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Join Health Affairs September 3 for a virtual event where authors discuss their major findings and insights from our upcoming September theme issue on opioids.

Today's Featured Articles

Pay Gap Between Nonprofit Hospital CEOs And Employees Grew, 2009–23

Cal Chengqi Fang et al.

Criminalizing Poverty Won’t Solve Homelessness — But It Will Harm Health And Violate Civil Rights

Hannah Katch and Alison Barkoff

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

The Multi-Faceted Policy Threats To Maternal And Infant Health

Arden Handler et al.

More from Health Policy At A Crossroads series

With Budget Reconciliation Bill Enacted, Health Care Changes Loom

Katie Keith (July 2025)

A ‘Shift In Kind’: A Medicaid Work Requirement Would Radically Change Health Policy

Sara Rosenbaum (June 2025)

Physician Autonomy And Free Speech: Essential For Effective Public Health Response

Scott W. Atlas et al. (May 2025)

Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector: Independent Dispute Resolution

Join Health Affairs August 26 for an open access virtual event examining takeaways from the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) public use files and related litigation from Jack Hoadley and his team at Georgetown University.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Katie Keith, The Center for Health Policy and the Law, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown Law (Data Presentation)
• Kennah Watts, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy (Data Presentation)
• Katie Berge, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Office of Public Policy
• Lindsey Murtagh, CMS
• Troy Oechsner, The Rockefeller Institute of Government and New York State Department of Financial Services
• Patrick Pinnell, HHS-CMS Operations, MAXIMUS

Exclusive to Health Affairs Insiders, this report provides insight into the key factors surrounding the current and future sustainability of the health care workforce, including:

• The challenges of acquiring and retaining qualified clinical staff
• Policy approaches aimed at promoting workforce development
• Opportunities to build a resilient, highly skilled workforce for the future.

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