Health eSource October 2020

    Vol. 17 No. 2  

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    Chair's Column: Let the hard conversations begin…

    By Hal Katz, Husch Blackwell LLP, Austin, TX

    As most of you know, one of my four priorities for the year is to increase the Health Law Section’s awareness of racial, gender, and ethnic inequities, and implement remediation initiatives. While the Section has a long history of embracing the importance of diversity and inclusion, I believe as lawyers we have a larger role to play in addressing inequities within our profession and in our own communities, and I am committed to doing this work.

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    Implications of the Growth in Freestanding Emergency Departments and Micro-Hospitals

    By JoAnna Younts, MBA, Berkeley Research Group, Washington, DC

    Freestanding emergency departments (EDs) and so-called “micro-hospitals” have been quietly proliferating in the United States over the past five years. They have become ubiquitous in states such as Ohio, whose Certificate of Need (CON) program does not evaluate supply and demand for these types of facilities, and Colorado, which has no CON program at all.

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    Interview with Matt Eyles, President and Chief Executive Officer at America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)

    By Kenneth White, National Managed Care Practice Leader, Willis Towers Watson

    Interview with Matt Eyles, President and Chief Executive Officer at America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) in Washington, DC: August 2020 conducted by Kenneth White, National Managed Care Practice Leader at Willis Towers Watson and Chair of the Managed Care and Insurance Interest Group of the ABA Health Law Section.