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SUMMARY:Sugar\, salt & supplements: Sorting the science
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, March 17; 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET \nHaving trouble keeping up with the “do’s and don’t’s” of consuming sodium\, sugar\, vitamins and other supplements? You’re not alone. This panel of Harvard experts will help explain the latest thinking on the nutritional science and provide some guidance on steps consumers can take to improve their diets. The panel also will take a look at some important policy dimensions to help American adults and children eat nutritionally sound\, affordable meals. \nWatch at  ForumHSPH.org. E-mail your questions any time before or during the live webcast to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu. There will be live-tweeting from @ForumHSPH. Tweet your questions and comments using the hash tag #forumhsph. Or\, join the live chat\, which will begin shortly before the panel discussion. \nEXPERT PARTICIPANTS\n\n\nDariush Mozaffarian\, Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School\, and Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology\, Harvard School of Public Health \n\n\nJoAnn Manson\, Chief\, Division of Preventive Medicine\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Professor in the Department of Epidemiology\, Harvard School of Public Health; and Study Director of the VITamin and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL) \n\n\nFrank Hu\, Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology\, Harvard School of Public Health\, and Professor of Medicine\, Harvard Medical School and Channing Lab\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital \n\n\nMODERATOR\n\n\nAmanda Chan\, Senior Editor\, Health News\, The Huffington Post \n\n\nBackground reading:\n\n\nHSPH Nutrition Source\, Harvard School of Public Health \n\n\nHSPH Obesity Prevention Source\, Harvard School of Public Health \n\n\nWHO Opens Public Consultation on Draft Sugars Guideline\, World Health Organization \n\n\nVitamin\, Mineral\, and Multivitamin Supplements for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer\, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force \n\n\nWhat Is the DASH Eating Plan\, National Heart\, Lung and Blood Institute \n\n\nEating Healthy vs. Unhealthy Diet Costs about $1.50 More per Day\, Harvard School of Public Health Press Release \n\n\nPresented by The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health in collaboration with The Huffington Post.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/sugar-salt-supplements-sorting-the-science/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140313T010000
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SUMMARY:Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Nutrition Interventions Across the Continuum of Care
DESCRIPTION:Optimal nutrition across the continuum of care plays a key role in the short- and long-term clinical and economic outcomes of patients. Nutrition interventions have the potential to provide cost-effective preventive care and treatment measures. However\, limited data exists on the economics and impact evaluations of these interventions. \nOn March 13\, nutrition and health system researchers and practitioners\, economists and policymakers will gather to discuss emerging research on nutrition health economics\, the role of nutrition interventions across the continuum of care\, and how nutrition can affect health care costs. \nThe conference is presented jointly by the Abbott Nutrition Health Institute\, The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science\, and the New York Academy of Sciences. www.nyas.org/NutritionInterventions \nIf you are a member of the media and would like to cover the event\, contact Diana Friedman dfriedman@nyas.org.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/clinical-and-economic-outcomes-of-nutrition-interventions-across-the-continuum-of-care/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140311T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140311T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160202Z
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SUMMARY:The Supreme Court and Contraceptive Coverage: Legal and Policy Implications
DESCRIPTION:Later this month\, the Supreme Court will hear two cases from for-profit corporations\, Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties\, challenging the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement to cover contraceptives on religious grounds. On Tuesday\, March 11\, two weeks before the hearings\, the Kaiser Family Foundation will host a public briefing and panel discussion from 9:30am-11:00am ET in its Washington\, DC office to discuss the implications of these court cases on the ACA\, corporate and individual religious protections\, and civil rights. \nWelcome and Introduction \n• Alina Salganicoff\, Ph.D. (Moderator)\,Vice President and Director\, Women’s Health Policy\, Kaiser Family Foundation \nAn Overview of the Contraceptive Coverage Requirement and Legal Challenges \n• Laurie Sobel\, J.D.\, Senior Policy Analyst\, Women’s Health Policy\, Kaiser Family Foundation \nThe Religious Freedom Restoration Act and its Application to These Cases \n• Marci A. Hamilton\, J.D.\, Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law\, Yeshiva University \nPossible Rulings and Outcomes \n• Tom Goldstein\, J.D.\, Publisher SCOTUS blog\, Partner Goldstein & Russell\, P.C. \nPanel Discussion on Implications \n  \nWhen: Tuesday\, Mar 11\, 9:30 -11:00 a.m. EST \n(Registration and breakfast beginning at 9 a.m.) \nWhere: Barbara Jordan Conference Center \nKaiser Family Foundation Offices \n1330 G Street\, NW \nWashington\, D.C. \n(one block west of Metro Center) \nRSVP: Please register online to attend this event in person.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-supreme-court-and-contraceptive-coverage-legal-and-policy-implications/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140311T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T160203Z
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SUMMARY:Sixth Annual Leadership Summit on Consumerism Through Health Plan Innovation
DESCRIPTION:Attendees at this conference will hear how health plans are developing new ways to retain existing members and expand their market share by adopting retail marketing strategies and consumer engagement tools. \n \nPress credentials are available.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/sixth-annual-leadership-summit-on-consumerism-through-health-plan-innovation/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140307T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T154459Z
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SUMMARY:AHIP's Health Insurance Exchanges Forum
DESCRIPTION:AHIP’s Health Insurance Exchanges Forum \nIn the first two sessions of this forum\, speakers will address enrollment trends in exchanges. The first speaker\, Paul Mango (director\, health care systems and services\, for McKinsey & Company)\, will speak about enrollment trends in exchanges and who has signed up in the marketplaces\, which products these individuals chose and what they were charged. The second speaker will be Diana Dooley\, secretary of the California Health & Human Services Agency\, who will focus on the state”based exchanges and what strategies insures should consider for enrollment in 2015.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ahips-health-insurance-exchanges-forum/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140305T010000
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SUMMARY:Meetup for New York City health writers
DESCRIPTION:The first Wednesday of March\, we’re hosting the NYC health writers meetup. The goal is to create a community where we can network\, chat about healthcare science/policy\, and\, of course\, drink… to your health!  \nThis time we’re trying out a new place: Houston Hall at 6:30 p.m. Facebook RSVPs are appreciated\, as they help the bar staff itself accordingly. Please bring along anyone you think might be interested. \n  \nContact: Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato\, Everyday Health\, senior editor
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/meetup-for-new-york-city-health-writers/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140303T010000
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SUMMARY:National "Virtual" Summit on Maternity Care Payment Reform
DESCRIPTION:This webinar-based conference from the Catalyst for Payment Reform is open to AHCJ members\, providers\, employers\, nonprofit leaders\, and other health policy experts. CPR will waive the registration fee for AHCJ members. \nThe topic of payment reform for maternity care is an area of concern because childbirth is costly and the quality is uneven\, CPR says. Experts will discuss strategies to improve maternity care quality\, non-payment for early elective deliveries\, and other payment reform initiatives from health plans. Details and registration information are available on the CPR website. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/national-virtual-summit-on-maternity-care-payment-reform/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140228T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140228T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160207Z
CREATED:20231103T154355Z
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SUMMARY:Deadline for Harvard Medical School’s media fellowship program
DESCRIPTION:Application Deadline: Feb. 28\n\n\n\n\n\nHarvard Medical School’s media fellowship program is entering its seventeenth season. This spring’s two fellowship programs are “The Eyes (and Ears) Have It: Sensory biology and its promise for patients” (March 31 – April 4) and “Trauma: Mending cells\, bodies and minds” (May 5 – 9). Descriptions of each program can be found online. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nReporters are invited to choose one of these programs and apply. Three applicants will be chosen for each program. \nFor a one-week period\, three fellows will visit researchers at the medical school and at its affiliated teaching hospitals and research institutes\, meeting with a broad spectrum of faculty and other stakeholders. Although reporters will attend as a group\, prior to arrival we will work with each fellow to cater to any individual interests and the interests of their media outlet and tailor the experience within the broader theme. \nThe application process is simple: just email me three to five relevant clips and two to three paragraphs detailing what you want to take away from the fellowship. In addition\, please state that you have license from your editor\, or usual freelance clients\, to cover the topic generically in the future. (You are not obligated to cover Harvard’s work in the area\, just the field as a whole.) \nApplications are due Friday\, February 28\, 2014. We plan to notify successful applicants very soon afterward. Harvard Medical School will pay for participants’ lodging and meals (but not travel to and from Boston).These fellowships are offered as educational opportunities on a background basis. We do not monitor or “gate-keep” fellows’ contact with faculty throughout the program. \nContact: David Cameron\, Director of Science Communications\, Harvard Medical Schooldavid_cameron@hms.harvard.edu\,  617-432-0441
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/deadline-for-harvard-medical-schoolaes-media-fellowship-program/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140227T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T160208Z
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SUMMARY:Expanding freelance options: Grant writing
DESCRIPTION:Join the Association for Health Care Journalists for the first in what is hoped to be a series of programs over the next couple of years\, pinpointing new options for freelancers to use their journalistic skills to make a living. \nDate: Thursday\, Feb. 27 \nTime: 6-8 p.m. (Light meal available 6-6:30 p.m.) \nLocation: The Open Office2843 Washington Blvd.Cleveland Heights\, OH 44118 \nFreelancers in the Cleveland-Akron area have many opportunities to do grant writing. Locally\, grant writers are in demand by health-care organizations\, disease-specific organizations and health-welfare focused charities\, organizations and/or groups. \nThree local experts will share “been-there\, done-that” insights and anecdotes about \n\n\nwhat it takes to recognize your transferrable grant writing skills \n\n\nwhat it takes to make the mind-shift needed to be a successful grant writer; \n\n\ntips\, tricks and strategies for successful grant writing (which is a lot more collaborative and iterative than you might think); \n\n\nnavigating the non-profit landscape; and \n\n\nhow to position and market yourself as a grant writer. \n\n\nPresenters include: \nSandy Erlanger\, senior development officer at University Hospitals \nTopics: What she does on a daily basis as a grant writer\, including working with colleagues (grant writing is often a team process)\, dealing with those for whom grants are being written as well as the funders to whom proposals are sent\, and the iterative process that grant proposals go through. \nSusan Ackerman\, chair\, Health Policy and Planning\, Center for Community Solutions \nTopics: The many health- and human welfare-focused organizations and agencies Northeast Ohio; the kinds of grants they will be seeking (based on the Center’s respected research); areas/topics of interest to grant funders — and therefore grant writers. \nKim St. John-Stevenson\, Principal\, InkPlusLLC and a former grant administrator at the St. Luke’s Foundation \nTopics: The mechanics of grant writing (and why every grant form/format is different); the mind-shift that journalists must make to pursue freelance opportunities in grant writing; and tips and strategies for marketing yourself as a grant writer. \nThe panel will be followed by a Q&A period. \nPlease contact Eileen Beal (eojb@visn.net or 216-320-1358) to register a space (and so she and co-chapter chair\, Carrie Buchanan\, journalism instructor at JCU\, will know how much food to order).
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/expanding-freelance-options-grant-writing/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140226T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T160209Z
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SUMMARY:Accountable Care Organizations and Provider Integration Under Health Care Reform Online
DESCRIPTION:The teleconference will take place 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT on Feb 26. Sarah Swank\, a lawyer with the Health Law Group of Ober Kaler\, a law firm in Baltimore\, will present a live teleconference online on Feb. 26 at 11 am on provider integration for accountable care organizations\, an important issue for health care journalists covering how hospitals and physician groups are joining together to improve care delivery and yet not run afoul of antitrust laws.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/accountable-care-organizations-and-provider-integration-under-health-care-reform-online/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140206T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T160214Z
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SUMMARY:Women's Health Under The Affordable Care Act
DESCRIPTION:The Kaiser Family Foundation Foundation is hosting a webinar for journalists to look at how the law affects women’s access to health coverage and care. \n“Women’s Health Under the Affordable Care Act” will be Feb. 6\, 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET. \nNow that the ACA’s coverage expansions are in effect\, the Foundation’s latest webinar takes a look at how the law affects women’s access to health coverage and care. The Kaiser Family Foundation’s Alina Salganicoff\, Vice President and Director of Women’s Health Policy\, and Laurie Sobel\, Senior Policy Analyst\, will give a brief presentation on how the ACA expands access to coverage and preventive care for women\, and how these elements of the law are being implemented. The webinar will also review current legal issues related to the contraceptive coverage requirement as well as state and federal policies affecting insurance coverage of abortion. Most of the webinar will be devoted to a question and answer session with journalists. \nResources for the webinar include Foundation briefs\, “Health Reform: Implications for Women’s Access to Coverage and Care\,” “Coverage for Abortion Services and the ACA” and “A Guide to the Supreme Court’s Review of the Contraceptive Coverage Requirement.”  \nTo register for the webinar\, click this link. If you are unable to attend the webinar\, but would like to receive future updates on the series\, please email your name and media affiliation to acawebinars@kff.org. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/womens-health-under-the-affordable-care-act/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140205T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140205T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160215Z
CREATED:20231103T154356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160215Z
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SUMMARY:"Drink to Your Health" Meetup
DESCRIPTION:The Everyday Health editorial team is hosting another drink night for health journos at the White Horse Tavern. The goal is to create a community where we can share ideas and\, of course\, drink to our health! \nWednesday\, Feb. 5\, 6:30 p.m. EST \nReally hope you can make it and help us spread the word.  \nFacebook RSVPs are appreciated as they help the bar staff itself accordingly.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/drink-to-your-health-meetup/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140205T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140205T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160215Z
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SUMMARY:Webcast: Battling Drug-Resistant Superbugs
DESCRIPTION:The CDC estimates that at least 2 million people become infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria each year and at least 23\,000 people die annually from these infections. Additional risks are posed from other types of organisms once sensitive to antimicrobial medicines and now resistant. This Forum event will examine the public health menace posed by antimicrobial resistance and the steps to be undertaken to fight the “superbugs.” Presented in collaboration with PRI’s The World and WGBH. \nFeb. 512:30 PM – 1:30 p.m. ETWatch at ForumHSPH.org \n E-mail questions for the expert participants any time before or during the live webcast to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu. The Forum will accommodate as many questions as we can from the media and online and in-person audiences. \n Expert Participants \n\nMarc Lipsitch\, Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics\, Harvard School of Public Health\nAaron Kesselheim\, Director\, Program on Regulation\, Therapeutics\, and Law\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital\nStuart Levy\, President of Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics and Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine\nBeth Bell\, Director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases\, CDC\n\nModerator \n\nDavid Baron\, Health & Science Editor\, PRI’s The World\n\n Participate During The Live Webcast \n Join the live comments\, which will be featured on The Forum’s Battling Drug-Resistant Superbugs web page. We’ll also be live-tweeting from @ForumHSPH. Tweet your questions and comments using #superbugsrise. \nPresented in Collaboration with PRI’s The World and WGBHPart of The Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies \nContact: Marge Dwyer\, 617-432-8416\, mhdwyer@hsph.harvard.edu
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-battling-drug-resistant-superbugs/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140131T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140131T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160217Z
CREATED:20231103T154352Z
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SUMMARY:Media-Only Breakfast on Health Insurance Exchanges
DESCRIPTION:Where We Are Now? State of Exchanges and Enrollment\nSusan Dentzer\, senior policy adviser to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – and on-air analyst for the PBS NewsHour – will convene an informal\, news media-only discussion on states’ progress in implementing health insurance exchanges. The discussion will include an update on states’ 2013-14 enrollment efforts and exchanges’ role in transforming the health insurance market. \nSpeakers: \n\n\nChristine Ferguson\, Director – Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange \n\n\nAudrey Haynes\, Secretary – Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services \n\n\nHeather Howard\, Director – State Health Reform Assistance Network \n\n\nMila Kofman\, Executive Director – DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority \n\n\nPeter Lee\, Executive Director – Covered California \n\n\nDate: Jan. 31 \nTime: 9–10 a.m. (Breakfast available at 8:30 a.m.) \nLocation:  National Press Club\, Fourth Estate Room                    529 14th St NW\, Washington\, DC 20045 \nRSVP: Please reserve your space by replying to Genevieve Rupp at grupp@gymr.com\, 202-745-5118. \nThis discussion is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/media-only-breakfast-on-health-insurance-exchanges/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140129T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140129T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160219Z
CREATED:20231103T154354Z
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SUMMARY:Meet the Editors: Science & Medicine
DESCRIPTION:A panel of featured editors opens the event. A reception follows\, where writers\, panelists and more editors can mingle and talk shop. The evening aims to foster new connections between editors and writers covering science\, medicine and related areas. \nPanel: \n\n\nScott Armstrong\, The Christian Science Monitor \n\n\nDavid Corcoran\, New York Times \n\n\nTim De Chant\, Nova Online \n\n\nMark Fiscetti\, Scientific American \n\n\nGideon Gil\, Boston Globe \n\n\nSusannah Locke\, Popular Science \n\n\nMichael Reilly\, New Scientist \n\n\nPanel moderator: Carey Goldberg\, WBUR CommonHealth \n\n\nRegister online by noon on Jan. 24. \nFees:  \n\n\n$15 for NESW members \n\n\n$15 for editors seeking writers \n\n\n$25 for nonmember guests \n\n\nWhen: \nJan. 29 at Northeastern University Visitors Center\, Boston \n5:30 p.m. – Pre-event schmoozing6-8:30 p.m. – Panel presentation and discussion\, followed by reception to meet and chat with editors \nLocation: The Northeastern University Visitors Center is easy to reach near the main campus entrance — a half block from the “E” Green Line Northeastern subway and two blocks from the Ruggles station (commuter rail and orange line service). Detailed directions for driving and public transportation\, as well as free parking permits\, will be sent in the registration confirmation email.  \nOrganized by Noelle Swan\, Angela Herring\, Deborah Halber\, and Carol Cruzan Morton. Thanks to Northeastern University for hosting the event and reception. \nAnnouncement from the New England Science Writers: \nWeb site/blog: http://neswonline.com \nFacebook: http://facebook.com/NEsciWriters \nTwitter: @NEsciWriters
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/meet-the-editors-science-medicine/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140122T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140122T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154501Z
CREATED:20231103T154325Z
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SUMMARY:The Affordable Care Act's Insurance Marketplaces: What's the Experience So Far?
DESCRIPTION:In this Commonwealth Fund–sponsored webinar on the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces\, hosted by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute\, experts working with the three marketplace models — federal\, partnership and state — will assess progress in their states.  \nWhen: Wed.\, Jan. 22\, 2:00–3:30 p.m.\, Eastern  \nWho: \n\n\nErin Klug\, health insurance exchange program manager\, Arizona Department of Insurance \n\n\nJennifer Koehler\, J.D.\, director\, Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace \n\n\nMichael Marchand\, director of communications\, Washington Health Benefit Exchange \n\n\nThe moderator will be Kevin Lucia\, J.D.\, project director of the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms.  \n In addition\, Sara Collins\, Ph.D.\, vice president for coverage and access at The Commonwealth Fund\, and Sarah Dash\, a research faculty member at the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute\, will address the national rollout of the marketplaces.  \n Register now for this free webinar.  \n Join the conversation on Twitter with hashtag #ACATracking. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-affordable-care-acts-insurance-marketplaces-whats-the-experience-so-far/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140116T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140116T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160221Z
CREATED:20231103T154237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160221Z
UID:25913-1389834000-1389834000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Immigrant communities and access to health care
DESCRIPTION:Congress has stalled on immigration reform\, but that doesn’t mean the story of the health of immigrants\, and the health care needs of immigrants in the country without authorization\, goes away.  \nThe Affordable Care Act will make undocumented immigrants a larger proportion of the uninsured\, and many undocumented immigrants live in so-called multistatus families\, in which some members are citizens and some are undocumented. Evidence shows that the stigma of immigration status pervades immigrant communities\, meaning that even people with green cards or citizens sometimes do not pursue the healthcare they need\, or the care they’re entitled to. \nThis panel will describe the issue and help health care reporters cover the immigration effects on health in a balanced\, thoughtful way that gets beyond the talking heads and into the communities. \nPanelists: \nJirayut New Latthivongskorn is co-founder of Pre-Health Dreamers\, a group of young undocumented students interested in working in healthcare. New emigrated from Thailand to the Bay Area when he was 9 and is a recent graduate of the University of California-Berkeley\, with a bachelor’s degree in molecular and cellular biology. His experience in scientific research includes two years at the School of Public Health at Cal\, studying the essential genes of the murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) and\, most recently\, a summer research fellowship in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medical College\, examining the kidney’s functions. New aims to become a physician who practices medicine through a public health lens\, using primary care\, research\, and policy to shape health for the individual and the community. He helped start Pre-Health Dreamers in hopes of alleviating the barriers he has faced for future undocumented students pursuing their dreams in the health and sciences. \nDavid Bacon is a veteran reporter and photojournalist and author of Illegal People—How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants. According to Beacon Press\, Bacon’s publisher\, “Bacon powerfully traces the development of illegal status back to slavery and shows the human cost of treating the indispensable labor of millions of migrants-and the migrants themselves-as illegal. Illegal People argues for a sea change in the way we think\, debate\, and legislate around issues of migration and globalization\, making a compelling case for why we need to consider immigration and migration from a globalized human rights perspective.” \nModerator: \nHeather Boerner is a freelance health care journalist based in San Francisco. She recently completed the Dennis A. Hunt Grant for Health Journalism through the USC California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships on health care access for undocumented immigrants. Her work appeared as radio/TV/web pieces for KPBS.org and as a feature in National Nurse Magazine. Another article\, on the mental health effects of deportation on children\, ran on Al Jazeera America. \n6-8 p.m. (light refreshments and networking 6-6:30; program begins at 6:30) \nLocation: New America Media offices\, 209 9th Street (near Howard St.)\, San FranciscoNearest BART: Civic Center station / street parking \nPlease RSVP: BayAreaAHCJ@gmail.com \nThis event is free. You don’t have to be an AHCJ member to attend.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/immigrant-communities-and-access-to-health-care/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140113T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140113T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154502Z
CREATED:20231103T154323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154502Z
UID:25915-1389574800-1389574800@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Commission to Build a Healthier America Recommendations Release Event
DESCRIPTION:The RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America will release new recommendations in a live online event. Speakers include Alice Rivlin\, who served as OMB director during the Clinton administration\, and Mark McClellan\, a former CMS administrator and former FDA commissioner.  \nJan. 13\, 2014 (2:30 p.m. ET) \nRegister in advance.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/commission-to-build-a-healthier-america-recommendations-release-event/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140110T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140110T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154503Z
CREATED:20231103T154323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154503Z
UID:25916-1389315600-1389315600@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Deadline: Pay for insurance plans
DESCRIPTION:This is the last day most consumers can pay for a health plan that they enrolled in by  Dec. 23\, 2013.  (Coverage would be retroactive to Jan. 1\, as long as the enrollment was on time). \nThis is a voluntary deadline many health  plans have agreed to but some states\, and some health plans\, have earlier dates. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/deadline-pay-for-insurance-plans/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140101T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140101T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160223Z
CREATED:20231103T153237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160223Z
UID:25844-1388538000-1388538000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Affordable Care Act: Individual requirement to have insurance
DESCRIPTION:This is the date on which health benefits under the Affordable Care Act become available. But people still have until March 31 to sign up to avoid the mandate\, although their benefits won’t start Jan. 1. Learn more about the “individual mandate.”
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/affordable-care-act-individual-requirement-to-have-insurance/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131223T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131223T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154503Z
CREATED:20231103T154224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154503Z
UID:25901-1387760400-1387760400@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Last day to pay for insurance for enrollment
DESCRIPTION:Dec. 23 is the last day consumers who do not have Medicare or employer-sponsored insurance have to enroll for health insurance online if they expect to be enrolled in a plan under the Affordable Care Act on Jan. 1\, 2014. \nNote: This date was pushed back from the original date of Dec. 15 as a result of the technical problems people experienced signing up through the marketplaces.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/last-day-to-pay-for-insurance-for-enrollment/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131217T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131217T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160224Z
CREATED:20231103T154238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160224Z
UID:25914-1387242000-1387242000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Webinar for Journalists: A Year-End Update on the ACA Rollout & Looking Ahead to 2014
DESCRIPTION:Two and an half months into the open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act\, where does the rollout of the law stand with marketplace coverage set to begin on January 1\, 2014? \nFeaturing two Kaiser Family Foundation experts\, Larry Levitt and Jennifer Tolbert\, this webinar will touch on some of the major questions as people start using ACA coverage and the end of open enrollment period approaches on March 31\, 2014. Most of the hour will be devoted to a question and answer session with the participating audience. \nDec. 17\, 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET \nSign up in advance. \n\nThe Kaiser Family Foundation hosts a series of interactive webinars exclusively for journalists to address key aspects of the ACA\, its implications for consumers\, and strategies for connecting the dots for different audiences.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-for-journalists-a-year-end-update-on-the-aca-rollout-looking-ahead-to-2014/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131217T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131217T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160224Z
CREATED:20231103T154237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160224Z
UID:25912-1387242000-1387242000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Data release on health insurance from the National Health Interview Survey
DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Health Statistics will release two sets of data and reports on health insurance coverage\, based on the National Health Interview Survey: \n\n\nHealth Insurance Coverage and Adverse Experiences With Physician Availability \n\n\nHealth Insurance Coverage: Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey\,January-June 2013 \n\n\nAll materials are embargoed until 12:01 a.m. on the date of release.  For more information or to request an interview\, contact the NCHS press office at 301-458-4800 or paoquery@cdc.gov. \n\nTo access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters should contact the CDC/NCHS Press Room at 301-458-4800 or register with the NCHS Media List. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-on-health-insurance-from-the-national-health-interview-survey/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131217T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131217T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T154504Z
CREATED:20231103T154225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154504Z
UID:25904-1387242000-1387242000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Webcast — Maximizing Enrollment Under the ACA: Lessons from the States
DESCRIPTION:As Jan. 1 approaches\, policymakers and the public are increasingly focused on state and federal agency work to enroll the uninsured. Over the past four years\, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Maximizing Enrollment program worked with eight states to transform their Medicaid and CHIP enrollment systems\, policies and procedures. NASHP and the Urban Institute are co-hosting a panel discussion of state officials and national experts to highlight successful state enrollment strategies. This briefing will be webcast live. Click here for the list of speakers. \nDec. 17\, 12:30-2 p.m. ETRegister 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-ae-maximizing-enrollment-under-the-aca-lessons-from-the-states/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131212T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131212T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160225Z
CREATED:20231103T154234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160225Z
UID:25908-1386810000-1386810000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:AHCJ New York City Chapter: New York's Insurance Exchange
DESCRIPTION:Join AHCJ’s New York City chapter at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 12 for a discussion about New York’s Insurance Exchange\, featuring Elisabeth Benjamin\, vice president of the New York Community Service Society. \nRefreshments will be available. \nThe meeting is at:New York State Health Foundation1385 Broadway at 38th Street \n  \nPlease RSVP to Trudy.Lieberman@gmail.com.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ahcj-new-york-city-chapter-new-yorks-insurance-exchange/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131212T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131212T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160226Z
CREATED:20231103T153609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160226Z
UID:25894-1386810000-1386810000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Employee Benefit Research Institute’s 73rd Policy Forum
DESCRIPTION:8:30 a.m.–1:15 p.m.The Shriners’ Building1315 K Street\, NWWashington\, D.C. 20005 \nPolicy forums bring together a cross-section of EBRI sponsors\, congressional and executive branch staff\, benefit experts\, and representatives from academia\, interest groups and labor to examine public policy issues. The forums are roundtable discussions featuring verbal and written exchange among speakers and participants. \nTopics on the agenda include: \n\n\nEBRI at 35”•Employee Benefits Yesterday Through Today  \n\n\nThe Changing Role of Employers in Employee Benefits  \n\n\nWorkforce Trends and Preferences –Today\, Tomorrow  \n\n\nEmployee Benefits From 2013 to 2048: The Road To Tomorrow  \n\n\nEBRI: Mapping the Road to Tomorrow With Data and Research  \n\n\nRegister here – The registration deadline is Dec. 2.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/employee-benefit-research-instituteaes-73rd-policy-forum/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131210T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131210T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160226Z
CREATED:20231103T154237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160226Z
UID:25911-1386637200-1386637200@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:State Medicaid Expansions and Reforms
DESCRIPTION:Media-Only Breakfast on Medicaid Expansion \nSusan Dentzer\, senior policy adviser at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation — and on-air analyst for the PBS NewsHour — will convene an informal\, media-only discussion on state Medicaid reforms. \nThe discussion will include a national overview of state progress in Medicaid expansion; initiatives in states that are pursuing alternatives to Medicaid expansion\, such as premium assistance to purchase private insurance coverage; and other reforms designed to improve the value of care provided to Medicaid enrollees. \nSpeakers: \n\n\nAlan Weil\, executive director\, National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) \n\n\nJoe Thompson\, director\, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement; surgeon general for the state of Arkansas \n\n\nJudy Mohr-Peterson\, medicaid director\, Oregon Health Authority \n\n\nWhen:Dec. 10\, 9–10 a.m. (Breakfast available at 8:30 a.m.) \nLocation: National Press ClubFourth Estate Room529 14th St NWWashington\, DC 20045 \n  \nRSVP: Please reserve your space by replying to Genevieve Rupp at grupp@gymr.com\, 202-745-5118 \nThis event is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.  \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/state-medicaid-expansions-and-reforms/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131210T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131210T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160228Z
CREATED:20231103T154236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160228Z
UID:25910-1386637200-1386637200@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Atlanta chapter gathering
DESCRIPTION:The Atlanta chapter will gather to greet the 2013-14 Regional Health Journalism Fellows\, who will be in town visiting the CDC as part of the fellowship program. \nThe event will be Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Emory Conference Center Hotel\, The Club Room. Please RSVP to Andy Miller\, amiller@georgiahealthnews.com\, by Dec. 6.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/atlanta-chapter-gathering/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131209T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131209T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160228Z
CREATED:20231103T154234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160228Z
UID:25909-1386550800-1386550800@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Media Rx: Access to Information and Medicine
DESCRIPTION:With so much health news dominating the headlines from the Affordable Care Act to the launch of new drugs\, The Paley Center for Media is gathering experts to explore the crucial role of media in providing the public with accurate and useful information.  \nOur panel\, representing varying perspectives\, will examine how television\, print\, and the Internet have engaged the public in health issues that literally have life or death consequences. With the recent introduction of two breakthrough hepatitis-C drugs\, the panel will also consider issues surrounding reporting on pharmaceutical research and development and the high costs of life-saving medicine\, as well as the need to make pharmaceutical research and expenditures transparent.  \nWhile discussing the health of medical journalism\, our panel will discuss how the public can be better informed to ask the essential medical questions of their health care providers and policy makers.  \nPanelists:\n\n\nDr. Leonard Saltz\, MD\, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center \n\n\nDr. Jonathan LaPook\, Chief Medical Correspondent\, CBS Evening News  \n\n\nElisabeth Rosenthal\, Correspondent\, New York Times \n\n\nRobert Bazell\, Adjunct Professor in Molecular\, Cellular and Developmental Biology\, Yale; former Chief Science and Health Correspondent\, NBC News \n\n\nRohit Malpani\, Director of Policy and Advocacy\, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières  \n\n\nAdditional panelists to be announced.  \n\n\nModerator: Trudy Lieberman\, Contributing Editor\, Columbia Journalism Review \n\n\n  \nWhen and where:\nDec. 9 at 7 p.m. ET at the Paley Center\, 25 West 52nd Street\, New York \nWebcast:\nHere is the link to view “Media Rx” Panel Live Stream (7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT)    \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/media-rx-access-to-information-and-medicine/
CATEGORIES:None
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131205T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131205T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160230Z
CREATED:20231103T154233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160230Z
UID:25906-1386205200-1386205200@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:CDC director to host media briefing on recent resurgence of measles in the United States
DESCRIPTION:The CDC will host a live media briefing at 12:30 p.m. ET on Thursday\, Dec. 5\, to discuss the renewed spike of measles in the U.S. and its continued threat to health security. \n\n\nTom Frieden\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, Director\, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \n\n\nPeter Strebel\, M.B.Ch.B.\, M.P.H.\, Accelerated Disease Coordinator\, Immunizations\, Vaccines and Biologicals Department\, WHO \n\n\nAlan Hinman\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, Director for Programs\, Center for Vaccine Equity\, Task Force for Global Health \n\n\nSamuel Katz\, M.D.\, Wilburt Cornell Davison Professor and Chair Emeritus of Pediatrics\, Duke University Medical School \n\n\nThe briefing will be at the CDC:1600 Clifton Road NEAtlanta\, GA 30329Tom Harkin Global Communications Center (Building 19)\, Press RoomClick here for directions. \nRSVP: Reporters who wish to attend the media briefing must send RSVP to Laura Bellinger\, public affairs specialist\, CDC’s Division of Public Affairs\, at lbellinger@cdc.gov or contact CDC’s main press office at 404-639-3286 by noon on Tuesday\, Dec. 3. Reporters who RSVP will be guaranteed access. \nFor U.S. reporters outside of Atlanta\, please call 1-888-795-0855. If based internationally dial 1-630-395-0353. Passcode: CDC media.             \n  \nA transcript of this media briefing will be available following the briefing at the CDC’s website. \nContact: CDC Media Relations; 404-639-3286 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/cdc-director-to-host-media-briefing-on-recent-resurgence-of-measles-in-the-united-states/
CATEGORIES:None
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