State of Reform: Health care policy across the U.S.

State of Reform: Health care policy across the U.S. episodes:

• 02.11.2019

  A Conversation with Representative Lina Ortega

  Representative Lina Ortega is a Democrat representing Texas House District 77 in El Paso. First elected in 2016, Rep. Ortega now serves on three committees – Public Health, House Administration, and Transportation. In this podcast, Representative Ortega discusses priority legislation...

  
• 01.29.2019

  Health Policy Leadership - Republicans

  Senator Randi Becker is the Senate Republican Caucus Chair and is a member of the Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee. Rep. Paul Harris is the House Minority Caucus Chair and a member of the House Health Care &...

  
• 10.19.2018

  A Conversation with Representative Nicole Macri on Homelessness

  Representative Nicole Macri serves as the Vice Chair of the Washington State House Healthcare & Wellness Committee as well as Vice Chair of the Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs Committee. In this podcast, Rep. Macri discusses House healthcare leadership, the...

  
• 09.25.2018

  A Conversation with Annette Cleveland

  Senator Annette Cleveland is the Chair of the Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee in the Washington State legislature. Sen. Cleveland recently sat down with State of Reform to discuss her district, her views on the upcoming 2018 elections,...

  
• 09.21.2018

  Premera discusses Soundpath Health Medicare Advantage contract acquisition

  In this podcast, Tracy Bos, General Manager of Senior Markets at Premera Blue Cross, discusses Premera's recent acquisition of Soundpath Health's Medicare Advantage program contract.

  
• 08.15.2018

  A Conversation with Mead Treadwell

  We sat down with Republican candidate for Governor of Alaska Mead Treadwell to discuss healthcare in Alaska as well as some of the health-related challenges faced by the state.

  
• 08.15.2018

  A Conversation with Mike Dunleavy

  Mike Dunleavy, Republican candidate for Governor of Alaska, sat down with State of Reform in Anchorage to discuss health care in Alaska and the unique health issues facing the state.

  
• 06.12.2018

  MultiCare and Premera Blue Cross executives discuss new alliance

  Today, Premera Blue Cross and MultiCare announced an alliance that promises a better customer experience while providing the right care at a lower cost through a new product Peak Care. In this podcast, we sit down with Bill Robertson, President...

  
• 06.08.2018

  A Conversation with OHA Director Pat Allen

  Pat Allen was named Director of the Oregon Health Authority last fall. In this episode, he walks us through how he has worked to move the OHA forward, including restructuring at the agency and a renewed focus on behavioral health....

  
• 03.13.2018

  A Conversation with Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler

  Mike Kreidler is the most senior insurance commissioner in the United States, and is one of the most senior, most well-regarded health policy leaders of any state in the country. He joined us for a one-on-one discussion with DJ Wilson...

  
• 03.07.2018

  Addressing Maternal Health in Texas

  The policy community has increasingly galvanized around the need to do something about Texas’s poor performance on maternal health. However, that has not been matched by a consensus about the appropriate policy path forward. This podcast includes some...

  
• 03.06.2018

  Where Homelessness and the Healthcare System Interface in Hawaii

  Both in Hawaii and across the country, the problem and challenge of housing insecurity continues to grow, continues to challenge our sense of community, and continues to fall short of the needs of individuals in distress. This podcasts offers some...

  
• 02.05.2018

  A Candid Assessment of Washington's Accountable Communities of Health

  Accountable Communities of Health were first adopted in Washington State statute in 2014. Four years later, their promise and progress has had mixed results. This session fosters an honest conversation about the future of these new organizations, and the...

  
• 01.23.2018

  Hawaii Organizational Leadership During Political Uncertainty

  This time of transition challenges leaders to become more creative, more agile, and perhaps more collaborative. This session of executive leaders from Hawaii’s health care sector highlights the principles, strategies, and thinking that underpins the organizational leadership in Hawaii’s...

  
• 01.19.2018

  Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley on Healthcare Reform and Politics

  As governor of Maryland, Martin O’Malley led one of the most innovative reform efforts to have been implemented in any state. By moving hospitals to a fixed and predictable payment model, incentives for the organizations were redirected from quantity to...

  
• 01.09.2018

  A Conversation With John Kitzhaber, MD

  John Kitzhaber continues to be one of America’s most important thought leaders on the topic of health reform and health policy. The CCO model Oregon adopted under his governorship remains one of the most ambitious re-designs of the health...

  
• 12.15.2017

  Sacramento Insiders Discuss the Upcoming 2018 Legislative Session

  The 2018 legislative session is just around the corner. And with a big election year in California, health care politics are becoming even more important. This session will bring you up to speed on what’s happening in Sacramento policy...

  
• 12.06.2017

  Looking Ahead to the 2018 Elections from California

  Elections have consequences, and the upcoming mid-term elections in 2018 will be no different. The first Congressional elections of Pres. Trump’s term may signal a retrenchment of support for his politics nationally. Here in California, statewide and legislative...

  
• 11.02.2017

  Oregon Policy Leadership: Republicans

  These leaders from both the House and the Senate discussed the policy outcomes from the last session, the work underway in the interim, and looked ahead to the 2018 legislative session during the 2017 Oregon State of Reform Health Policy...

  
• 11.02.2017

  Oregon Policy Leadership: Democrats

  Legislative Democrats joined this panel at the 2017 Oregon State of Reform Health Policy Conference to talk through their priorities, policies, and plans for the 2018 legislature, both for health care and policy in general. Hon. Laurie Monnes Anderson: Chair, Senate...

  
• 11.01.2017

  The Future of Oregon's Health System, Health Policy, and Fiscal State

  This session turns the tables on health policy discussions in recent years. Instead of answering questions, former Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber will be asking them of some of Oregon’s most important players in the health care and health policy worlds....

  
• 10.31.2017

  A Conversation with Former Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski

  Few members of Oregon’s policy and political community are as well regarded as former Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski. He is the only person to have served in all three branches of Oregon’s government, having been elected to the Supreme Court...

  
• 10.30.2017

  A Conversation With Oregon Rep. Knute Buehler

  Knute Buehler is a declared candidate for the Republican nomination for governor in the 2018 general election. He represents Bend in the Oregon House of Representatives, and is trained as an orthopedic surgeon. He joined us as our Morning...

  
• 10.07.2017

  Building a Post-ACA System In Washington State

  Health reform may have stalled in Washington DC, but that doesn’t mean the reform conversation is complete. Whether the US moves to an ACA 2.0 model, or a system that is wholly different from the ACA, reform after the...

  
• 10.06.2017

  A Conversation with Lori Wing-Heier, Alaska's Director of the Division of Insurance

  Lori Wing-Heier is the Walker Administration’s point person for the stabilization and support of the commercial insurance market. As part of his health policy team, she also has a window into what the Administration is doing related to purchasing...

  
• 10.06.2017

  A Conversation with US Senator Dan Sullivan

  US Senator Dan Sullivan has played an active part, if behind the scenes, in working to make sure that any health reform legislation in the Senate protects and improves Alaska’s health care system. The junior Senator from Alaska served...

  
• 10.05.2017

  The Future of System Transformation in Eastern Washington

  This panel includes stakeholders from across the spectrum of system-level innovation in Washington State. From Medicaid to counties, health plans to the State, things are changing in healthcare but it’s not always clear that the visions are aligned to be...

  
• 09.29.2017

  A Four-Corner Legislative Discussion in Washington State

  All “Four Corners” of the legislature were represented in this lunchtime discussion about the state of our politics at our 2017 Inland Northwest State of Reform Health Policy Conference in Spokane on Sept. 13. After the longest legislative session...

  
• 09.27.2017

  A Conversation with WA Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler

  Mike Kreidler, Washington State's Insurance Commissioner, joined us as our morning keynote speaker at our 2017 Inland Northwest State of Reform Health Policy Conference in Spokane on Sept. 13. He shared some prepared remarks, then sat down for Q&A with...

  
• 09.25.2017

  A Conversation with Peter Adler, President of Molina Healthcare of Washington

  Peter Adler, President of Molina Healthcare of Washington sat down with us in Spokane at our Inland Northwest Health Policy Conference in mid-September. As President of the largest carrier on the Exchange in Washington State, Peter talks us through Molina's...

  
• 09.19.2017

  Policy Leadership, Washington Republicans

  We hosted our 2017 Inland Northwest State of Reform Health Policy Conference in Spokane on Sept. 13. This panel, Policy Leadership: Republicans followed our lunch keynote, which was a four-cornered, bipartisan and bicameral discussion, provides insight into what policies and...

  
• 09.19.2017

  Policy Leadership, Washington Democrats

  We hosted our 2017 Inland Northwest State of Reform Health Policy Conference in Spokane on Sept. 13. This panel, Policy Leadership: Democrats is always well-attended and provides attendees the chance to ask state legislators questions about health policy. We welcomed...

  
• 09.07.2017

  State Representative Geran Tarr on Alaska Politics

  We interviewed Alaska State Representative Geran Tarr back in early August. Rep. Tarr co-chaired the House Resources Committee last legislative session, and served on the House Health & Social Services Committee. Rep. Tarr talks us through the budget deal, federal...

  
• 09.06.2017

  State Representative Marcus Oshiro on Hawaiian healthcare

  Representative Marcus Oshiro served as a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since 1995, stepping down last week after Governor Ige appointed him to the Hawaii Labor Relations Board as Chairperson and Representative of the Public. Before his appointment,...

  
• 06.19.2017

  Leading California Through Transition in Healthcare

  Pat Clarey, Chief State Health Programs & Regulatory Relations Officer, HealthNet, Don Crane, Chief Executive Offiver, CAPG and Diana Dooley, Secretary, California Health and Human Services made up our Lunch Executive Keynote Panel at our 2017 Northern California State of...

  
• 06.19.2017

  The Next Steps on Federal Reform

  At our 2017 Northern California State of Reform Health Policy Conference, we heard from Jason Burke, Vice President, 3M, John Molina, Chief Financial Officer, Molina Healthcare, and Ken Thorpe, Chair, Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease at our Executive Keynote Morning...

  
• 05.24.2017

  Policy Leadership: California Republicans

  For part two of our California legislator podcast, we hear from Assemblymember Jim Patterson, member of the Assembly Health Committee, and Assemblymember Frank Bigelow, Vice Chair of the Assembly Appropriations Committee. They were panelists at our 2017 Northern California State...

  
• 05.24.2017

  Policy Leadership: California Democrats

  With strong majorities in the California Assembly and Senate, legislative Democrats have a range of health policy options to consider. We welcomed Senator Ed Hernandez, Chair of the Senate Health Committee, and Assemblymember Jim Wood, Chair of the Assembly Health...

  
• 05.16.2017

  James Capretta on the American Health Care Act

  We sat down with James Capretta, the Milton Friedman Chair at the American Enterprise Institute in this podcast to talk about the American Health Care Act. He walks us through how the AHCA would work if implemented, points out some...

  
• 05.08.2017

  Former Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber: Reform We Can Believe In During a Time of Trump

  Former Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber joined us at our 2017 Northern California State of Reform Health Policy Conference as our afternoon keynote speaker. He discussed the pathways forward for states like California as they seek to continue progress of reform...

  
• 05.03.2017

  Nathan Johnson on Washington's Medicaid Demonstration

  DJ Wilson, host of State of Reform sat down with Nathan Johnson, Chief Policy Officer at the Washington Health Care Authority. Nathan talks through Washington's 1115 Medicaid Waiver and Washington's Medicaid Demonstration Project: Healthier Washington. Healthier Washington aims to build...

  
• 03.31.2017

  Housing, meet health care

  We ask health care experts how they're trying to take on a complicated problem: providing quality, affordable health care to people who don't have homes. Produced by Erin Fenner, DJ Wilson and Kylie Walsh.

  
• 03.10.2017

  How will Trump impact Texas health care?

  Congressional Republicans have vowed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and President Donald Trump said as much on the campaign trail. In the state that most contested the ACA, how are people feeling about the new (theoretically) sympathetic...

  
• 03.08.2017

  Here's why you should listen to our podcast

  We're health policy nerds, and 2017 is an important time for all of us to pay attention to health care in the U.S. Listen in with us as we explore health care across the country. Contact us at [email protected].