What They're Watching: Dulce Diez, Utah Department of Health and Human Services
Alex Nelson, Eli Kirshbaum | Jun 1, 2023 | Utah
What They're Watching: John Poelman, One Utah Health Collaborative
Alex Nelson, Eli Kirshbaum | Jun 1, 2023 | Utah
What They're Watching: Rep. Raymond Ward, Utah Legislature
Alex Nelson, Eli Kirshbaum | May 31, 2023 | Utah
Utah policy experts discuss lessons learned during COVID pandemic and strategies for rebuilding trust in public health
Boram Kim | May 25, 2023 | Utah
The 2023 Utah State of Reform Conference in Salt Lake City last month brought together a panel of local health policy experts to discuss how to reestablish trust between Utahns and state and federal public health agencies. A survey published in March in the journal Health Affairs revealed
Utah making further advances in value-based healthcare, according to experts
Boram Kim | May 23, 2023 | Utah
A panel of experts at the forefront of the value-based care (VBC) movement in Utah led a discussion on local advancements being made around its adoption at the 2023 Utah State of Reform Health Policy Conference last month. CMS has the goal of moving all Medicare beneficiaries and
Utah policy experts say work on health data interoperability remains unfinished
Boram Kim | May 22, 2023 | Utah
A panel of health policy experts discussed the need to improve Utah’s health data interoperability at the 2023 Utah State of Reform Health Policy Conference, which took place late last month in Salt Lake City. Federal law requires health systems to maintain and share electronic health information (EHI)
Utah Medicaid Director outlines state strategy on redeterminations
Boram Kim | May 11, 2023 | Utah
Last month, Utah Medicaid Director Jennifer Strohecker led a panel discussion on the state’s eligibility redetermination process during the 2023 Utah State of Reform Health Policy Conference, where she outlined some of the mechanisms in place to close the health coverage gap. The Utah Department of Health and
2023 Utah Closing Keynote: Tracy Gruber, Utah Department of Health and Human Services
Eli Kirshbaum | May 9, 2023 | Utah
We had the opportunity to welcome Tracy Gruber, director of the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, deliver the Closing Keynote at our recent 2023 Utah Health Policy Conference. Gruber gave an informative update on her agency's work over the past year, having settled into its status as a
2023 Utah Opening Keynote: Jaime Wissler, Jennifer Strohecker, and RyLee Curtis
Eli Kirshbaum | May 9, 2023 | Utah
It was such a pleasure to kick off the 2023 Utah State of Reform Conference a couple weeks ago with an incredibly valuable panel conversation about Utah's nation-leading initiative to promote value-based care: the One Utah Health Collaborative. Jaime Wissler, the Collaborative's executive director, RyLee Curtis, director of community engagement