Episode 35 - Reflections on the Role of HRSA in the Care of People with HIV – with Dr Laura W. Cheever

Episode 35 – Reflections on the Role of HRSA in the Care of People with HIV – with Dr Laura W. Cheever

In this episode of Going anti-Viral, Dr Michael Saag speaks with Dr Laura Cheever who was, until recently, the Associate Administrator of the HIV/AIDS Bureau at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). She joined HRSA in 1999 when she served as the national director of the Ryan White AIDS Education and Training Center program. Dr Cheever is Board Certified in Infectious Diseases and continues to provide clinical care for patients with HIV. Dr Cheever describes her early work at HRSA and the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. Dr Cheever and Dr Saag then discuss quality measures adopted to demonstrate program effectiveness and the impact these efforts had on funding. They also discuss the staff in the program and their role in working with local providers. They address the role that private insurance, the Affordable Care Act, and different presidential administrations play in the services of the program as well as work left to be done and look ahead to the next ten years of HIV care.