Healthcare Policy

We collaborate with healthcare consumers, providers, academicians, and researchers to create NWHSU policy briefs on a range of healthcare topics.

• Looking Beyond the Opioid Misuse Epidemic: The Role for Non-Pharmacologic Treatment of Musculoskeletal Pain
• The Importance of Establishing Licensure for Massage Therapists in Minnesota

CHIP also submits commentary on local and national healthcare strategy, on behalf of NWHSU:

• Opioid Action Plan, request for information to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (October 2019)
• Pain Management Best Practices, request for comment to the Department of Health and Human Services (March 2019)
• The Minnesota Fair Care Act: patients’ rights & provider nondiscrimination legislation (August 2017)
• Policy Establishing Licensure For Massage Therapists (PDF) (March 2020)
• Policy Recognizing CIH Providers (PDF) (March 2020)
• A Wholistic CrossSector Workforce (PDF) (June 2020)