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SUMMARY:Private Healthcare Exchanges Conference
DESCRIPTION: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. Instead of marketing almost exclusively to employers\, the ACA has forced insurers to focus on enrolling consumers. The conference is sponsored by Employee Benefit News.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/private-healthcare-exchanges-conference/
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SUMMARY:Alzheimer’s Association International Conference
DESCRIPTION:At AAIC 2012\, dementia scientists will share the latest thoughts and theories in the field\, including unique perspectives and new connections in the field of dementia science. AAIC 2012 will offer a new conference track focused on social\, behavioral and care research and practice\, designed for dementia care researchers and practitioners. \nSpecial registration fee (track specific\, two days only): $595 Registration.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/alzheimeraes-association-international-conference/
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SUMMARY:Alzheimer's Association International Conference
DESCRIPTION:AAIC will be held this year from July 14 – 19 in downtown Vancouver. Symposia will highlight research and practice that surrounds alzheimer’s disease\, dementia and related diseases.  \nJournalists should fill out this media registration form to request a complimentary press badge.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/alzheimers-association-international-conference/
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SUMMARY:National Conference on Behavioral Health for Women and Girls
DESCRIPTION:SAMHSA\, in partnership with Mental Health Systems Inc. is hosting this conference to bring together a diverse audience with an interest in prevention\, mental health and addiction services for women and girls. \nLeaders and stakeholders will discuss research\, innovations\, and trends in serving women\, girls\, and their families. Learn more.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/national-conference-on-behavioral-health-for-women-and-girls/
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SUMMARY:Explanation of upgrades to CMS websites
DESCRIPTION:Nursing home data\nMedicare’s Nursing Home Compare data\nNursing Home Compare uses data compiled from inspections and compares health and fire safety concerns as well as quality measures and staffing information. AHCJ has reduced key elements in Nursing Compare data into more manageable formats in Excel spreadsheets. \nInvestigate use of antipsychotics in nursing homes\nThe Boston Globe recently published a series examining overuse of antipsychotic drugs to sedate elderly nursing home residents\, based on never-before-released data on more than 15\,600 nursing homes in the United States\, obtained through a FOIA request from CMS. The Globe is making available to AHCJ members two sets of raw data so that members can do their own analyses of nursing homes in their areas. \nSpecial Focus Facility Initiative\nIn February\, CMS released the most recent list of nursing homes in its Special Focus Facility Initiative. These are homes that “(a) have had a history of serious quality issues and (b) are included in a special program to stimulate improvements in their quality of care.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTranscript of the call\n\nPress release \n\n\nAudio of the call (the recording cuts off after 47 minutes) \n\n\nA replay is available by calling 855-859-2056 or 404-537-3406  and entering conference ID # 11438795. \n\n\nAccessing Medicare.gov’s Compare Tool Data\nIn addition to accessing Medicare.gov‘s Compare tools through our websites (Nursing Home Compare\, Hospital Compare\, Home Health Compare and Dialysis Facility Compare)\, there are other methods available to get and interact with our data. All of the data from the Medicare.gov Compare Tools are available at data.Medicare.gov for online access and reuse. In addition to viewing the data in your browser\, you can download the data in a variety of formats. More importantly\, you can also access the data through an Application Programming Interface\, or API\, which lets you interact in real time with the same data we use to power the Medicare.gov website. \nFor more information about the available APIs\, please visit dev.socrata.com. All data posted to data.medicare.gov are in the public domain and open for reuse. Please note that Medicare.gov does not endorse any third-party tools or resources built with our data. \nAlthough we do not yet have fully mobile-optimized versions of the Medicare.gov Compare Tools in place yet\, we are working toward this goal and will update this information as mobile-optimized enhancements come online. \n\nJoin AHCJ on Thursday\, July 19\, at 11:30 a.m. ET\, for an exclusive members-only conversation with officials from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services about the rollout of major new additions to the Nursing Home Compare and Hospital Compare websites. You won’t want to miss this. \nMany of you are familiar with the Compare websites as sources for information about nursing home citations\, hospital patient satisfaction scores\, as well as mortality and readmission information. CMS has redesigned the sites and will be launching them on Thursday. \nFor you\, the most useful additional information will probably be the addition of actual narrative text of nursing home deficiency reports onto Nursing Home Compare. Those of you who have attended AHCJ conferences or read our tip sheets know how much veteran reporters value inspection reports (often known as 2567 forms) for what goes on behind-the-scenes at health facilities. The information goes beyond what data points reveal. For the first time\, CMS is going to put this information on the web for everyone to read. Previously\, you had to submit a FOIA for this information to CMS or you had to visit a nursing home and ask for them. \nIn addition\, CMS will be posting information about antipsychotic use at every nursing home in the country. The Boston Globe recently ran a series about the variability in use of these drugs across the country. [Read how that story was reported.] The data will help you localize the story to your community/state. \nFinally\, Hospital Compare will be updated to include new metrics on overuse of imaging services\, a topic in the news recently because of the potential for excess radiation. And some data on the Compare sites will be updated. \nTo join the discussion\nYou can test your browser in advance by clicking on this link. \nCall 877-415-5282 and enter conference ID # 11438795 at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday. There will also be a web component to follow along with the presentation. Click here and login as a guest to access that. \nA replay will be available after 12:30 pm ET on July 19 by calling 855-859-2056 or 404-537-3406  and entering conference ID # 11438795. \nThis discussion will include both an on-the-record component with CMS deputy chief medical officer Shari Ling and a background\, technical portion (not to be quoted) with CMS technical experts who can answer nuts-and-bolts questions. \nIf you have any questions\, please send them to charles.ornstein@propublica.org
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/explanation-of-upgrades-to-cms-websites/
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