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:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181015T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181207T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155322Z CREATED:20231025T162138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155322Z UID:24324-1539565200-1544144400@healthjournalism.org 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/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181101T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181130T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155309Z CREATED:20231025T162129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155309Z UID:24318-1541034000-1543539600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:National Family Caregivers Month DESCRIPTION:Supported by the Caregiver Action Network\, a recognizes and honors family caregivers across the country. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/national-family-caregivers-month-3/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181101T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181130T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155310Z CREATED:20231025T162129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155310Z UID:24319-1541034000-1543539600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:National Hospice and Palliative Care Month DESCRIPTION:Supported by National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO); designed to raise awareness of and educate the public and health care providers about these care options. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/national-hospice-and-palliative-care-month-2/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181101T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181215T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155309Z CREATED:20231025T162139Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155309Z UID:24325-1541034000-1544835600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:ACA open enrollment DESCRIPTION:The 2019 Open Enrollment Period runs from Thursday\, November 1\, 2018\, to Saturday\, December 15\, 2018. \nConsumers must act by December 15. If they don’t\, they can’t get 2019 coverage unless they qualify for a Special Enrollment Period. Plans sold during Open Enrollment start January 1\, 2019. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/aca-open-enrollment/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181129T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181129T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155256Z CREATED:20231103T174044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155256Z UID:26514-1543453200-1543453200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Medicaid Expansion and ACA Enrollment for 2019 DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast\nSara Collins’ presentation\n\nEnrollment Snapshot: Week 4\nCMS Administrator Discusses Initiatives to Strengthen Health Insurance Markets\nWith elections behind us\, what to expect for the health reform landscape\nTrump administration has put its stamp on this year’s open enrollment\nBetter health seen for many ACA markets\nAHCJ core topic on health reform\nThe Commonwealth Fund\n\n \nCoverage of Arkansas work requirement\n\n\nMedicaid advocate criticizes Arkansas Works’ email-only reporting for work requirements \n\n\nSome working poor may still lose Medicaid under Arkansas’s new work requirements\, study finds \n\n\nARChoices rule blocked: DHS action on home-care program was ‘calculated disobedience’ of court order\, judge says \n\n\nFirst\, get a job: Arkansas’s Medicaid work requirements begin \n\n\nScrubbed from the system: Why Medicaid enrollment has dropped by almost 60\,000 people in 18 months \n\n\nWork requirement bars over 4\,000 from receiving Medicaid coverage \n\n\nAssisted living facilities warn 21.7 percent rate cut will force closures \n\n\nWhen Arkansas Works doesn’t: Red tape and a confusing website cut off health insurance for thousands of working people \n\n\nIs Arkansas’s work requirement rule working? \n\n\nPush pause on Arkansas’s Medicaid work requirement\, federal oversight panel says \n\n\nArkansas’s health insurance rates remain low\, compared to neighbors \n\n\n\nNov. 29\, 2 p.m. ET\nWe will take a look at the Medicaid expansion landscape for 2019\, after the midterm elections\, changes in state government and ballot initiatives. What has to happen next? And what will it take for the holdout states to finally change. We also will review what’s known about ACA enrollment by the end of November. \n\n\nModerator: Joanne Kenen\, AHCJ core topic leader on health reform \n\n\nSara R. Collins\, Ph.D.\, vice president\, health care coverage & access\, The Commonwealth Fund \n\n\nSara R. Collins\, Ph.D.\, (@SaraCollins_) an economist\, joined The Commonwealth Fund in 2002 and has led its national program on health insurance since 2005. She has led several national surveys on health insurance\, authored numerous reports on health insurance coverage and policy\, and has testified before Congress. Earlier\, she was associate director/senior research associate at the New York Academy of Medicine\, Division of Health and Science Policy. She also was an editor at U.S. News and World Report. She holds an A.B. in economics from Washington University and a Ph.D. in economics from George Washington University. \n\nSara Collins \n\n\nJoanne Kenen URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/medicaid-expansion-and-aca-enrollment-for-2019/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181129T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181129T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155255Z CREATED:20231103T174138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155255Z UID:26532-1543453200-1543453200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:CMS Administrator Verma addresses the American Legislative Exchange Council DESCRIPTION:Nov. 29\, 12:15 p.m.Grand Hyatt Hotel \nCMS Administrator Seema Verma will address the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) on state flexibility\, insurance affordability and new state waivers. \nTo attend in person\, send name\, title\, outlet\, email and phone number to atarnawski@alec.org. \nIt will be broadcast on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/alec.states/ \nCMS will hold a background call after the speech on the waivers. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/cms-administrator-verma-addresses-thea-american-legislative-exchange-council/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181129T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181130T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155254Z CREATED:20231025T162141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155254Z UID:24328-1543453200-1543539600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Bloomberg American Health Summit DESCRIPTION:The inaugural two-day Summit\, occurring just weeks after the midterm elections\, will bring together innovators from across the country who are creatively working to tackle some of the nation’s most pressing public health challenges. \nThe 2018 Summit theme is “From Local Action to National Impact: Overcoming Challenges and Improving Health\,” and will look ahead to the creative solutions necessary to address these challenges in a nonpartisan fashion. Speakers include: \n\n\nMichael R. Bloomberg\, founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies and WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases; \n\n\nJoshua M. Sharfstein\, MD\, director of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative; \n\n\nPennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf;  \n\n\nLeana Wen\, MD\, President of Planned Parenthood;  \n\n\nGina McCarthy\, Professor of the Practice of Public Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and former EPA Administrator;   \n\n\nMarion Nestle\, Paulette Goddard Professor and Professor Emerita\, Nutrition and Food Studies\, New York University\, and author;  \n\n\nMichael Botticelli; executive director of the Grayken Center for Addiction at the Boston Medical Center and former Director of National Drug Control Policy \n\n\n— and more to be confirmed. \nThe Summit is organized by the Bloomberg American Health Initiative\, created in 2016 with a $300 million gift to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The Initiative works to apply public health tools and strategies to five critical challenges facing American communities — Addiction and Overdose; Environmental Challenges; Risks to Adolescent Health; Violence; and Obesity and the Food System. \nAdditional details are included below: \n\n\nBloomberg American Health Summit\, hosted by the Bloomberg American Health Initiative\, a program of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. \n\n\nNov. 29-30\, 2018\, at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington\, D.C. \n\n\nTo RSVP or for questions about the Summit\, please contact Dori Henry at 410-614-2564\, or dhenry21@jhu.edu. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/bloomberg-american-health-summit/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR