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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:20130926T010000
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SUMMARY:Philadelphia chapter: Fetal surgery expert event at CHOP
DESCRIPTION:Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is hosting a Philadelphia chapter meeting for the Association of Health Care Journalists on Thursday\, Sept. 26 from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. \nThe focus is on fetal surgery\, a field that has delivered big changes in spina bifida treatment and other complex conditions diagnosed before birth. \nThe sessions will kick off at 5:55 pm with a Welcome-Intro from Dr. Scott Adzick\, CHOP’s Surgeon-in-Chief\, and at 6:05 pm\, we go to breakout groups\, enabling us to rotate through six short presentations. \nLocationAbramson Pediatric Research Center Lobby3615 Civic Center BoulevardPhiladelphia\, PA 19104http://www.research.chop.edu/about/map-directions \nJournalists should rsvp with Ashley Moore at:moorea1@email.chop.edu \nHere’s a breakdown of the six presenters: \n1. N. Scott Adzick\, MD – Surgeon-in-Chief and Director\, Center for Fetal Diagnosis and TreatmentTopic: Open Fetal Surgery – Overview of the fetal surgery – what conditions are being treated today and what is on the horizon (specifically research underway to eventually replace open fetal surgery for spina bifida with a more minimally invasive approach).Location: Fetal surgery operating room \n2. Mark P. Johnson\, MD – Obstetrical Director\, Center for Fetal Diagnosis and TreatmentTopic: Minimally Invasive Fetal Surgery what is currently happening and what is on the horizon.Location: SDU Conference Room (lots of videos in this presentation) \n3. Lori J. Howell\, MS\, RN (Executive Director\, Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment) and Lynne Garbose (CHOP board member and benefactor of CHOP’s Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit (SDU)). \nTopic: Lynne will share her personal story with having a baby with the birth defect\, Lori will discuss why the SDU was created and how we are Now seeing better outcomes for babies with birth defects because of it (these papers will all be published in peer reviewed journals over the next year or so).Location: SDU Waiting area \n4. Alan W. Flake\, MD — Attending Fetal and Pediatric Surgeon and Director\, Center for Fetal ResearchTopic: A potential prenatal cure for sickle cell  — Dr. Flake is positioned to start a clinical trial in the next few years for his work to prenatally cure sickle cell disease via stem cell injection. He will give a preview of his work.Location: Abramson Library on 11th Floor \n5. Julie S. Moldenhauer\, MD (Medical Director of the Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit) and Joanna C.M. Cole\, PhD (Clinical Psychologist for the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment)Topic: CHOP is the first fetal program to have a dedicated clinical psychologist who just specializes on mothers caring babies with birth defects. Joanna in currently conducting several studies about the psychological aspects of this fetal medicine. She and Julie will preview their work. \n6. Holly L. Hedrick\, MD and Marcus Davey\, PhD – Topic: Fetal Medicine Research Overview. Marcus runs our Center for Fetal Research lab and Holly Hedrick is an attending fetal and pediatric surgeon. They will partner to talk about some of the other exciting reach happening in the lab\, as well as how that translates to clinical research and then long term outcomes/follow up research. This presentation will preview a new fetal surgery procedure CHOP expects to launch in the next year or so for congenital diaphragmatic hernia.Location: In the center for fetal research lab
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/philadelphia-chapter-fetal-surgery-expert-event-at-chop/
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SUMMARY:Advanced Old Age In America: What Can We Count On?
DESCRIPTION:The Altarum Institute’s Center for Elder Care and Advanced Illness roundtable features an all-star lineup of gerontologists\, policy analysts\, nonprofit and political stakeholders.  \nExperts on aging will debate a wide range of issues\, including costs\, social service needs\, caregiver shortage\, needs of elderly experiencing cognitive decline\, policy strategies and the role of local coalitions\, commissions\, and communities in our aging nation. \nFor those who can’t make it in person\, the roundtable is also available via live webcast (register in advance).
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/advanced-old-age-in-america-what-can-we-count-on/
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SUMMARY:Federal exchanges: News briefing for regional and local reporters
DESCRIPTION:A recording of this news briefing is now available. Click here.\nIf you work in one of the states that is not developing its own health insurance exchange\, here is your chance to get the scoop on the federal exchange or ones operated through federal state partnerships. This phone-web conference\, sponsored by AHCJ\, will give you direct access to question and quote officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services who are involved in developing this critical aspect of Obamacare. Up to 100 AHCJ members can access the conference via their computers – attendance will be first come\, first served. Questions will be submitted during the conference and an AHCJ moderator will pose them to the CMS officials for on-the-record answers. \n\nGary Cohen\, deputy administrator and director\, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight\nJulie Bataille\, director\, CMS Office of Communications\nModerator: Tony Leys\, health care reporter\, The Des Moines Register\n\n1:30-2 p.m. Eastern time\, Thursday\, Sept. 26.\nGary Cohen joined CMS in August as deputy administrator and director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO). Cohen returned to CMS to lead the implementation of a major component of the ACA from his most recent position as chief counsel to the California Health Benefit Exchange Board. Previously\, Cohen was the director of the Oversight Group at CCIIO\, responsible for implementation\, compliance and enforcement of the market rules\, medical loss ratio\, and rate review provisions. In previous positions\, he served as deputy commissioner and general counsel for the California Department of Insurance\, chief of staff to then-Congressman John Garamendi and general counsel of the California Public Utilities Commission. \n  \n  \nJulie Bataille leads strategic communications efforts for federal programs delivering health care to millions of Americans. She oversees communications planning\, marketing\, creative services\, web strategy\, media relations and call center operations. Before joining CMS\, Bataille was the associate vice president of communications for Georgetown University. She served as deputy director of communications for Vice President Gore and the Gore 2000 Presidential Campaign and was press Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education. She was an assistant press secretary at the White House during the Clinton administration and began her career in the office of then-Sen. Joe Biden. \n  \n  \nTony Leys is a health care reporter at The Des Moines Register\, where he has worked since 1988. He was a 2011-12 AHCJ Regional Health Journalism Fellow.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/federal-exchanges-news-briefing-for-regional-and-local-reporters/
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