Payers
Op-ed: Why are hospitals paying for an overdose response system that’s designed to stall?
The federal government has already demonstrated how standardization and financing can prevent harm and avoid downstream costs.
Christian Laurence-Diaz
Christian Laurence-Diaz is a health policy leader and advisor with nearly two decades of experience across federal, state, and local government settings, including the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Congressional Budget Office, NYC Mayor’s Office, and NYC Emergency Management. He is a Bloomberg Fellow and DrPH candidate at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and currently serves as assistant program chief at CalPERS.