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SUMMARY:Marijuana for Medical Professionals 2018
DESCRIPTION:Marijuana for Medical Professionals 2018 offers certified Continuing Medical Education for physicians\, nurses\, and clinicians. Plus\, expert training with CE credit for budtenders\, dispensaries\, MIPS\, and labs. The preliminary program is available here. \nMedia contacts: \nContact Marijuana for Medical Professionals here. \nWHEN/WHERE: \nDate: 10/14/18 – 10/16/18 \nLocation: Marriott Hotel Denver Tech Center\, Denver\, CO \nHow to Attend: \nPress may register by calling 720-588-3737. \nFind more information about the event here.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/marijuana-for-medical-professionals-2018/
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SUMMARY:Affordable Drugs Forum Assembles Nation’s Top Health\, Government Leaders
DESCRIPTION:In response to the dramatic rise in prescription drug spending in recent years and the need to advance discussions around coordinated solutions\, National Academy of Medicine President Victor J. Dzau will host a forum called Affordable Medicines: Access\, Innovation\, and the Public Interest.  The forum will feature a special address by Alex M. Azar II\, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\, and a discussion with the nation’s top health and government leaders\, including: \n\n\nNorman Augustine\, former chairman and CEO\, Lockheed Martin Corp. \n\n\nGail Boudreaux\, president and CEO\, Anthem Inc. \n\n\nBill Cassidy\, U.S. senator (R-La.) \n\n\nKenneth Frazier\, chairman and CEO\, Merck & Co. Inc. \n\n\nJohn O’Brien\, deputy assistant secretary for planning and evaluation\, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services \n\n\nA recent report by the National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering\, and Medicine recommends a number of actions — in areas such as government negotiation of drug prices\, prevention of ‘pay-for-delay’ agreements\, and increased financial transparency — to improve the affordability of prescription drugs without discouraging the development of new and more effective drugs for the future. \nThe forum concludes a daylong scientific symposium during the National Academy of Medicine’s annual meeting\, Cancers: Can We Beat the Odds?\, which features a keynote address by Laurie Glimcher\, president and CEO of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute\, and expert panels on cancer biology\, prevention\, treatment\, and policy.  \nDETAILS: \nThe affordable drugs forum will be held from 4 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. EDT.  \nAll sessions\, including the scientific symposium on cancers\, will take place Monday\, Oct. 15\, at: \nNational Academy of Sciences building2101 Constitution Ave.\, N.W.Washington\, D.C.  \nReporters who wish to attend should register in advance with the Office of News and Public Information; tel. 202-334-2138 or e-mail news@nas.edu.  \nThose who cannot attend in person can watch a live webcast here.  For more information and the full agenda for the annual meeting\, visit here.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/affordable-drugs-forum-assembles-nationaes-top-health-government-leaders/
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SUMMARY:Health Affairs Forum: Improving care for Californians
DESCRIPTION:On the heels of our September 2018 issue\, “California: Leading The Way?\,” Health Affairs will return to Sacramento on Monday\, October 15\, for a special event.  \nAs Californians prepare for new leadership to address challenges both new and old\, this is the perfect time to survey California’s health policy landscape and examine topics including: purchasing for value and quality\, addressing social determinants and integrating care\, and the pros and cons of consolidation. \nConfirmed speakers are: \n\n\nBradley Gilbert\, Chief Executive Officer\, Inland Empire Health Plan \n\n\nSandra Hernández\, President and CEO\, California Health Care Foundation \n\n\nPeter Long\, President and CEO\, Blue Shield of California Foundation \n\n\nElliott Main\, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medical Director\, California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative\, Stanford University School of Medicine \n\n\nTricia McGinnis\, Senior Vice President\, Center for Health Care Strategies \n\n\nJeff Rideout\, President and CEO\, Integrated Health Care Association \n\n\nRichard Scheffler\, Distinguished Chair Emeritus in Healthcare Markets and Consumer Welfare\, University of California\, Berkeley \n\n\nChristopher Whaley\, Associate Policy Researcher\, RAND Corporation \n\n\nAlan R. Weil\, Editor in Chief\, Health Affairs \n\n\nOthers to be announced  \n\n\nDATE: Monday\, Oct. 15\, 2018 \nTIME: 9 a.m. (Pacific) \nPLACE: Citizen Hotel 926 J Street  Sacramento\, California 95814 \nRSVP Today.\nHealth Affairs is grateful to the California Health Care Foundation and Blue Shield of California Foundation for their generous support of the event. \nLive Webcast details to be announced. \nTwitter: Follow Live Tweets from the briefing @Health_Affairs\, and join in the conversation with #CAHealth.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/health-affairsa-forum-improving-care-for-californians/
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SUMMARY:16th Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
DESCRIPTION:This summit has the ambition to bring together a multi-disciplinary group of scientists from all over the globe to present and share most recent advances in major areas of toxicology and applied pharmacology. The Summit will be an excellent occasion for the participants to make new acquaintances and strengthen international networking and research collaboration. As always\, the Organizing Committee is sincerely making full efforts to feature wide-ranging scientific program to ensure that you are up-to-date with the latest developments in current research in general fields of rapidly growing pharmacological science. Special attention will be paid to new and promising technologies\, predictive in-vitro toxicology increasing R&D to detect toxicity at early stages. The preliminary program is available here. \nMedia contacts: \nEmail: toxicology@toxicologyconferences.org \nPhone: 1-888-843-8169 \nHow to Attend: \nPress may register by sending an email to toxicology@toxicologyconferences.org. \nFind more information about the event here.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/16th-global-summit-on-toxicology-and-applied-pharmacology/
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SUMMARY:Medicare Open Enrollment
DESCRIPTION:CMS has an FAQ on its website which explains how to change plans\, purchase part D/prescription drug coverage and other eligibility rules. It might be a good time for reporters to think about doing a story on what’s changed\, what’s the same and how rates/coverage may differ due to various CMS budget changes. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/medicare-open-enrollment/
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