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SUMMARY:West Coast Payer and Provider Summit to Address Social Determinants of Health for Complex Population
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss this opportunity to gain strategies on ways to identify and engage patients\, align partners\, and establish community-wide networks that help build capacity and meet the basic needs of high-risk individuals. \nWest Coast Payer and Provider Summit to Address Social Determinants of Health for Complex Populations will be live-streamed for those unable to travel to Scottsdale\, Arizona\, for the summit. With our live\, interactive webcast\, you’ll be able to: \n\n\nHear all of the presentations and see the slides live\, while it’s happening \n\n\nParticipate on the Q&A portions of the presentations \n\n\nAvoid the travel and hotel costs\, but still benefit from the event as if you were actually there \n\n\nWebcast Agenda – Tuesday\, June 5 \n\n\n8:00 AM – KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Rethink Care Delivery: A Top-Down\, Analytics-Based Approach to Personalize Care for Disadvantaged Populations \n\n\n8:30 AM – Transform the Health Ecosystem: A Payer-Provider Partnership to Improve Quality and Lower Costs for Children with High-Risk Asthma \n\n\n9:40 AM – Innovative Models that Promote Equity and Improve Population Health \n\n\n10:10 AM – Use Geospatial Analysis and Self-Service Analytics to Identify Social Needs and Develop Community-Based Interventions \n\n\n10:40 AM – Optimize Engagement: Collaborate across Agencies to Significantly Reduce SUD Relapse Rates and Costs \n\n\n11:10 AM – Health Share of Oregon’s Equity First Approach: Strategies to Prevent the Next Generation of High Utilizers \n\n\n1:05 PM – Promote Community Capacity Building\, and Collect and Share Standardized Data for Health-Related Social Needs \n\n\n1:45 PM – PANEL DISCUSSION: Special Needs Plan (SNP) Perspectives on Improving Health Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness in Dual Eligible Populations \n\n\n3:00 PM – Invest in Affordable\, Accessible\, and Supportive Housing Programs to Improve Health Outcomes and Bend the Cost Curve \n\n\n3:40 PM – Mitigate Behavioral Risk Factors and Reduce Readmissions by Integrating SDoH Data into Clinical Workflows
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/west-coast-payer-and-provider-summit-to-address-social-determinants-of-health-for-complex-population/
LOCATION:Florida
CATEGORIES:None
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SUMMARY:Global Health Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The National Academy of Medicine will host a screening of the documentary “Bending the Arc\,” which tells the story of Paul Farmer\, Jim Yong Kim\, Ophelia Dahl\, Todd McCormack\, and Thomas White and the movement they began in the 1980s that changed global health.  They co-founded Partners In Health and a community health model to treat diseases such as tuberculosis & HIV/AIDS that has saved millions of lives in the developing world.  \nThe screening will be followed by a panel discussion on bolstering leadership and investment to conquer today’s pressing global threats\, moderated by Alishya Mayfield\, senior clinical adviser on strategy for Partners In Health\, associate scientist in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital\, and instructor at Harvard Medical School. \nPanelists include: \n·         Deborah Birx\, coordinator of the United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS and U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy \n·         Joanne Carter\, executive director\, RESULTS \n·         Anthony Fauci\, director\, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases \n·         Jim Yong Kim\, president\, World Bank Group \nDETAILS: \nThe event will begin at 3:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday\, June 5\, in the Fred Kavli Auditorium of the National Academy of Sciences building\, 2101 Constitution Ave.\, N.W.\, Washington\, D.C.  A full agenda is available here.  Reporters who wish to attend should contact the Office of News and Public Information at tel. 202-334-2138 or e-mail news@nas.edu. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/global-health-documentary-screening-and-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:Florida
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180606T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T155451Z
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SUMMARY:NAS meeting on incarceration\, wellbeing
DESCRIPTION:The National Academies of Science\, Engineering\, and Medicine (NASEM) hosts a one-day public workshop to consider issues related to how incarceration impacts mental health and substance use disorder\, life expectancy and communities. The Philadelphia-based event\, entitled “The Effects of Incarceration on the Health and Well-Being of People and Communities of Color\,” will not be webcast but a report from the roundtable discussion will be posted online later.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/nas-meeting-on-incarceration-wellbeing/
LOCATION:Florida
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180608T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180608T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T155448Z
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SUMMARY:Overcharged\, Why Americans Pay Too Much for Health Care
DESCRIPTION:At 9 am. the libertarian Cato Institute sponsors two panel discussion marking publication of its new book\, Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much for Health Care. Speakers represent a broad range of perspectives (from former CMS administrator Andy Slavitt to University of Texas’s Charles Silver).  The first panel is called “Misdiagnosis: The Problems Congress Has Ignored\,” and the second is “Mistreatment: Why Obamacare Failed and WHat Will Succeed.” Deputy HHS Secrtary Eric Hargan gives the keynote. \nIn person:  1000 Massachusetts Avenue\, Washington D.C. Register by noon\, Thursday\, June 7 here. \nOnline:  To watch online click here. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/overcharged-why-americans-pay-too-much-for-health-care/
LOCATION:Florida
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180614T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T155447Z
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SUMMARY:NAS workshop on school and health
DESCRIPTION:The National Academies of Science\, Engineering\, and Medicine’s (NASEM) Roundtable on Population Health Improvement hosts a day-long workshop in California on “School Success: An Opportunity for Population Health Action.” The event will focus on metrics in pre-K through 12th grade education that can be useful in the health care sector “given the recognition of education as a key influence on health outcomes and community well-being.” The event will be held at the California Endowment Oakland Conference Center in Oakland.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/nas-workshop-on-school-and-health/
LOCATION:Florida
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180615T010000
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SUMMARY:Deadline: Vote for AHCJ board members
DESCRIPTION:Current board of directors \nResponsibilities\, rights\, restrictions and rewards of serving on AHCJ’s board \nHow to run for the board \nTimeline\nMay 1: Candidacy statements accepted \nMay 14: Statements begin appearing online \nMay 21\, noon CT: Deadline to declare \nJune 4-15: Voting for candidates \nJuly 1: Board takes office \n\nSix of the 12 director positions come up for election each year for two-year terms. Incumbent board members are allowed to run for re-election. \nAHCJ members in the professional category received an email on June 4 with a link allowing them to vote online. The election will be conducted June 4-15 via the internet. \nIf you are a professional category member of AHCJ and haven’t yet voted in the 2018 board elections\, check your email for a ballot from info@healthjournalism.org. The electronic polling closes Friday at noon central time.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/deadline-vote-for-ahcj-board-members/
LOCATION:Florida
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180626T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T155443Z
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SUMMARY:On Background Reporter Briefing: Understanding the VA Mission Act
DESCRIPTION:This event is only for credentialed members of the press. This briefing is on background. \nOn June 6\, 2018\, President Trump signed the VA Mission Act. This is the latest and perhaps the most comprehensive legislative reform on veterans health care since 2014\, when the VA came under intense scrutiny for failing to provide timely and accessible care to veterans. During this on background briefing\, a bipartisan group of staffers from the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees will discuss the latest efforts to modernize and improve health care for veterans\, including expanded access to community care and enhanced interoperability of electronic health records. \nThe panel will consist of a bipartisan group of staffers from the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees. \nMary Ella Payne\, R.N.\, MSPH\, acting president and chief executive officer at the Alliance for Health Policy\, will moderate the discussion. \nJune 26\, 20189-10:30 a.m. (Refreshments and breakfast served at 8:30 a.m.)APCO Worldwide\, 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue\, NW\, Washington\, D.C.Please use the entrance at 12th & E St. \nYou will need to check in with security to enter the building. Please bring your press credentials. Registration will speed your access to the building; please register by 5 p.m. EST on June 25 to ensure availability of event materials.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/on-background-reporter-briefing-understanding-the-va-mission-act/
LOCATION:Florida
CATEGORIES:None
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