Private Healthcare Exchanges Conference
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.
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Events for November 19, 2013
Ongoing
Hospice / Palliative Care Month
This observance focuses on raising awareness about care for the 1.5 million patients each year who receive care from hospices in the United States.
IOM workshop: Impact of the ACA on U.S. preparedness resources and programs
This workshop will examine how the changes to the health system as a result of the ACA may impact the medical and public health preparedness programs across the nation, and how the ACA provisions may be leveraged to strengthen the resilience of the medical and public health preparedness systems.
AHIP Operations and Technology Forum
During the AHIP Operations and Technology Forum health plan executives will outline the operational and technical challenges health plans in the health insurance marketplaces. The forum is sponsored by the Association of Health Insurance Plans. Speakers will outline strategies health plans are using to market plans on the exchanges and the methods used increase consumer engagement. Among the feature speakers will be Steven Brill, author of the cover story for Time magazine in March, “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us,” and Judith Hibbard, a senior researcher and professor emerita at the University of Oregon, who has worked on the Patient Activation Measure (PAM), which health plans use to characterize how engaged patients are in their care.
Data release: Dementia Special Care Units in Residential Care Communities
The National Center for Health Statistics will release data on Dementia Special Care Units in Residential Care Communities from the 2010 National Survey of Residential Care Facilities.
Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting
GSA’s Annual Scientific Meeting brings together more than 4,000 people in the field of aging to participate in more than 400 scientific sessions including symposia, paper, and poster presentations.
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