BJC HealthCare government relations team works on a variety of issues – many of which come to our attention from BJC’s wonderful caregivers. If you do not see a topic that you think should be included or have questions, please contact Ginna Rivera at ginna.rivera@bjc.org.
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Federal
Community and Public Health
- COVID-19 relief
- Health equity
- Mental health issues
- Opioids
- Telehealth
Regulatory
- HIPAA
- Medicare and Medicaid issues
- Prescription drug reform
- Quality/value-based care
- Surprise medical billing
- Transparency
- 340B
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Missouri
Appropriations
- Community health workers
- EMS funding
- FRA
- Hospital IT funding
- Treat-no-transport
Insurance
- Any willing provider
- Cost transparency
- Facility fees
Medicaid
- Continuous eligibility
- Global waiver
- Medicaid expansion
- Medicaid managed care
- Medicaid work requirements
Professional Registration
- APRN licensure
- Extending COVID-19 waivers
- Maintenance of Certification
- Surgery definition
Public and Community Health
- Anti-vaccine
- LPHA authority
- PDMP
- SNAP work requirements
- Social equity issues
- Suicide prevention
- Syringe access programs
- Tobacco
- Transgender care bans
Regulatory Issues
- Certificate of Need
- COVID-19 liability
- DNR orders
- Interstate Licensure compact
- Length-of-stay issues
- Non-competes
- Tele-SANE changes
- Time Critical Diagnosis
- Workplace safety
Other Issues
- Abortion
- Broadband
- Childcare regulations
- Washington University endowment
- Wayfair
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Illinois
Medicaid
- Medicaid funding
- Medicaid Hospital Transformation Pool
- Medicaid managed care
Insurance
- Behavioral health insurance parity
- Cost transparency
Public and Community Health
- Anti-vaccine
- Health equity issues
- Maternal and child health
- Sexual assault treatment requirements
- Suicide prevention
- Telehealth
- Transformation
Regulatory Issues
- Certificate of Need
- Hospital Assessment Program
- Hospital reporting
- Nonprofit status
- Nurse staffing ratios