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:20181101T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181101T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155311Z CREATED:20231103T174005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155311Z UID:26510-1541034000-1541034000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Rising STD rates: What journalists need to know DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast\nAHCJ core topic on infectious diseases\n\n \n\nRecorded Nov. 1\nAfter years of decline\, the number of sexually transmitted disease diagnoses in the U.S. is on the rise. The CDC found in 2017\, there were nearly 2.3 million confirmed cases of chlamydia\, gonorrhea and syphilis\, up more than 9 percent from 2016. Public health officials say the U.S. now has the highest STD rates in the industrialized world. Our panelists will discuss why this is happening and what journalists need to know. They also will suggest some story ideas to explore and resources for reporters. \n\n\nDavid Harvey\, executive director\, National Coalition of STD Directors \n\n\nPeter Leone\, M.D.\, professor of medicine\, School of Medicine; adjunct professor of epidemiology\, Gillings School of Global Public Health\, University of North Carolina \n\n\nModerator: Bara Vaida \n\n\nDavid Harvey joined NCSD as executive director in October 2016. Previously he was founding executive director of AIDS Alliance for Children\, Youth & Families\, a national public health association; and president and CEO of Proliteracy\, an international adult education organization. Harvey has held positions as project director and policy analyst for the National Disability Rights Network and the University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ’s – National Pediatric & Family HIV Resource Center. He is past executive director of LIFT-DC\, an anti-poverty direct service organization in Washington. \nPeter Leone\, M.D.\, is professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and adjunct associate professor of epidemiology at the Gillings School of Global Public Health in Chapel Hill\, N.C. He serves as medical director of the North Carolina HIV/STD Prevention and Control Branch. Leone earned his medical degree from Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine in Rootstown\, and completed his residency in internal medicine at Akron City Hospital in Ohio and fellowship in infectious diseases at Wake Forest University Bowman Gray School of Medicine in North Carolina. His primary work focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with various sexually transmitted diseases. Leone has authored or coauthored several peer-reviewed articles that have been published in journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine\, Clinical Infectious Diseases\, Sexually Transmitted Diseases\, and AIDS Education and Prevention. \n\nDavid Harvey \n\n\nPeter Leone \n\n\nBara Vaida URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/rising-std-rates-what-journalists-need-to-know/ CATEGORIES:Webinar 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 END:VCALENDAR