Hawaii DOH calls for stakeholder input on data-driven substance use prevention
Nicole Pasia | Jun 2, 2022 | Hawaii
Gov. Polis submits supplemental budget package to assist nursing facilities financially
Patrick Jones | Feb 3, 2022 | Colorado
Report highlights health care inequities between Black and white Floridians
Ethan Kispert | Nov 22, 2021 | Florida
Black Floridians on average have poorer health outcomes, worse access to health care, and lower quality of care compared to the state’s white population, according to a report from The Commonwealth Fund. Poor health outcomes One metric that stands out is hospital readmission rates. According to The Commonwealth Fund,
What You Missed: 2021 Oregon State of Reform Health Policy Conference
Ethan Kispert | Oct 28, 2021
We hosted our 2021 Oregon State of Reform Health Policy Conference last week, bringing together thought leaders, legislators, and policy experts into multi-silo conversations about the future of health care in Oregon. Too often, those with good ideas for reforming health care don’t have a solid understanding of
Potential shortage of 59,000 nurses by 2035 draws concern from Florida Hospital Association
Nicole Pasia | Oct 15, 2021
Florida Hospital Association (FHA) President and CEO Mary Mayhew shared a grim statistic with state legislators at the Senate Committee on Health Policy meeting on Wednesday: Florida could have a shortage of more than 59,000 nurses in less than 15 years, according to a recent report. Without intervention
Experts give update on legislature-funded behavioral health services for youth in distress
Soraya Marashi | Oct 5, 2021 | Washington
At the Senate Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care meeting last week, lawmakers heard an update on partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs for adolescents in the state. Dr. Alysha Thompson, clinical director and psychologist of the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit at Seattle Children’s Hospital, and
What You Missed: 2021 Los Angeles State of Reform Health Policy Conference
Ethan Kispert | Sep 24, 2021 | California
We hosted our 2021 Los Angeles State of Reform Health Policy Conference last week, bringing together thought leaders, legislators, and policy experts into multi-silo conversations about the future of health care in California. Too often, those with good ideas for reforming health care don’t have a solid understanding
Inslee statement on SCOTUS failure to pause Texas anti-abortion law
The Office of Gov. Jay Inslee | Sep 8, 2021 | Washington
Gov. Jay Inslee released a statement today in response to the U.S. Supreme Court declining to hear a challenge to an anti-abortion law in Texas that represents one of the most extreme attacks on reproductive rights since the Roe v. Wade ruling. "Today’s lack of leadership from the U.S. Supreme