadership in US Health Care and Health Policy” with three of the most thoughtful senior health care executives and health care leaders with which we work across the Western United States. The panel featured Eric Hunter of
FAIR Health releases study of revenue and utilization during COVID-19
Emily Boerger | Jun 11, 2020 | Federal
National nonprofit FAIR Health released its latest COVID-19 study, evaluating changes in utilization and revenue during the pandemic. The study uses FAIR Health’s database of over 31 billion private health care claims to analyze changes in utilization and estimated in-network reimbursement amounts in January – April of 2020 compared to
States most at risk for poor mental health conditions during COVID-19
Michael Goldberg | Jun 2, 2020 | Federal
A new PSYDPrograms study shows that Oregon, Utah, and Washington are among the top five states with the highest risk of deleterious mental health conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study is based on 2020 data from Mental Health America measuring anxiety, depression, substance abuse and suicidal thoughts via surveys
The lessons of Robert Kennedy’s moral leadership on race relations
DJ Wilson | Jun 2, 2020 | Federal
What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness, but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice towards those who
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