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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:Healthy Aging Month
DESCRIPTION:Healthy Aging Month is an annual observance focusing national attention on the positive aspects of growing older. The main objective of the month is to encourage local Healthy Aging events that promote taking personal responsibility for one’s health — physically\, socially\, mentally\, and financially. \nFor more information\, contact Carolyn Worthington\, Healthy Aging Network at 610-793-0979 or see the press release here 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/healthy-aging-month/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130907T010000
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SUMMARY:National Assn. of States United for Aging and Disabilities & Nat. Home and Community Based Services
DESCRIPTION:This conference of the National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities and National Home and Community Based Services focuss on innovative federal\, state and local policy and programs for home and community services for older adults and people with disabilities. \nSome topics from the agenda: \n\n\nImplementation of Secretary Sebelius’ 2013 National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease \n\n\nThe Aging & Disability Network Role in Developing Nursing Home Transitions \n\n\nMedicaid 101: Overview of the Program \n\n\nStrategies for Successful Community Supports and Transitions for Individuals Living with Traumatic Brain Injury \n\n\nLessons Learned from Maryland’s TBI Medicaid Waiver \n\n\nNew Delivery Systems for Long Term Services and Supports: How States are Diving into Affordable Care Act Opportunities  \n\n\nPositioning the Older Americans Act Nutrition Program in the HCBS and Long Term Care Service and Support System  \n\n\nProviding HCBS through Managed Care \n\n\nMore information…
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/national-assn-of-states-united-for-aging-and-disabilities-nat-home-and-community-based-services/
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SUMMARY:NPC Luncheon with CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden\, M.D.
DESCRIPTION:Thomas R. Frieden\, M.D.\, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\, will report on the state of our health security at a Tuesday\, Sept. 10\, National Press Club luncheon. Frieden will identify eminent dangers to our health security – superbugs\, disasters\, and leading causes of death – and the assets the nation’s health protection agency can use to thwart them. \n\nThe luncheon will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m. Remarks will begin at 1 p.m.\, followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $21 for Club members and one guest. Tickets are $35 for non-members. \nTickets must be purchased at time of reservation. For questions regarding reservations\, please email reservations@press.org or call (202)662-7501. \nClub members who wish to attend the pre-luncheon reception must RSVP separately to VIPreception@press.org 48 hours before the event. Space may be limited. You must have a paid reservation to the luncheon to attend the VIP reception. \nTo submit a question in advance\, put FRIEDEN in the subject line and email to president@press.org before 10 a.m. the day of the luncheon.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/npc-luncheon-with-cdc-director-thomas-r-frieden-m-d/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130910T010000
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SUMMARY:Atlanta chapter: The CDC and global health with Ron Ballard
DESCRIPTION:The Atlanta chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists will meet 7 p.m. Tuesday evening\, Sept. 10\, at Ri Ra Irish Pub (1080 Peachtree St NE\, Suite 1\, at the corner of Crescent and 12th) in Midtown to hear about the CDC’s role in global health. \nWe’ll hear from Ron Ballard\, Ph.D.\, who is associate director for laboratory science at the CDC Center for Global Health Leadership. \nBallard served as branch chief of the Laboratory Reference and Research Branch within the Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention\, NCHHSTP (formerly within the Division of AIDS\, STD and Tuberculosis Laboratory Research) at CDC for nine years. He joined CDC in 2001. Prior to his CDC career Ballard served on the scientific staff of the Medical Research Council Trachoma Research Unit at the Lister Institute for Preventive Medicine in Chelsea\, London. Ballard later served as Director of the National Reference Centre for STDs at the South African Institute for Medical Research in Johannesburg and Associate Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand. He was the founder\, and past president\, of the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Society of Southern Africa and is a past secretary-general of the International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI). His most recent research interests include development and application of diagnostic and typing tests for STDs\, tropical STDs and STD/HIV interactions. \nThere will be food provided.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/atlanta-chapter-the-cdc-and-global-health-with-ron-ballard/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130910T010000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Helping consumers understand what they will pay in the new marketplaces
DESCRIPTION:The second webinar in the Kaiser Family Foundation’s series looks at insurance rates and plan offerings in the new state-based marketplaces. The co-directors of the Foundation’s Program for the Study of Health Reform and Private Insurance\, Senior Vice President Larry Levitt and Vice President Gary Claxton\, will give a brief presentation on the early reports of rates\, how and why they vary\, and what consumers would pay after taking tax credits into account. They will also answer journalists’ questions about the new insurance market rules taking effect in 2014 and how to interpret insurance rates. \nJournalists who want to register for the Sept. 10 webinar can RSVP by clicking here. Shortly after registering\, each participant will receive a confirmation email that contains information about how to join the webinar.  \nIf you are unable to attend the second webinar\, but would like to receive all future updates on the series\, please email your name and media affiliation to acawebinars@kff.org. You can also use this email to provide feedback and ideas for the series. Throughout the Foundation’s ACA webinar series\, participants are welcome to continue the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #ACA101KFF. \nThe webinar will be 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET\, Sept. 10. \nArchived video from the first webinar\, “What Do Consumers Need to Know About Health Reform’s Changes\,” is available on the Kaiser Family Foundation website.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-helping-consumers-understand-what-they-will-pay-in-the-new-marketplaces/
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