We are excited to announce that we recently opened up registration for the 2022 State of Reform Federal Health Policy Conference. The event is coming up on February 17 and will be fully virtual, allowing attendees from across the country to participate! This conference will feature conversations on federal health policy, innovations in the state-federal relationship, … Read more
In case you missed it, registration is now open for our “5 Slides: Bending the Rx cost curve” virtual conversation. It will be an interactive conversation on a topic that continues to be top of mind for lawmakers and stakeholders. More details on the discussion are available below. In this edition of “5 Things We’re … Read more
As the pandemic continues to reveal discrepancies in our health care systems, the State of Black Arizona’s (SBAZ) fifth volume of the “Driving Local Investment in Black Arizonans” report, released earlier this month, highlights health care disparities faced by Black folks that have been exacerbated by the pandemic, but had existed long before. … Read more
Excess deaths have been more than twice as high among Black, American Indian/Alaska Native and Latino adults during the pandemic than their white and Asian peers. That’s according to a surveillance study published by the National Cancer Institute on Oct. 5, which calculated excess deaths in the U.S. between March and December of last year. … Read more
This month’s Inland NW event was a good one with just shy of 400 folks registered at this virtual event after it was all said and done. Our Convening Panel for our upcoming event at the Westin Seattle in January will get together in two weeks From where we sit today, I think we should … Read more
On Sep. 17, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the passage of Senate Bill 967 after the General Assembly approved the correction of a technical error in the legislation. The bill aims to further the state’s efforts in reducing health disparities and improving maternal health outcomes for women of color. The bill extends maternal and … Read more
At the 2021 Inland Northwest State of Reform Health Policy Conference, key leaders from both the private and public sectors of health care came together to discuss health disparities based on race, gender, and economic status revealed through the COVID-19 pandemic. These leaders were Sen. Emily Randall, a member of the Senate Health & Long … Read more
E komo mai and a big mahalo to our new reporter Nicole Pasia. She is covering Hawaii’s health care sector, and as you’ll see below, has gone directly to the source for some great interviews this month. Emily Boerger continues to be the backbone of our reporting team as managing editor. They are part of … Read more
We are two weeks out from our 2021 Inland NW State of Reform Health Policy Conference. So, I wanted to feature a few of our upcoming sessions for you so that you could get a little more detail about who will be joining us, and some of the topics they will be speaking to. We’d love … Read more