BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Association of Health Care Journalists - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Association of Health Care Journalists X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://healthjournalism.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Association of Health Care Journalists REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160303T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160307T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T161721Z CREATED:20231025T161838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T161721Z UID:24120-1456966800-1457312400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Association of Gerontology in Higher Education Conference DESCRIPTION:This will be a meeting of the educational branch of The Gerontological Society of America with ideas and issues in gerontological and geriatric education. Educators\, clinicians\, administrators\, researchers\, and students share their experiences\, expertise\, and innovations regarding teaching and learning about aging and older persons.  \nContact: Todd Kluss\, tkluss@geron.org; (202) 587-2839 URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/association-of-gerontology-in-higher-education-conference/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160304T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160307T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154342Z CREATED:20231025T161850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154342Z UID:24131-1457053200-1457312400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Media Advisory: Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health DESCRIPTION:Social factors such as education\, access to clean water\, exposure to violence\, and birth place can determine how long and how well a person and his or her descendants will live.  Such social determinants — or the conditions in which people are born\, live\, work\, and age — contribute to disparities in population health status between and within countries.  Educating health professionals about social determinants of health generates awareness about certain potential root causes of ill health and the importance of addressing these determinants in and with communities. \nA new report from the National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering\, and Medicine presents a framework for how to better educate health professionals to address social determinants of health.  \nAdvance copies of A Framework for Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health will be available to reporters only beginning at 3 p.m. EST on Friday\, March 4.  The report is embargoed and not for public release before 11 a.m. EST on Monday\, March 7.  To request a copy\, please contact the Academies’ Office of News and Public Information; tel. 202-334-2138 or e-mail news@nas.edu. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/media-advisory-educating-health-professionals-to-address-the-social-determinants-of-health/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160307T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160307T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150850Z CREATED:20231103T164405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150850Z UID:26189-1457312400-1457312400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:View from CMS: Andy Slavitt talks to AHCJ DESCRIPTION:Recorded webcast\nWatch this webcast \nResources\nAndy Slavitt on Twitter (@ASlavitt) \nThe CMS Blog \n \n\n \nMarch 7\, 3 p.m. ET\nCMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt oversees Medicaid\, Medicare\, Children’s Health Insurance Program and the ACA health insurance exchanges. And he’s deeply involved with CMS efforts to improve value and quality of U.S. health care by changing delivery models and payment incentives. He’s talking to AHCJ members about what’s ahead this year. \nThe webcast will be moderated by Joanne Kenen\, AHCJ’s core topic leader on health reform and health editor at Politico. \n \nAbout the speaker\nAndy Slavitt is the acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services\, where he oversees programs that provide access to health care for 140 million Americans\, including Medicaid\, Medicare\, the Children’s Health Insurance Program\, and the Health Insurance Marketplace. \nSlavitt and the CMS team are focused on improving quality\, health outcomes\, access and affordability while addressing health disparities and protecting program integrity\, including combatting health care fraud. \nSince joining CMS in July 2014 as principal deputy administrator\, Slavitt has worked strengthen the performance of the Health Insurance Marketplace and the success of the 2014 Open Enrollment season. Since taking the role in February\, Slavitt’s focus as acting administrator is on strengthening CMS’s role in helping the health care delivery system meet the evolving needs of consumers by transforming the way care is paid for\, providing the tools to make the system thrive and by fostering simplicity and transparency. \nIn the private sector\, he served as group executive vice president for Optum\, as CEO of OptumInsight and he was founder and CEO of HealthAllies. Prior to that\, he was a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company\, and an investment banker with Goldman Sachs. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/view-from-cms-andy-slavitt-talks-to-ahcj/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160307T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160307T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154341Z CREATED:20231103T164509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154341Z UID:26192-1457312400-1457312400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:IOM Meeting on Health Equity DESCRIPTION:An Institute of Medicine committee holds its second meeting to discuss “Community-Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity.” \nSpeakers at the daylong event include representatives from GE’s Healthymagination\, GW Milken Institute of Public Health\, Texas Southern University and Ohio’s Cuyahoga County Board of Health\, among others. \nThe committee is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of its Culture of Health program. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/iom-meeting-on-health-equity/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR