The Private Healthcare Exchanges conference July 16-17 in Chicago will focus on how the Affordable Care Act is changing the way insurers sell health insurance.

Nutrition is an important factor in aging and cognitive functions. The meeting will focus on maintaining function with age: physical, cognitive, nutrition, brain and muscle function, prevention of frailty with advancing age.

The 2012 AOSSM Annual Meeting will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center from June 12 – 15. This conference will highlight the latest advances in sports medicine research and practice.

The National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will meet on July 13 at AHRQ’s offices in Rockville, MD. The meeting, which is open to the public, will begin with an update on the Agency’s initiatives and current programs from AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy. It will also include presentations on and discussions of the status of efforts to improve quality in ambulatory care settings and on data efforts relating to the concentration of health care expenses.