BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Association of Health Care Journalists - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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:20130310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20131103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160830T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160830T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150854Z CREATED:20231103T165510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150854Z UID:26235-1472518800-1472518800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Covering consumers: Tackling costs\, pricing and access DESCRIPTION:Resources\nRecorded presentation \nSpeaker’s presentation \n \nHealthcare Value Hub \nWhy is health care so expensive? \nHealth Indicators Warehouse \nColorado APCD example \nHealth Affairs – Price variation study \nGAO report on drug coupons \nDrug Pricing Supply Chain \n \n\nRecorded Aug. 30\, 2016\nNearly every health care reporter comes across this challenge daily: how to account for costs? Whether writing about the uninsured\, drug prices\, insurance plans or the business of heath care\, journalists are constantly wading through complex web of pricing and related issues. \nConsumer Union’s Lynn Quincy (@LynnQuincy) will discuss how to navigate the challenge of health care costs\, from finding transparent information on costs and quality to understanding the wide price variations for seemingly similar care. Director of the Healthcare Value Hub at the consumer-advocacy group\, Quincy will walk journalists through causes behind price fluctuations by geography as well as underlying consumer behavior issues when it comes to choosing care and coverage. \nQuincy\, who testified earlier this year in favor of a Massachusetts measure aimed at curbing the rise in drug prices\, will go over how the many other costs that consumers face – out-of-pocket payments\, copayments\, coinsurance and deductibles – can also impact their care. She’ll also cover the latest changes in the health care market under the Affordable Care Act as well as the how the landscape is affecting health care insurers\, employers and others. \nA former researcher with Mathematica Policy Research and an economist by training\, Quincy now leads the value-related center at Consumers Union\, the policy and advocacy arm of Consumer Reports. The Hub focuses on addressing “high healthcare costs\, lack of transparency and uneven quality.” \nReporters will learn what’s behind health care pricing fluctuation\, find sources for data to track costs\, and get resources on insurers\, drug pricing and more. Participants will also gain potential story ideas as well as tips for finding consumer-related angles to their next piece. \nSusan Heavey\, AHCJ’s topic leader for social determinants of health care\, will moderate the webcast. \n\n\nLynn Quincy\, director\, Healthcare Value Hub\, Consumers Union \n\n\nModerator: Susan Heavey\, AHCJ core topic leader/social determinants of health \n\n\n \nAbout the speaker\nLynn Quincy is director of Consumers Union’s Healthcare Value Hub\, the consumer advocacy group’s new unit focused on addressing “high healthcare costs\, lack of transparency and uneven quality.” With an eye toward health policy\, her work focuses on consumer protection\, providing better value for healthcare dollars\, and both federal and state health insurance reform. Quincy\, who earned her master’s degree in economics from the University of Maryland\, previously worked at Mathematica Policy Research\, the Institute for Health Policy Solutions and Watson Wyatt Worldwide (now Towers Watson).  \n\nLynn Quincy \n\n\nSusan Heavey URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covering-consumers-tackling-costs-pricing-and-access/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160726T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160726T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T161659Z CREATED:20231103T165344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T161659Z UID:26223-1469494800-1469494800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Engaging Alzheimer's: Tips from a dementia coach DESCRIPTION:Resources\nRecorded webcast \nSpeaker’s presentation \nAHCJ Core Topic: Aging \nAging news from Covering Health \nEngaging Alzheimer’s LLC \nI Care \n \n\nRecorded on July 26\nFamily members and other caregivers are often at a loss about how to deal with people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias. Caregivers are often thrust into ever-changing scenarios with little practical advice or support on coping with their unique situation. \nDementia coaches help educate and train families\, organizations and communities to view and treat people with Alzheimer’s and related dementias in best-practices dementia care. They do so in ways that maintain or improve the person’s lifestyle for as long as possible while maintaining his or her dignity. \n\n\nKerry Mills\, M.P.A.\, dementia coach; founder\, Engaging Alzheimer’s LLC and co-author of “I Care\, A Handbook for Care Partners of People with Dementia” \n\n\nModerator: Liz Seegert\, AHCJ’s core topic leader on aging \n\n\nHow to participate\nClick here\, choose the “Enter as a Guest” option\, type in your name and click on the “Enter Room” option.  \n \nAbout the speaker\nKerry Mills helped pioneer best care practices for people with dementia\, including the development of appropriate activities that foster independence and self-sufficiency for residents and those receiving professional home care. For the past dozen years\, her career has encompassed everything from positions as executive director of several Alzheimer facilities to developing programs that provide a meaningful lifestyle for those afflicted with this disease. She is president elect of the Connecticut Geriatric Society and a member of a coalition of nonprofit\, law enforcement\, and private industry professionals for the prevention of elder abuse in New York. \n\nKerry Mills \n\n\nLiz Seegert URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/engaging-alzheimers-tips-from-a-dementia-coach/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160630T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160630T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150854Z CREATED:20231103T165310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150854Z UID:26220-1467248400-1467248400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Oncologists addressing financial toxicity DESCRIPTION:Resources\nRecorded webcast \nSpeaker’s presentation \nHow oncologists are involving cancer patients in discussions about treatment\, costs \nNational Comprehensive Cancer Network \nAHCJ Core Topic: Insurance \n \n\nRecorded June 30\, 2016\nFor journalists reporting on how payers\, providers and patients are promoting discussions about treatment options and costs\, AHCJ will host a webinar with Robert W. Carlson\, M.D.\, chief executive officer of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network\, a nonprofit alliance of 27 cancer centers. \nNCCN is one of several organizations developing tools for patients to assess the value of cancer treatments and to promote a larger role for patients in making decisions about their treatment options. NCCN has five key measures that correspond to treatment recommendations in the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. Designed to provide the basis for discussion\, the measures address the efficacy\, safety\, and affordability of various treatment regimens and the quality and consistency of the evidence supporting those options \n\n\nRobert W. Carlson\, M.D.\, medical oncologist and chief executive officer\, National Comprehensive Cancer Network \n\n\nModerator: Joe Burns\, AHCJ’s topic leader on health insurance \n\n\nHow to participate\nClick here\, choose the “Enter as a Guest” option\, type in your name and click on the “Enter Room” button. The webcast will start momentarily and will have plenty of time to answer your questions. \n \nAbout the speaker\nRobert W. Carlson\, M.D.\, is the CEO of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Previously\, he served as professor of medicine in the Division of Oncology and Stanford Medical Informatics at Stanford University Medical Center and as medical director of inpatient oncology and hematology at Stanford Cancer Institute. \n\nRobert W. Carlson \n\n\nJoe Burns URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/oncologists-addressing-financial-toxicity/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160518T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160518T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150852Z CREATED:20231103T164709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150852Z UID:26203-1463533200-1463533200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:AHCJ membership benefit: Data to research health providers DESCRIPTION:Recording\n\n\nWatch the webcast \n\n\nSpeaker’s presentation\n\n\n(coming soon) \n\n\nResources\n\n\nAHCJ membership benefits \n\n\nAccess to Carevoyance \n\n\nEmail Abhinav Gautam \n\n\n\nMay 18\, 1-1:30 p.m. ET\nHealth journalists often need detailed\, accurate information about health care providers. Learn more about a new AHCJ membership benefit through the company Carevoyance\, providing data covering hospitals\, physicians\, laboratories and other providers. (Note: This benefit will become available June 1\, 2016.) \nYou can find information about provider specialties\, finances\, referrals\, affiliations\, patient demographics\, prescriptions and basic contact information. AHCJ members can search by geography\, names\, specialties and more. Learn more about using this resource from Abhinav Gautam\, M.D.\, Carevoyance’s chief medical officer. \nHow to participate\nClick here\, fill in your name where indicated and click on the “Enter Room” button. There will be an opportunity to ask questions during the webcast. \nAbout the speaker\n\nAbhinav Gautam\, M.D. \n\nAbhinav Gautam\, M.D.\, is a physician\, inventor and entrepreneur who is the chief medical officer and co-founder of Carevoyance. Prior to Carevoyance he helped start and scale a cloud-based electronic health records company. He is an active member of Miami’s startup ecosystem\, having served on eMerge America’s advisory board and now is Startupbootcamp Miami’s first entrepreneur in residence. Previously\, Abhinav published peer reviewed articles in  the field of biosemiotics\, surgery and anesthesiology. He completed his residency in anesthesiology at University of Miami and continues his clinical practice one day a week. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ahcj-membership-benefit-data-to-research-health-providers/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160511T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160511T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150851Z CREATED:20231103T164709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150851Z UID:26204-1462928400-1462928400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Health literacy: How language\, context affects disparities DESCRIPTION: \nSpeaker’s presentation & resources\nWatch the recorded webcast \nRima’s Rudd’s presentation \nAHCJ Social Determinants core topic \nSocial determinants news from Covering Health \nNational Action Plan to Improve Literacy \nHealth Literacy Studies \nU.S. Adult Literacy \nHealth Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion \nHealth Literacy Skills of U.S. Adults \nThe arc of health literacy \nExploring the changing landscape of health literacy\, communication \n\nMay 11\, 3 p.m. ET\nSocial media\, video and a host of other technological changes have a daily impact on health journalism coverage – but what about their messaging to patients\, caregivers and others? \nWe will take a look at how the language and information facing today’s population is impacting people’s health across the country with Rima Rudd\, a founder in the field of health literacy studies and a leading researcher exploring this aspect of health communication. A senior lecturer on health literacy\, education\, and policy at Harvard University’s School of Public Health\, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences\, Rudd also serves on the Institute of Medicine’s Roundtable on Health Literacy\, which is examining the impact of literacy on health and wellbeing. \nDuring the webcast\, we will explore how health literacy impacts people’s ability to make health care decisions\, the impact of technology\, and the role of culture in assessing how people view health and treatments. We’ll also examine specific language and context\, and we’ll discuss how journalists covering health can play a role.  \n \nAbout the speaker\nRima E. Rudd\, M.S.P.H.\, Sc.D.\, has been a member of the faculty in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences (with its various name changes) for more than 25 years. Her research and teaching initially focused on the design and evaluation of community based public health programs. In the mid-1990s she began to focus her teaching as well as her research studies on health disparities and literacy-related barriers to health information\, health programs\, and health care. A founder of and leader in health literacy studies\, Rudd drafted the first national call to action\, served on the original Institute of Medicine Health Literacy Committee\, and has written and contributed to multiple health policy reports\, white papers\, and research studies. She serves on the Institute of Medicine Round Table on Health Literacy and is engaged in research and policy projects in the United States\, Europe\, New Zealand and Australia.  \n\nRima E. Rudd\, M.S.P.H.\, Sc.D. \n\n\nSusan Heavey URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/health-literacy-how-language-context-affects-disparities/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160310T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160310T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150850Z CREATED:20231103T164509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150850Z UID:26193-1457571600-1457571600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Packaging the perfect pitch DESCRIPTION:Recording\nWatch the webcast \nSpeakers’ presentations\n• Jessica Bylander • Anna Maltby \n\nMarch 10\, noon ET\nThe perfect story pitch needs to answer detailed questions in a relatively short word length: why this story; why this story is perfect for this particular publication; why this story needs to be covered now; and how this story has been covered in the past. \nYou also need to sell yourself as the perfect writer. Obviously\, a strong pitch can take more of an effort than pasting a link to a press release into an email and saying\, “Hey did you see this?” \nIn this webcast\, two experienced editors\, Jessica Bylander of Health Affairs and Anna Maltby of Refinery29\, will talk about pitching to their publications. They also will give advice on how to package a successful pitch\, and how to package a successful story idea.  \nJeanne Erdmann\, an AHCJ board member and veteran freelance writer\, will moderate the webcast and submit your questions to the editors. \nAbout the speakers\nJessica Bylander (@jebylander) is a senior editor at Health Affairs and editor of the Narrative Matters section of the journal. Prior to joining Health Affairs\, she was a medical technology reporter for “The Gray Sheet.” She received a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism\, and holds a bachelor’s degree in writing from Johns Hopkins University. \nAnna Maltby (@amalt) is director of health and wellness at Refinery29. She was previously on staff at Men’s Health\, Marie Claire\, Self\, Fit Pregnancy\, Natural Health and Condé Nast Traveler. As a freelancer\, Maltby’s work has appeared in such outlets as The Wall Street Journal\, Cosmopolitan\, Glamour\, O\, Family Circle\, Fitness\, Redbook\, Dr. Oz The Good Life\, Vogue.com\, TeenVogue.com\, MensJournal.com\, CondeNastTraveler.com\, FastCompany.com and Brides.com.  \nJeanne Erdmann (@jeanne_erdmann) is an award-winning health and science writer based in Wentzville\, Mo. Her work has appeared in Discover\, Women’s Health\, Aeon\, Slate\, The Washington Post\, Nature\, Nature Medicine and other publications. She is co-founder of The Open Notebook\, a craft-focused website for science and health writers. She is the chair of AHCJ’s Freelance Committee. \n\nJessica Bylander \n\n\nAnna Maltby \n\n\nJeanne Erdmann URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/packaging-the-perfect-pitch/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160307T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160307T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150850Z CREATED:20231103T164405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150850Z UID:26189-1457312400-1457312400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:View from CMS: Andy Slavitt talks to AHCJ DESCRIPTION:Recorded webcast\nWatch this webcast \nResources\nAndy Slavitt on Twitter (@ASlavitt) \nThe CMS Blog \n \n\n \nMarch 7\, 3 p.m. ET\nCMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt oversees Medicaid\, Medicare\, Children’s Health Insurance Program and the ACA health insurance exchanges. And he’s deeply involved with CMS efforts to improve value and quality of U.S. health care by changing delivery models and payment incentives. He’s talking to AHCJ members about what’s ahead this year. \nThe webcast will be moderated by Joanne Kenen\, AHCJ’s core topic leader on health reform and health editor at Politico. \n \nAbout the speaker\nAndy Slavitt is the acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services\, where he oversees programs that provide access to health care for 140 million Americans\, including Medicaid\, Medicare\, the Children’s Health Insurance Program\, and the Health Insurance Marketplace. \nSlavitt and the CMS team are focused on improving quality\, health outcomes\, access and affordability while addressing health disparities and protecting program integrity\, including combatting health care fraud. \nSince joining CMS in July 2014 as principal deputy administrator\, Slavitt has worked strengthen the performance of the Health Insurance Marketplace and the success of the 2014 Open Enrollment season. Since taking the role in February\, Slavitt’s focus as acting administrator is on strengthening CMS’s role in helping the health care delivery system meet the evolving needs of consumers by transforming the way care is paid for\, providing the tools to make the system thrive and by fostering simplicity and transparency. \nIn the private sector\, he served as group executive vice president for Optum\, as CEO of OptumInsight and he was founder and CEO of HealthAllies. Prior to that\, he was a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company\, and an investment banker with Goldman Sachs. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/view-from-cms-andy-slavitt-talks-to-ahcj/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160224T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160224T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150849Z CREATED:20231103T164205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150849Z UID:26172-1456275600-1456275600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Foodborne Outbreak Online Database (FOOD) Tool Demonstration DESCRIPTION:Recorded webcast\nWatch the webcast \nSpeaker’s presentation\nSlides from the speaker \n \n\nFeb. 24\, 1 p.m. ET\nCDC captures data from investigated outbreaks on agents\, foods\, and settings responsible for illness. The Foodborne Outbreak Online Database (FOOD) Tool is a public tool that allows for a basic look at outbreak data between 1998 and 2014. Users can sort by food/ingredients\, year\, pathogen\, and outbreaks by state. The presenter will give a brief description of the surveillance system which collects this outbreak data and give a demonstration on how to use the FOOD Tool. \n\n\nRuthie Luna-Gierke\, epidemiologist\, CDC’s Division of Foodborne\, Waterborne\, & Environmental Diseases \n\n\nModerator: Maryn McKenna\, independent journalist\, Atlanta \n\n\n \nAbout the speaker\nRuthie Luna-Gierke is a foodborne diseases epidemiologist and the surveillance coordinator for National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS). She received a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Texas at Austin and a master’s degree in public health from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. She joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2009 when she accepted a position as a surveillance epidemiologist within the Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch. She has authored and co-authored several manuscripts and her interests include Shiga toxin-producing E. coli and outbreaks of foodborne disease illnesses. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/foodborne-outbreak-online-database-food-tool-demonstration/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160217T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160217T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T161728Z CREATED:20231103T164317Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T161728Z UID:26181-1455670800-1455670800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Deadly Dentistry: How Safe is Your State? DESCRIPTION:Recorded webcast\nWatch this webcast \nSpeaker’s presentation\nSlides from the speaker \nResources\nDental Secrets: Scores and snapshots\, state by state \nAHCJ’s oral health core topic \nCovering Health blog posts about oral health \nNational Practitioner Data Bank \n \n\nFeb. 17 (4 p.m. ET)\nThis webcast features the team responsible for the recent seven-part Deadly Dentistry series featured in The Dallas Morning News. Reporter Brooks Egerton will talk about the deaths he investigated and the national pattern he described “in which state dental enforcers ignore many malpractice cases and leave the public in the dark.” \nCollaborator and data journalist Daniel Lathrop will talk about state-by-state findings that were part of the series. \n“Every state government has an agency that’s supposed to protect people from bad dentists. But these agencies often leave the public in the dark\,” the team concluded. “Most flunked our test of how well they uncover\, track and disclose safety information.” \n\n\nBrooks Egerton\, independent journalist \n\n\nDaniel Lathrop\, independent journalist \n\n\nModerator: Mary Otto\, AHCJ core topic leader on oral health \n\n\n \nAbout the speakers\nBrooks Egerton (@brooksegerton) worked for nearly 24 years at The Dallas Morning News\, first as an editor and\, beginning in the late 1990s\, as an investigative reporter. His primary focus in recent years was on patient safety. Before “Deadly Dentistry\,” he contributed to a multiyear project that led to a virtual federal takeover of Dallas’ public hospital. Honors include a 2006 National Headliner Award for “Unequal Justice\,” a case study of extreme disparity in Texas criminal sentences. The story led Texas Gov. Rick Perry to free a prisoner from a life sentence. It also inspired the data-driven project “Unequal Justice: Murderers on Probation\,” in which Egerton and co-worker Reese Dunklin exposed a previously hidden paradox of Texas justice — the state most identified with the death penalty also let many killers avoid prison altogether. Egerton has also written extensively on clergy sexual abuse. \nDaniel Lathrop (@lathropd) is a journalism professor at the University of Iowa and a freelance journalist with a focus on datajournalism\, working at the intersection of data visualization\, data analysis and investigative reporting. He is a contributor to news organizations including the Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism (IowaWatch)\, and serves as journalism adviser for University of Iowa students in Media Informatics. Prior to joining the University of Iowa faculty in 2015\, Lathrop worked for 15 years as a reporter and data editor at print and news organizations. Most recently he was projects data editor at The Dallas Morning News. He was a co-founder of InvestigateWest\, an award winning nonprofit investigative news studio\, and participated in the formation of the Investigative News Network (now Institute for Nonprofit News). URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/deadly-dentistry-how-safe-is-your-state/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160113T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160113T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T161740Z CREATED:20231103T164109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T161740Z UID:26166-1452646800-1452646800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Obesity research: What to know and making sense of studies DESCRIPTION:Recorded webcast\nWatch the webcast \nSpeaker’s presentation\nSlides from Yoni Freedhoff \nResources\nAHCJ Core Topic: Medical studies \nPosts about covering medical research from Covering Health blog \nContact Dr. Freedhoff\ndrfreedhoff@bmimedical.ca www.bmimedical.ca www.weightymatters.ca @yonifreedhoff \n\nJan. 13\, 2 p.m. ET\nCalling obesity an “epidemic” is almost a cliche in health reporting\, but there is no question that obesity is linked to many serious health issues and quality of life\, and obesity incidence has been increasing. \nThat reality has led to even more medical research into its causes\, its treatment and management and the conditions obesity increases the risk of experiencing. \nObesity expert and physician Yoni Freedhoff will provide an overview of the state of obesity research and explain what reporters need to know and look for in medical research about obesity. \nWith Tara Haelle\, AHCJ’s core topic leader on medical studies\, Freedhoff will explain what we know\, how to cut through hype\, how to spot less evidence-based claims\, and how to talk about the issue in a respectful way. \n \nAbout the speaker\nYoni Freedhoff\, M.D.\, C.C.F.P.\, is a family doctor\, an assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Ottawa\, and founder and medical director of the Bariatric Medical Institute\, a multi-disciplinary\, nonsurgical\, evidence-based nutrition and weight management center. Freedhoff is author of The Diet Fix and blogs at Weightymatters.ca. \n\nYoni Freedhoff \n\n\nTara Haelle URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/obesity-research-what-to-know-and-making-sense-of-studies/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151207T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151207T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T161745Z CREATED:20231103T163924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T161745Z UID:26155-1449450000-1449450000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Covering the special health challenges of LGBTQ youth DESCRIPTION:Recorded webcast\nWatch the webcast now. \nSpeaker’s presentation\nSlides from Lawrence J. D’Angelo \nResources\nAHCJ Core Topic: Social determinants of health \nSDOH news from Covering Health blog \nCincinnati to consider ban on reparative therapy for LGBT youth \nClinic calms fears of the doctors office for LGBT teens \nLawrence J. D’Angelo \n\nDec. 7\, 3:30 p.m. ET\nLGBTQ youth are at a higher risk for mental health\, substance abuse and other health issues\, yet are less likely to get health care. \nDespite growing attention to these health challenges\, health care providers\, insurers\, families and even youth themselves are grappling with how to address such disparities. \nLGBTQ youths can face isolation from family or friends\, and can be reluctant to acknowledge their sexuality with their doctor or other health care provider. \nSusan Heavey\, AHCJ’s topic leader on the social determinants of health and health disparities\, will discuss ongoing and unique challenges facing LGBT youth with Lawrence D’Angelo\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, division chief of adolescent and young adult medicine at Children’s National Health System in Washington\, D.C and director of the hospital’s Youth Pride Clinic. \nHow to participate\n \nClick on this link. Choose the “Enter as a Guest” option\, type your name in the box and click on the “Enter Room” button. Plenty of time will be available at the end of the webcast to ask questions of our speaker. Questions can be typed into the webcast interface. \nA recording of the webcast will be available on this page shortly after it ends. \nAbout the speaker\nLawrence J. D’Angelo\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, is the executive director for The Diana L. and Stephen A. Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health and section chair for the Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Children’s National Health System. He is a tenured professor of medicine\, health care sciences\, prevention and community health\, and epidemiology at George Washington University. D’Angelo has worked on numerous publications informing medical practitioners and patients on infectious diseases\, eating disorders\, and other health risks. \n\nLawrence J. D’Angelo \n\n\nSusan Heavey URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covering-the-special-health-challenges-of-lgbtq-youth/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151202T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151202T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T161748Z CREATED:20231103T163924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T161748Z UID:26154-1449018000-1449018000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:The Healthspan Imperative: New frontiers in science of aging DESCRIPTION:Watch it now\nRecorded webcast \nSpeaker’s presentation\nSlides from Sue Peschin \nResources\nAHCJ Core Topic: Aging \nAging news from Covering Health blog \nAlliance for Aging Research \nAlliance for Aging Research Pocket Films \nAlliance for Aging Research YouTube Channel \nThe Silver Book \nHealthspan Campaign \nPress contact \nNoel Lloyd: nlloyd@agingresearch.org or 202-370-7852 \n\nDec. 2\, 12:30 p.m. ET\nToday\, average life expectancy is almost 80 years. But\, while we’ve added years to life we haven’t always made those extra years healthy and vigorous. Eighty percent of seniors have at least one major chronic condition\, and half have two or more. Chronic diseases of later life cost our nation more than $1 trillion per year and will increase to $6 trillion by 2050. \nA new frontier in science is revealing the “problem behind the problem” of chronic disease. “Geroscience” is the study of how the underlying processes of aging itself put us at risk to develop chronic disease. And it is on its way to modifying those processes through new medical strategies that could benefit millions. \nLiz Seegert\, AHCJ’s topic leader on aging\, will discuss this new frontier and efforts to improve the quality of those later years with Sue Peschin\, M.H.S.\, the  president and CEO of the Alliance for Aging Research. \nHow to participate\n \nClick here\, choose “Enter as a Guest\,” type in your name and click on the “Enter Room” button. There will be time to ask questions of the speaker after her presentation. \nAbout the speaker\nSue Peschin\, M.H.S.\, is president and CEO of the Alliance for Aging Research\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the pace of scientific discoveries and their application to vastly improve the universal human experience of aging and health. It believes advances in research help people live longer\, happier\, more productive lives and reduce health care costs over the long term and that access to the latest scientific information empowers people to take control of their health. Peschin has more than 20 years of experience in health policy\, government relations and non-profit leadership. Previously\, she was vice president of public policy for the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. \n\nSue Peschin \n\n\nLiz Seegert URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-healthspan-imperative-new-frontiers-in-science-of-aging/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151112T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151112T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T161753Z CREATED:20231103T163841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T161753Z UID:26145-1447290000-1447290000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Webcast: Here's how consumers can evaluate physician quality DESCRIPTION:Watch it now\nSee a recording of this webcast. \nSpeaker’s presentation\nEMBARGO: This presentation and the white paper are embargoed until Wednesday\, Nov. 18\, at 8 a.m. ET. Journalists who want to follow up and get the white paper\, the press release and the state quality transparency report can contact Cary Conway at HCI3: cary@conwaycommunication.com | 972-731-9242 | @caryconway \nSlides from François de Brantes \nResources\nHealth Care Incentives Improvement Institute \nFrançois de Brantes on Twitter \nAHCJ Core Topic: Insurance \nAll-payer claims database \nAll-Payer Claims Database Council \nAtul Gawande on health care’s ‘dramatic transformation’ \n\nIn November\, the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3) will publish methodology that will allow consumers\, health plans\, provider organizations and others to better calculate complication rates for individual physicians. \nThis has the potential to empower consumers\, payers\, and providers to do their own evaluations of physicians based on doctors’ rates of potentially avoidable complications (PACs). A PAC is any event that affects the patient negatively and is potentially under the physician’s or hospital’s control. \nAHCJ members are invited to a webcast at 1 p.m. EST on Nov. 12 with François de Brantes\, HCI3’s executive director\, who will explain the methodology and preview the results of the organization’s third annual State Report Card on Transparency of Physician Quality Information. \nRead more about the State Report Card on Transparency of Physician Quality Information. \nAbout the speaker \nFrançois de Brantes\, M.S.\, M.B.A.\, is executive director of the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3)\, a not-for-profit company that designs and implements innovative payment and benefit plan design programs. HCI3 works with states\, employers\, health plans and provider organizations\, as well as national consultanciesto advise them on payment and delivery system reform. \nPreviously\, de Brantes was the program leader for various health care initiatives at GE’s corporate headquarters\, responsible for developing and implementing GE’s Active Consumer strategy. \nHe has has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine\, the Journal of the American Medical Association and Health Affairs and is frequently quoted in national media including The New York Times. He has also published two books\, the latest being “The Incentive Cure: The Real Relief For Health Care.” \nJoseph Burns\, AHCJ’s core topic leader on health insurance\, will moderate the webcast.  \n\nFrançois de Brantes \n\n\nJoseph Burns URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-heres-how-consumers-can-evaluate-physician-quality/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151022T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151022T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T162456Z CREATED:20231103T163656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T162456Z UID:26124-1445475600-1445475600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Using NARMS Now\, a CDC data tool on antibiotic resistance DESCRIPTION:Watch it now\nSee a recording of this webcast. \nSpeaker’s presentation\nSlides from Regan Rickert-Hartman \n\nOct. 22\, Noon ET\nThis year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS Now)\, a database and visualization tool that makes it quicker and easier to see how antibiotic resistance for four bacteria transmitted commonly through food – Campylobacter\, E. coli O157\, Salmonella\, and Shigella – has changed during the past 18 years. \nThe tool allows users to access antibiotic resistance data by bacteria\, antibiotic\, year (1996-2013)\, and geographic region. It displays data on an interactive map or in tables. NARMS Now is designed to provide access to the most up-to-date antibiotic resistance results by uploading data regularly. \nIn this short webcast\, CDC personnel will demonstrate the tool and answer questions about how the data might be used. \n\n\nModerator: Maryn McKenna\, independent journalist\, Atlanta \n\n\nRegan Rickert-Hartman\, senior epidemiologist and program coordinator\, NARMS\, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \n\n\nRegan Rickert-Hartman is a senior epidemiologist and the program coordinator for the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System at the CDC. She has spent the past 14 years working as an infectious disease epidemiologist at the CDC and the state health department in Pennsylvania. \n \n\nRegan Rickert-Hartman \n\n\nMaryn McKenna URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/using-narms-now-a-cdc-data-tool-on-antibiotic-resistance/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150930T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150930T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T162509Z CREATED:20231103T163656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T162509Z UID:26123-1443574800-1443574800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Tracking U.S. population changes and their impact on health DESCRIPTION:Urban Institute researchers H. Elizabeth Peters\, Steven Martin and Nan Astone will share their latest findings on shifting U.S. demographics and how the nation’s changing population is raising issues related to health. \nThe group will provide their most recent analysis of people living in the United States and related social characteristics\, looking at age\, geography and other data\, and discuss future research on contraception access. \nThe trio of experts will offer insights from recent data on those characteristics in residents ages 20 to 29\, known as millennials\, and how that group’s demographics is impacting the current and future U.S. population. \nReporters will learn more about how to find the latest trends in U.S. demographics to spark larger discussions about demographics\, millennial\, race\, marriage and population trends. Susan Heavey\, AHCJ’s topic leader for social determinants of health care\, will moderate the webcast. \nSept. 30\, 3:30 p.m. ET\n\n\nNan Marie Astone\, senior fellow in the Center on Labor\, Human Services\, and Population at the Urban Institute \n\n\nSteven Martin\, senior research associate in the Center on Labor\, Human Services\, and Population at the Urban Institute \n\n\nElizabeth Peters\, director\, Center on Labor\, Human Services\, and Population at the Urban Institute \n\n\nModerator: Susan Heavey\, AHCJ core topic leader on social determinants of health \n\n\nNan Astone joined the Urban Institute in 2013 after serving 24 years on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is a demographer with expertise on reproductive health\, the family\, adolescence\, and the transition to adulthood. Astone\, a former William T. Grant Scholar\, received her PhD from the University of Chicago. \nSteven Martin works on various topics in social demography; his particular area of interest has been modeling demographic events across the life course. His recent work has covered a range of demographic topics across the life course\, such as nonmarital childbearing\, fertility timing\, childlessness\, union formation and dissolution\, and age at entry into sexual activity as well as topics in time use\, wellbeing\, the “digital divide\,” and the quality of data from event-history surveys. \nElizabeth Peters is the director of the Center on Labor\, Human Services\, and Population at the Urban Institute. An economic demographer\, her research focuses on family economics and family policy\, specifically examining the effects of public policies such as divorce laws\, child support policy\, child care policy\, taxes\, and welfare reform on family formation and dissolution; inter- and intra-household transfers; father involvement; and family investments in children. \nHow to participate\n \nA link to the webcast will appear on this page about 15 minutes before it begins. (You may need to refresh the page if you don’t see the link.) \nNOTE: This is exclusively for AHCJ members; you will need to be logged in. If you’re having trouble logging in\, please email info@healthjournalism.org. \n\nNan Astone \n\n\nSteven Martin \n\n\nElizabeth Peters \n\n\nSusan Heavey URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/tracking-u-s-population-changes-and-their-impact-on-health/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150902T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150902T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T161904Z CREATED:20231103T163557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T161904Z UID:26113-1441155600-1441155600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:An examination of bundled payment: How insurers and providers are dispelling the myths DESCRIPTION:Watch it now\nSee a recording of this webcast. \nRead about it\nExpert takes on ‘myths’ about bundled payments \n \nResources\n\n\nExplanation of bundled payment programs \n\n\nAHCJ webcast will address how payers\, providers are implementing bundled payment \n\n\nHealth Care Incentives Improvement Institute \n\n\nBundling Badly \n\n\nThe Payment Reform Landscape \n\n\nMedicare’s Poorly Designed Proposal \n\n\nThe Incentive Cure \n\n\nWhat is Prometheus Payment \n\n\nAHCJ’s insurance core topic \n\n\nAHCJ’s health reform core topic \n\n\nCovering Health blog: Insurance \n\n\nCovering Health blog: Health reform \n\n\n\nSept. 2 at 1:30 pm ET\nJoin us for a webcast with François de Brantes on how health insurers and providers are making bundled payment work. As executive director of the nonprofit Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute\, de Brantes has been working with health plans and providers to implement bundled payment programs since 2007.  \nAs we reported recently\, bundled payment initiatives from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have been criticized for not taking full advantage of this innovative payment model. In the private sector\, however\, health insurers\, hospitals\, and physicians are demonstrating how to fully develop bundled payment programs and make the operational adjustments needed to ensure their long-term success. \nIn this webinar on Wednesday\, Sept. 2\, at 1:30 pm ET\, de Brantes will discuss how providers and payers are getting good results from bundled payment programs and expanding many of these initiatives. \nAbout the speaker \nFrançois de Brantes\, M.S.\, M.B.A.\, is executive director of the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3)\, a not-for-profit company that designs and implements innovative payment and benefit plan design programs. HCI3 works with states\, employers\, health plans and provider organizations\, as well as national consultanciesto advise them on payment and delivery system reform. \nPreviously\, de Brantes was the program leader for various health care initiatives at GE’s corporate headquarters\, responsible for developing and implementing GE’s Active Consumer strategy. \nHe has has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine\, the Journal of the American Medical Association and Health Affairs and is frequently quoted in national media including The New York Times. He has also published two books\, the latest being “The Incentive Cure: The Real Relief For Health Care.” \nJoseph Burns\, AHCJ core topic leader on health insurance\, will moderate the webcast.  \n \n\nFrançois de Brantes \n\n\nJoseph Burns URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/an-examination-of-bundled-payment-how-insurers-and-providers-are-dispelling-the-myths/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150723T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150723T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150847Z CREATED:20231103T163527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150847Z UID:26101-1437613200-1437613200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Master your market: Data to cover insurance under the ACA DESCRIPTION:See the recording of this webcast. \n\nSpeaker’s presentation \n\n\nSlides from Katherine Hempstead(khempstead@rwjf.org\, @khemp64) \n\n\n\nResources\n\nGet the data: Annual Exhibit of Premiums\, Enrollment\, and Utilization\n\nAHCJ’s insurance core topic \n\nAHCJ’s health reform core topic\n\nCovering Health blog: Insurance \n\nCovering Health blog: Health reform\n\nRate filings \n\n\nPlan characteristics for all silver plans \n\n\nData from CMS on Medicare Advantage enrollment and Part D enrollment by plan for every state and every month. This is useful for assessing the impact of mergers. The Wall Street Journal used the data for its analysis. \n\n\n\n \n\nJuly 23\, noon ET\nKatherine Hempstead\, who directs the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s work on health insurance coverage\, will be sharing data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Annual Exhibit on Enrollment\, Premiums\, and Utilization for 2014 that will provide information on insurance carriers in each state – their enrollment\, premiums collected\, claims incurred\, and several measures of utilization\, including hospital admissions and hospital days\, and also physician and non-physician ambulatory care visits. \nThe data offers a level of detail not available from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. It is available for the non-group (individual)\, small group\, and large group markets. While the data does not break down enrollment on and off health insurance exchanges for the non-group market (those who do not require subsidies can sign up outside of the exchanges)\, there are steps you can take to estimate these numbers by state. \nReporters on this call will learn more about the carriers in their state’s insurance markets and their claims experience for different product lines. Charles Ornstein\, a senior reporter at ProPublica\, will moderate the webcast. Neil Vance\, a senior actuary with New Jersey’s Department of Human Services\, also will participate. \nHow to participate in the webcast:\nClick here and a new window will open. Choose the option to “Enter as a Guest” and type in your name. Click on the “Enter Room” button. \n \n\nKatherine Hempstead \n\n\nCharles Ornstein URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/master-your-market-data-to-cover-insurance-under-the-aca/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150327T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150327T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150845Z CREATED:20231103T162726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150845Z UID:26057-1427418000-1427418000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Tips for pitching to top publications DESCRIPTION:View a recording of this webcast\nSpeakers’ presentations\n\n\nJihan Thompson \n\n\nBecky LangDiscover‘s pitch guidelines \n\n\nAnna Miller \n\n\nResources\n\n\nHealth Journalism 2015 \n\n\nAHCJ’s 2015 Freelance PitchFest \n\n\nBuilding a business \n\n\nNetworking \n\n\nInsurance issues \n\n\nTechnology \n\n\nAHCJ’s Freelance Center \n\n\n \n\nMarch 27\, 1 p.m. ET\nA big feature in a glossy magazine can bring more than financial rewards. Writing for top publications strengthens your platform and boosts your chances of receiving a prestigious fellowship\, or even a book deal. On the practical side\, working with highly skilled editors will boost your writing and reporting skills. However\, breaking into top-tier magazines takes an exceptionally good pitch letter. \nIn this webcast\, a panel of editors will explain what they need to see in a top pitch letter. (Hint: you’ll need more than a winning idea.) A great pitch also needs to include the right information about yourself to convince the editor that you have the chops to pull off the story you’re proposing. \nFinally\, the panel will also detail exactly what they expect of writers in one-on-one pitch meetings\, such as AHCJ’s annual Freelance PitchFest.    \nParticipating editors:\nJihan Thompson has covered health for O\, The Oprah Magazine for more than two years. She handles front-of-book wellness stories that range from nutrition pieces to medical trend stories to scientific breakthroughs to first-person narratives\, as well as edits well features on a range of topics. Prior to joining O\, she was an editor at Redbook and Marie Claire magazines. She enjoys running half-marathons and testing out new fitness classes. \nBecky Lang is a senior editor at Discover Magazine\, where she’s worked since early 2013. She moved to the magazine world from newspapers after 11 years as the health/science/environment editor at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. She’s been writing and editing as a job since high school\, where she covered minor league baseball in Helena\, Mont. She’s a graduate of Northwestern University. She loves skiing\, hiking and camping with her 11-year-old son\, and hanging out with their two dogs. \nAnna Miller is a consumer advice reporter at U.S. News & World Report\, where she covers fitness\, nutrition\, mental health and more. She also edits the popular “Eat Run” blog and manages U.S. News Health’s social media accounts. Previously\, she was associate editor of Monitor on Psychology and gradPSYCH magazines\, and has freelanced for The Washington Post and its weekend magazine. Miller earned her master’s degree in interactive journalism from American University in 2014. \nThe webcast will be moderated by Jeanne Erdmann\, an award-winning freelance health and science writer based near St. Louis. Her stories have appeared in Discover\, Women’s Health\, Slate\, Aeon\, The Washington Post\, Nature Medicine\, Nature and many other outlets. She also co-founded and co-produces The Open Notebook\, a craft-focused website for science writers. \n \n\nJihan Thompson \n\n\nBecky Lang \n\n\nAnna Miller \n\n\nJeanne Erdmann URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/tips-for-pitching-to-top-publications/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150310T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150310T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150843Z CREATED:20231103T162727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150843Z UID:26059-1425949200-1425949200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:The other part of health reform: Changing the delivery of care DESCRIPTION:View a recording of this webcast \nSpeaker’s presentation \n\n\nSlides from Patrick Conway(Patrick.Conway@cms.hhs.gov or press@cms.hhs.gov) \n\n\n\nResources\n\n\nAHCJ’s health reform core topic \n\n\nCovering Health blog: Health reform \n\n\nCMS Innovation Center \n\n\nNext Generation ACO Model \n\n\n\n \n\nMarch 10\, 1 p.m. ET\nUPDATE: As part of his remarks\, Patrick Conway\, M.D.\, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services principal deputy administrator\, will discuss a new CMS initiative regarding accountable care organizations that is launching today. Webcast content is embargoed until 2 p.m. Eastern Time. \nReforms to the health care delivery system have been overshadowed by the Affordable Care Act enrollment story. \nThe ACA is more than a way to extend health care coverage to millions of Americans. The 2010 law also takes steps to shift how we deliver health care – to do a better job of managing chronic diseases\, to make hospitals safer\, to move away from fee-for-service\, to get more quality for our health care spending. It’s a big challenge but it doesn’t get as much attention as the coverage aspects of the ACA\, partly because it’s not so politically radioactive. \nThe ACA created the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test new ways of delivering care\, to evaluate what works and then to spread the word. CMMI director Patrick Conway\, M.D.\, M.Sc.\, – who was also just named the deputy administrator for CMS – will join AHCJ for a webcast to describe some of what CMMI is doing and share some early results. Conway will talk about accountable care organizations\, medical homes and the recently announced HHS push to speed up the move from fee-for-service to a value-based payment system. Health care providers around the country are taking part in CMMI initiatives and private sector counterparts. There are stories galore to be found. \nThe initiatives in payment and delivery reform have three goals – getting improved quality\, without spending more. Or cutting costs\, but keeping quality intact. Or – the holy grail – improving quality AND reducing cost. \nJoanne Kenen\, AHCJ’s health reform core topic leader\, will lead the discussion and moderate questions and answers from reporters. \nSpeaker\nPatrick Conway\, M.D.\, M.Sc.\, is the deputy administrator for innovation and quality & CMS chief medical officer. He leads the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation at CMS. CCSQ is responsible for all quality measures for CMS\, value-based purchasing programs\, quality improvement programs in all 50 states\, clinical standards and survey and certification of Medicare and Medicaid health care providers across the nation\, and all Medicare coverage decisions for treatments and services. \n \n\nPatrick Conway\, M.D. \n\n\nJoanne Kenen URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-other-part-of-health-reform-changing-the-delivery-of-care/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150202T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150202T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150842Z CREATED:20231103T162428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150842Z UID:26041-1422838800-1422838800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Elder abuse and health: What you should know DESCRIPTION:View a recording of this webcast\nSpeaker’s presentation\n\n\nBob Blancato(bob@elderjusticecoalition.com) \n\n\nResources\n\n\nAHCJ’s Aging Core Topic \n\n\nCovering Health blog: Aging \n\n\nElder Justice Coalition \n\n\nStatistics/Data from the National Center on Elder Abuse \n\n\nKey provisions of Elder Justice Act \n\n\nNational Adult Protective Services Association \n\n\n \n\n \nElder abuse affects an estimated one in 10 older adults in the U.S.\, according to the National Center on Elder Abuse. That does not include financial exploitation. Advocates say much more can and should be done – such as the recent $4 million Congressional appropriation for a portion of the Elder Justice Act as part of the FY2015 Omnibus spending bill.  \nThe many forms of physical and psychological abuse seriously affect older adults’ health and wellbeing. What is being done about it and how reporters can bring more of these issues to light in their own communities? \nJoin Liz Seegert\, AHCJ’s core topic leader on aging\, and Bob Blancato\, national coordinator of the Elder Justice Coalition\, a 3\,000-member bipartisan coalition working to increase funding and awareness of this issue\, on Monday\, Feb. 2\, at 2 p.m. ET for our webcast. \n \n\nLiz Seegert \n\n\nBob Blancato URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/elder-abuse-and-health-what-you-should-know/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150127T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150127T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T162000Z CREATED:20231103T162444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T162000Z UID:26044-1422320400-1422320400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Looking ahead: A reporter's guide to Children’s Dental Health Month DESCRIPTION:View a recording of this webcast\n \nSpeaker’s presentation\n\nShelly Gehshan\n\nResources\n\n\nAHCJ’s Oral Health Core Topic \n\n\nTip Sheet: School-based dental sealant programs \n\n\nPew Charitable Trusts: Children’s Dental Policy \n\n\nCovering Health blog: Oral health \n\n\n \n\nIn advance of Children’s Dental Health Month in February\, we will discuss the latest research on oral health and how it may impact policy in the states. \nShelly Gehshan\, director of  children’s dental policy at The Pew Charitable Trusts\, also will provide perspective on oral health programs that are making a difference and the issues that may provide barriers to improving dental health. \nStories include how a program in North Carolina has improved children’s oral health by utilizing doctors to help apply fluoride varnish. Gehshan also will discuss the benefits of dental sealant programs and some of the barriers at the state level that prevent these programs from reaching more children. \nOur webcast will be hosted by Mary Otto\, AHCJ’s Oral Health core topic leader.  \nDate & time:2 p.m. ET\, Jan. 27  \n \nShelly Gehshan (@SGehshan) directs children’s dental policy at Pew\, supervising work with states to expand access to prevention and treatment for children through policy changes in Medicaid\, sealant programs\, community water fluoridation and the dental workforce. She speaks frequently about an expanded dental workforce and the benefits of community water fluoridation. She helped legislators in Minnesota draft the nation’s first state law licensing dental therapists. She served on the Institute of Medicine panel that released a major report in 2011 on the dental access problem. Gehshan spent nearly 20 years working for state policy makers on a range of issues affecting low-income women and children. \n\nShelly Gehshan \n\n\nMary Otto URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/looking-ahead-a-reporters-guide-to-childrenaes-dental-health-month/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141111T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141111T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T162542Z CREATED:20231103T155436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T162542Z UID:26018-1415667600-1415667600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:What reporters need to know about covering Ebola DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording of this webcast\nResources\n\n\nCDC’s guidance for health care workers and settings \n\n\nEmory Healthcare Ebola Preparedness Protocols \n\n\nCovering Health: Ebola \n\n\nEmory University’s Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response \n\n\nMedline Plus: Ebola \n\n\nNational Insitute of Allergy and Infectious Disease: Ebola/Marburg Research \n\n\nCenter for Infectious Disease Research and Policy \n\n\n \n\nMedia audiences far away from west Africa are seeing more and more Ebola-related stories in their own states or communities. What do reporters need to know? \nAHCJ members will get some help sorting out the answers to that question in a webcast on Tuesday\, Nov. 11\, noon Eastern time. \n \nPose your questions to Alexander P. Isakov\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, executive director of Emory University’s Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response. Emory has treated four Ebola patients. Mike Stobbe\, medical writer for The Associated Press\, will pose your questions to our guest. \nYou’ll hear insights into the facts of Ebola that reporters should know\, leaving with better understanding of the topic\, story ideas and reliable resources. \nAlexander P. Isakov\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, is the executive director of Emory University’s Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response and an associate professor of emergency medicine. He has led the development of the new CEPAR office and its various initiatives to improve Emory’s capacity for emergency management. His professional experience includes service as an officer in the United States Navy\, consulting for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\, deploying with the National Disaster Medical System\, and providing leadership in emergency medical services and disaster response throughout the Atlanta metropolitan area. Isakov practices clinically in the emergency departments of Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory University Hospital. \nMike Stobbe\, Dr. P.H.\, is a medical writer for The Associated Press. He has been a health reporter for the past 23 years\, and has won several awards for his work. Previously\, he covered health care and medicine at The Charlotte Observer\, the Tampa Tribune\, the Florida Times-Union and The Flint Journal in Michigan. He has a doctorate in public health from the University of North Carolina\, a master’s degree in public health from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University. \n\nAlexander P. Isakov \n\n\nMike Stobbe URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/what-reporters-need-to-know-about-covering-ebola/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141016T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141016T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155933Z CREATED:20231103T155352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155933Z UID:26003-1413421200-1413421200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Fluoridation and your community DESCRIPTION:Watch a recording of this webcast.\nResources\n\n\nAHCJ Core Topic: Oral Health \n\n\nWater fluoridation: What reporters need to know \n\n\nCampaign for Dental Health (I Like My Teeth) \n\n\n \n\nCommunity water fluoridation has been hailed as one of the public health triumphs of the 20th century. For more than 65 years\, communities across the United States have been supplementing naturally occurring fluoride in water supplies to promote oral health. At what are considered optimum levels\, numerous studies have shown fluoride reduces cavities. At the same time\, critics continue to fight water fluoridation efforts\, armed with papers they say highlight the dangers of fluoride. \nWith battles playing out in communities from Alabama to Oregon\, what do reporters need to know about the science and pseudo-science behind water fluoridation? Our webinar will feature Shelly Gehshan\, director of  children’s dental policy at The Pew Charitable Trusts\, and Mary Otto\, AHCJ’s Oral Health core topic leader.  \nDate & time:2 p.m. ET\, Oct. 16  \n \nShelly Gehshan (@SGehshan) directs children’s dental policy at Pew\, supervising work with states to expand access to prevention and treatment for children through policy changes in Medicaid\, sealant programs\, community water fluoridation and the dental workforce. She speaks frequently about an expanded dental workforce and the benefits of community water fluoridation. She helped legislators in Minnesota draft the nation’s first state law licensing dental therapists. She served on the Institute of Medicine panel that released a major report in 2011 on the dental access problem. Gehshan spent nearly 20 years working for state policy makers on a range of issues affecting low-income women and children. \nFor technical questions about fluoridation\, contact William Maas\, adviser for the Children’s Dental Policy\, The Pew Charitable Trusts: BMaas-consultant@pewtrusts.org \nMaas is the former director of the Division of Oral Health in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. \n\nShelly Gehshan \n\n\nMary Otto URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/fluoridation-and-your-community/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140923T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140923T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155947Z CREATED:20231103T155209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155947Z UID:25986-1411434000-1411434000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Webcast: Covering how states will prepare for second ACA enrollment season DESCRIPTION:Watch a recording of this webcast.\nSpeaker’s presentation\n\n\nHeather Howard \n\n\nResources\n\n\nAHCJ Core Topic: Health Reform \n\n\nState Health Reform Assistance Network \n\n\nHealth insurance issuer participation and new entrants in the health insurance marketplace in 2015 \n\n\n \n\n \n2 p.m. ET\, Sept. 23\n \nThe second enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act begins in November – just after the elections. What do states have to do to prepare? What tasks await the states using HealthCare.gov versus their own exchanges? \nWe have a chance to ask Heather Howard\, a lecturer in the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton\, and the director of the State Health Reform Assistance Network\, which is providing technical assistance to states implementing the ACA. \nJoanne Kenen\, AHCJ’s topic leader on health reform\, will moderate the discussion and will be available for questions from journalists about this critical enrollment period. \n \nHeather H. Howard is the director of the State Health Reform Assistance Network\, a program within the Center for Health and Wellbeing that provides technical assistance to states to maximize coverage expansion under the Affordable Care Act. She is a lecturer in public affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School and a faculty affiliate at CHW. Howard brings experience in both federal and state government to the State Network and the WWS. She most recently served as the commissioner of New Jersey’s Department of Health and Senior Services\, a cabinet level agency with a budget of approximately $3.5 billion. There she was responsible for oversight of public health services\, regulation of health care institutions\, hospital financing\, senior services and health care policy and research. Her prior public policy experience includes work in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives\, the Domestic Policy Council at the White House\, and the Health Care Task Force within the Antitrust Division at the U.S. Justice Department. Howard received a bachelor of arts from Duke University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.  \nHeather Howard \nJoanne Kenen URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-covering-how-states-will-prepare-for-second-aca-enrollment-season/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140916T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140916T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155948Z CREATED:20231103T155214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155948Z UID:25993-1410829200-1410829200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Webcast: Frailty and its impact on health DESCRIPTION:Watch a recording of this webcast.\nSpeaker’s presentation\n\n\nSamuel Durso\, M.D. \n\n\nResources\n\n\nAHCJ Core Topic: Aging \n\n\nJohns Hopkins University’s Older Americans Independence Center \n\n\nStay Strong: Four Ways to Beat the Frailty Risk \n\n\n\nRecorded Sept. 16\nFrailty is a real concern for older adults and the clinicians who treat them. \nThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says 5 percent to 15 percent of adults aged 65-74 are frail; by the time they’re over 85\, it’s 25 percent to  40 percent. \nThis condition – a progressive decline in multiple body systems – is associated with greater mortality\, increased burden of chronic disease\, risk of infections\, falls\, and hospitalization. \nJoin Samuel Durso\, M.D.\, director of geriatric medicine and gerontology at Johns Hopkins\, and Liz Seegert\, AHCJ ‘s topic leader on aging\, to discuss the implications of frailty on health\, what and how reporters should cover in their communities. \nSamuel Christopher Durso\, M.D.\, is the Mason F. Lord professor of medicine and director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at Johns Hopkins Medicine. His clinical concentration is on caring for older adults with complex health needs in the office and hospital settings. He has done considerable research in the field of geriatrics.  \nLiz Seegert \nSamuel Durso URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-frailty-and-its-impact-on-health/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140814T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140814T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155952Z CREATED:20231103T155209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155952Z UID:25985-1407978000-1407978000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Webcast: How value-based insurance design breaks down barriers to care DESCRIPTION:Watch a recording of this webcast.\nSpeaker’s presentation\n\n\nA. Mark Fendrick\, M.D. \n\n\nResources\n\n\nInsurance: Resources in AHCJ’s core topic area \n\n\nCenter for Value-Based Insurance Design \n\n\n@UM_VBID on Twitter \n\n\nSubscribe to the V-BID e-newsletter \n\n\n\nMark Fendrick\, M.D.\, the director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) at the University of Michigan\, will explain the principals of VBID and why this strategy is important for consumers. Most health insurers do not use VBID when implementing cost-sharing strategies with consumers. Instead they use what Fendrick calls a “one-size-fits-all approach\,” such as high copayments and high-deductible health plans. \nYet\, these cost-sharing strategies can be a financial barrier to care for low-income patients who have chronic illnesses and thus need access to low-cost medications and medical services. When such financial barriers are reduced\, the result is increased patient compliance with physicians’ recommendations\, Fendrick says. \nDuring the webcast\, Fendrick will explain the concept of VBID and discuss why a bill\, just introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives\, is needed to allow the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to start a VBID demonstration project for members of Medicare Advantage plans. Insurance core topic leader Joe Burns will discuss story ideas and resources for reporting with Fendrick. \n \nMark Fendrick\, M.D. \nJoseph Burns URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-how-value-based-insurance-design-breaks-down-barriers-to-care/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140515T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140515T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160022Z CREATED:20231103T154858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160022Z UID:25954-1400115600-1400115600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Getting dental care to elders in nursing homes DESCRIPTION:Archived recording\nSee a recording of this webcast. \nSpeakers’ presentations\nJudith Jones\, D.D.S. \nGregory J. Folse\, D.D.S. \nBeth Truett \nResources\nState of Decay: A national report card on the oral health of elders from Oral Health America \nTooth Wisdom: Oral health resources for seniors from Oral Health America \nSpecial Care Dentistry Association \nADA resource covers use of incurred medical expense option to cover dental care costs \nOral Health: Resources in AHCJ’s core topic area \n\nNoon ET\, May 15Although more national research is needed to understand the full extent of the problem\, studies show that seniors in nursing homes often go without dental care. \nThe lack of care can take a devastating toll on health and quality of life and impacts seniors who have their natural teeth as well as those who don’t. Our panel of experts will take a look at the need for oral health services in nursing homes and some steps that are being taken to get this care to patients. \nThe speakers \n\n\nAs president of Outreach Dentistry\, Gregory J. Folse\, D.D.S.\, maintains a mobile\, geriatric dental practice in Lafayette\, Louisiana\, a comprehensive school-based dental practice throughout Louisiana\, and lectures extensively. Nationally\, he was instrumental in writing the oral health section of the Minimum Data Set found in every facility residents’ chart\, training state nursing facility surveyors through CMS and trained the Gold Standard Nurses for facility oral health compliance. \n\n\nJudith Jones\, D.D.S.\, is a spokesperson for the American Dental Association\, a member of the national Elder Care Advisory committee and serves on the Journal of the American Dental Association editorial board and on the American Board of Dental Public Health. She is professor and assistant dean for faculty development and director of the Center for Clinical Research at the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine. She has organized and led conferences focused on disparities in access to and outcomes of care for elders. Her research interests include geriatric oral health and the relationships between systemic health\, oral health and quality of life. \n\n\nBeth Truett is president and chief executive officer of Oral Health America. Last fall\, Oral Health America\, a national non-profit organization\, released a national report card on the oral health of elders called State of Decay  that highlighted serious needs in many states. Truett will offer insights about the barriers many seniors face to getting dental care both at home and in institutions\, as well as the health impacts that can result from a lack of dental care. \n\n\nMary Otto\, AHCJ’s core topic leader on oral health\, will moderate the discussion and take questions from participants. \n\n\n \n \nGregory Folse \nJudith Jones \nBeth Truett \nMary Otto URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/getting-dental-care-to-elders-in-nursing-homes/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140429T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140429T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160033Z CREATED:20231103T154850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160033Z UID:25947-1398733200-1398733200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Family Caregiving: View from the front row DESCRIPTION: \nWatch now\nSee a recording of this webcast. \nResources\n\n\nMissing Jim\, Karen Garner’s blog \n\n\nFamily Caregiver Alliance \n\n\nSally Abrahms on LinkedIn \n\n\n\nWhat is it really like to be a family caregiver for someone with dementia or serious illness? What are some of the key issues that aren’t being discussed? And how can journalists better bring untold caregiver stories to light? \nJoin us on Tuesday\, April 29\, at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT)\, for “Family Caregiving: View from the front row” with: \n\n\nKathleen Kelly\, executive director\, National Center on Caregiving\, Family Caregiver Alliance\, the first community-based nonprofit organization in the country to address the needs of families and friends providing long-term care for loved ones at home] \n\n\nKaren Garner\, wife\, mother\, and caregiver to a husband diagnosed at age 48 with younger-onset Alzheimer’s \n\n\nSally Abrahms\, award-winning writer and blogger on boomers and caregiving for AARP and other media – who will speak about her work and also provide insight as a primary family caregiver for the past 14 years. \n\n\nLiz Seegert\, AHCJ’s topic leader on aging\, will moderate the discussion. \n\n\nThere will be plenty of time for the speakers to address questions from the participants. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/family-caregiving-view-from-the-front-row/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140409T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140409T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160145Z CREATED:20231103T154849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160145Z UID:25945-1397005200-1397005200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Finding fresh stories in newly released Medicare data DESCRIPTION:Resources\nSee a recording of this webcast. \nSpeakers’ presentation: \n460 kB PDF \n\nAs the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services prepares to release payment information for individual doctors\, AHCJ will host a webcast to help reporters find the stories in the data. \nAHCJ will host a webcast at 4 p.m. ET Wednesday about the CMS data with details of Medicare payments to individual physicians and other health care professionals. The details will include the number and type of services provided\, and the amount paid for those services delivered in 2012. \nJournalists can use this data to help consumers to make more informed choices about the care they receive. AHCJ has long advocated for the release of this data. \nThe new data provides a more detailed picture of how physicians practice in the Medicare program\, and the payments they receive. This data contains information on more than 880\,000 health care professionals in all 50 states who collectively received $77 billion in payments in 2012 for services delivered to beneficiaries under the Medicare Part B Fee-For-Service program. With this data\, it will be possible to conduct a wide range of analyses that compare 6\,000 different types of services and procedures provided\, as well as payments received by individual health care providers. \nSpeakers:\n\n\nNiall Brennan\, acting director\, CMS Offices of Enterprise Management \n\n\nMarc Hartstein\, director\, CMS Center for Medicare’s Hospital and Ambulatory Policy Group \n\n\nCharles Ornstein\, senior reporter\, ProPublica; member of AHCJ board of directors \n\n\nChristopher Powers\, acting director of the CMS Office of Information Products and Data Analytics’ Information Products Group \n\n\n \nRelated\n\n\nCharles Ornstein: Caution in order when tackling newly released Medicare data \n\n\nPresentation from Christopher Powers \n\n\nIntro to investigating health data using spreadsheetsThis tutorial will give you a jumpstart on using spreadsheets to investigate health data. While it’s important to remember that a spreadsheet can give you a lead but can’t replace your news judgment\, this will help you navigate around spreadsheets\, understand some basic references and learn some good practices in dealing with data. \n\n\nFinding patterns and trends in health data: Pivot tables in spreadsheetsExcel pivot tables are a powerful way to organize\, interpret and manipulate numerical data. In this tip sheet\, reporters will learn the skills necessary to apply these tables in real-world situations\, URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/finding-fresh-stories-in-newly-released-medicare-data/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140228T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140228T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150840Z CREATED:20231103T154525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150840Z UID:25933-1393549200-1393549200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Beyond the Basics of Pitching: Becoming That Dream Writer DESCRIPTION:Resources\nSee a recording of this webcast. \nSpeakers’ presentation: \n381 kB PDF \n\nFeb. 28\, 12 p.m. CT\nEditors are busy folks who receive many more emails each day than they can ever hope to answer. How can a writer\, who’s new to a publication\, craft such an impressive pitch\, that even if the story doesn’t sell\, keeps the door wide open for next time? A panel of top editors will talk about pitches they loved and could not walk away from. Using examples of successful pitches-to-story\, they’ll explain the formula for pitches that are memorable – in a good way – starting with the subject line. \nPerhaps most important\, even experienced writers can struggle with writing pitches that identify a story and not a topic. Writers may do so much pre-pitch research that it’s easy to forget that we’re actually not prepping for a master’s thesis; there’s a great story somewhere in that pile of PubMed searches. Our panel of editors will give their best advice on how to make your pitch communicate that story\, and impress them in the process. \nParticipating editors:\n\n\nJim Giles\, Matter \n\n\nRobin Lloyd\, Scientific American \n\n\nMore about the speakers:\nJim Giles writes about the interface between science\, technology and society. He is the co-fournder of Matter and a Medium editor. His work has appeared in The Atlantic\, The New York Times\, Nature\, New Scientist\, the Guardian and many other outlets. \nRobin Lloyd\, a science writer going back to the Galileo mission to Jupiter\, is Scientific American’s news editor\, responsible for planning\, editing and assigning stories for SA‘s website and managing its home page. She also oversees SA‘s social media efforts. Previously\, she was a senior editor for LiveScience.com and SPACE.com. She has experience in print journalism (Pasadena Star-News)\, wire service journalism (City News Service in Los Angeles) and network online journalism (CNN.com). She worked for five years as a science publicist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. She earned a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California\, Santa Barbara\, and received a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the 1998-1999 academic year.  \nThe webcast will be moderated by Jeanne Erdmann\, a freelance health and science writer based near St. Louis. She writes about cancer\, genetics\, genetic testing\, genetic counseling and osteoarthritis. Her stories have appeared in Women’s Health\, Slate\, The Washington Post\, Nature Medicine\, Nature\, Cure and others. Erdmann was chosen for a 2013 AHCJ Reporting Fellowship on Health Care Performance\, with assistance from the Commonwealth Fund. She also co-produces The Open Notebook\, a craft-focused website for science writers.  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/beyond-the-basics-of-pitching-becoming-that-dream-writer/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR