Ai Policy

Policy, AI, and New Funding Models Are Reshaping Mental Health Care Delivery

Mental health care isn’t a new problem—but it’s finally being treated like an urgent one. After years of being sidelined, the cracks in the system are becoming impossible to ignore: overstretched clinicians, long wait times, and entire communities without consistent access to care. In the U.S., the scale is striking—more than one in five…

Navigating Payer Denials: A Physician Advisor’s Perspective #2

A physician advisor recently described a case that should unsettle anyone who cares about fair, clinically grounded coverage decisions: a Medicaid patient arrived comatose from an overdose, was emergently intubated, developed aspiration pneumonia, and stayed through three midnights before leaving against medical advice. By any bedside standard, this is acute, unstable care—exactly what…

Empowering Choice and Opportunity

In this episode of Care Anywhere: The Global Health Workforce Podcast, host Lea Sims welcomes Pandora Hardtman, an internationally recognized nurse midwife and global health leader. Pandora reflects on her personal journey from the Caribbean to serving as Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer at Jhpiego and now as a midwifery consultant with the United Nations…

Universal Health Coverage: A Catalyst for Global Change

Nursing leaders reveal how frontline healthcare workers are reshaping policy and access across continents

ICN: Investing in the Future of the Global Nurse Workforce

A projected shortage of 13 million nurses by 2030 demands immediate action on workforce sustainability and policy reform

Congressman Adam Smith Advocates for Persistent Care From the Right Providers and Legislative Action in Mental Health Awareness

Despite affecting millions of Americans, mental health care access remains fragmented, prompting lawmakers to champion systemic reforms

President Biden’s AI Executive Order is an Imperfect but Needed First Step for Future AI Development

The nation's inaugural AI regulation framework establishes critical safety guardrails while leaving room for industry innovation and future refinement