It is important to acknowledge that the responsibilities of the chief wellness officer represent a considerable volume of work that requires an expertise distinct from that of other C-suite leaders ..read more

Ideally, lawyers and agencies will prioritize getting up-to-date scientific information into the record early in litigation through the use of experts so that any factual inconsistencies can be addressed at the trial and appellate courts levels ..read more

We have an important window of opportunity for policy interventions to alleviate the burdens of medical debt ..read more

The proposed alternative payment model for hospital nursing would eliminate the incentive for hospitals to decrease spending on nursing year over year ..read more

A large proportion of tenants are left to appear in complex bureaucratic eviction hearings entirely on their own. This lack of legal aid in eviction cases contributes to high rates of housing instability and homelessness, which are significant predictors of health ..read more

Policy efforts to standardize social needs screening have yet to address data protections for vulnerable survivors of intimate partner violence ..read more

While population-based strategies provide important foundations, bundled payment models can be complementary ways to address population outcomes given how much of health care is episodic in nature ..read more

Implementation of the NSA is under way, but like any major health care reform, it has faced a range of challenges. With respect to the arbitration process, the fallout from a robust litigation effort by certain health care providers, the sheer number of disputes between payers and providers, and the large amount of those disputes that a few providers (backed by private equity) take to arbitration, among other factors, have posed various operational challenges ..read more

With the rise in the number of incarcerated women in US prisons and jails, post-Dobbs restrictions on access to reproductive health care inside and outside of carceral settings, and growing state efforts to criminalize pregnancy, attention must be focused on state and prison policies ..read more

A new study, released ahead of print by , analyzed 112 judicial decisions from March 2020 through March 2023, all in which the plaintiffs prevailed. They found that two kinds of claims predominated among plaintiff victories: alleged violations of religious liberty, and allegations that an agency or official exceeded its authority ..read more