Jillian Taylor
StateImpact Oklahoma Health ReporterJillian Taylor reports on health and related topics for StateImpact Oklahoma. She is a recent graduate of the Gaylord College of Journalism at the University of Oklahoma with practical experience at the Tulsa World and nonprofit The Frontier. She calls Colleyville, Texas her hometown, in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
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Alongside the passage of billions of dollars in Medicaid spending reductions over a decade, Oklahoma is also vying for an opportunity available to all 50 states to fund sustainable rural health care initiatives. -
The Oklahoma Department of Human Services will begin furloughs starting Sunday, affecting about 2,300 employees. -
“Country Doctor,” a documentary now streaming on HBO Max, highlights the crises rural hospitals face amid provider shortages and a lack of resources. -
The law asks facilities to include a simple description of the service, its billing code, discounted cash price and negotiated insurance rates on their website -
Nearly 300 new laws will take effect in Oklahoma on Saturday. -
The letter demands answers from the agency on “failures within the managed Medicaid care system.” -
Miller most recently served as the chief of policy and provider regulation at the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. -
Rep. Cynthia Roe (R-Lindsay) hosted an interim study Thursday exploring policy solutions related to lung cancer prevention, treatment and health equity. -
The conversation highlighted how the changes will impact Oklahoma’s health care landscape, including hospital finances and patient access. -
This comes amid new leadership at the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA), with Director Clay Bullard taking the place of former agency CEO Ellen Buettner, who departed to assume the role of CEO at the Regional University System of Oklahoma.
