NELA Healthcare Alliance Legislative Luncheon
- Staff Report
- Nov 17, 2020
- 1 min read
The NELA Healthcare Alliance recently held a legislative luncheon at Louisiana Delta Community College to discuss topics critical to maintain the stability and vibrancy of healthcare in our community.
Representative Katrina Jackson, Representative Frank Hoffman, Representative Jay Morris, and Senator Mike Walsworth met with 40 NELA Healthcare Alliance members to discuss and brainstorm critical needed changes to pressing topics that affect how healthcare is delivered safely, efficiently and effectively. Together, the group was able to identify areas of agreement and develop joint actions to address some of the healthcare issues in northeast Louisiana.
The NELA Healthcare Alliance is comprised of nearly forty diverse healthcare organizations in northeast Louisiana. Representation is from hospitals, long term care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, home health organizations and others who together, in addition to providing critical needed healthcare to community members, provide nearly twenty percent of all jobs in our region.
These organizations have come together in an ongoing network (The Northeast Louisiana Healthcare Alliance) to ensure they can tackle the most pressing issues together, including workforce issues, networking opportunities, and pressing policy topics that warrant a collective action.
The NELA Healthcare Alliance would like to thank Representative Katrina Jackson, Representative Frank Hoffman, Representative Jay Morris, and Senator Mike Walsworth for their time, participation, and commitment to sustaining the strength and vitality of healthcare in northeast Louisiana.
This blog highlights how the NELA Healthcare Alliance Legislative Luncheon creates space for meaningful dialogue between healthcare leaders and lawmakers. Those in-person exchanges help translate policy into real world impact for patients and providers. The emphasis on preparation and structure stood out to me, similar to how an online accounting class requires clear frameworks to work. US Online Class Taker comes to mind only as an example of how organization shapes productive outcomes.
It’s really interesting to see how healthcare groups come together to solve big challenges. It reminds me of a time I was struggling to keep up with my science workload and ended up relying on a biology class helper to understand some of the tougher concepts. Having support, whether in healthcare or in school, really makes a huge difference in handling complex responsibilities without feeling overwhelmed.
I read the event post about the NELA Healthcare Alliance’s legislative luncheon, and it clearly showed how health leaders work with lawmakers to talk about care and policies in Northeast Louisiana. It made me think of a time I was rushed with exams and had to use assignment help for Business students just to catch up, because balancing big school tasks felt like juggling talks and rules at a big meeting. Reading this reminded me how talking with others can help solve hard problems.