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:20040404T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20041031T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20050403T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20051030T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20060402T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20061029T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20080309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20081102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20090308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20091101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20100314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20101107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090909T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090909T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163151Z CREATED:20231030T213009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163151Z UID:25368-1252458000-1252458000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Health reform coverage: The key issues DESCRIPTION:A webinar for journalists\n \nResources from the webinar\n\nWatch this webinar\nLessons from Massachusetts\, from Kay Lazar of The Boston Globe \nRobert Laszewski's PowerPoint presentation \nTrudy Lieberman's PowerPoint presentation \n\nThere's little question that health reform has dominated the news this summer\, but is the coverage tackling the right issues? Join us for a "Talking Health" webinar\, presented by the Association of Health Care Journalists\, The Commonwealth Fund\, and the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism\, to find out what top journalists think of the coverage of this complicated policy debate. \nThe webinar will be held on Wednesday\, Sept. 9\, at 2 p.m. eastern time. \nJoin moderator Mike Hoyt\, editor of the Columbia Journalism Review\, as he directs your questions to panelists Kay Lazar of The Boston Globe\, Karen Tumulty of TIME\, Robert Laszewski of Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review and Trudy Lieberman\, contributing editor for CJR and AHCJ board president. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/health-reform-coverage-the-key-issues/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090501T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090501T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160703Z CREATED:20231025T150259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160703Z UID:23644-1241139600-1241139600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Talking Health: Insurance DESCRIPTION:Health reform is picking up steam in Congress. A major flash point in the coming debate is whether employers and individuals should be able to obtain health insurance through a public plan that is similar to Medicare\, as well as private insurance from commercial carriers. \nThis Talking Health program – from May 1\, 2009 – featured two experts: Cathy Schoen\, senior vice president for research and evaluation at The Commonwealth Fund\, and Bruce M. Bullen\, chief operating officer of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. They offered their judgments on what we can expect. Our two journalist experts\, Noam Levey\, a reporter at the Los Angeles Times; and Ceci Connolly\, a staff writer at The Washington Post; provided their insights and suggestions for covering what will be a major story in the coming months. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/talking-health-insurance/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081121T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081121T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160749Z CREATED:20231025T150059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160749Z UID:23554-1227229200-1227229200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Talking Health: Political Promises DESCRIPTION: \n\nTake part!\nThe speakers will answer questions submitted before and during the webcast. Send your questions to talkinghealth@healthjournalism.org. \nAt noon Eastern on Nov. 21\, visit www.healthjournalism.org/talkinghealth to watch the live webcast and submit questions. \n\nHealth care plan highlights \n• Barack Obama (D) \nTip sheet: Resources for covering the candidates' health care plans \n\n \nPress release: New webcast series for health journalists debuts July 9 \nPast episode of Talking HealthCovering the Underinsured (July 2008) \n\nObama presidency: Does his health plan stand a chance?\n What lies ahead for health reform? The candidates made lots of promises during the campaign and now the time has come to deliver on them. Will the new president really be able to bring insurance coverage to more Americans given the country's other financial problems and the growing deficit? Will we again fall back on an incremental approach? \nTalking Health on Nov. 21\, 2008\, featured two experts who have been following the politics of health reform for a long time: Karen Davis\, president of The Commonwealth Fund\, and Sheila P. Burke\, a lecturer in public policy at Harvard University. They offered their judgments on what we can expect. Our two journalist panelists Julie Rovner\, health policy correspondent for NPR\, and Marilyn Werber Serafini\, health care and welfare reporter for National Journal\, gave suggestions for covering the story for the next year both nationally and locally. \nRead more about the speakers and watch "Talking Health: Political Promises." \nSpeakers:\nSheila P. Burke is an adjunct lecturer in public policy at Harvard University. Having received her master's degree in public administration from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1982\, she returned in 1996 to serve as executive dean through June 2000. In between she was chief of staff to former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (1985 to 1996). She was deputy staff director of the Senate Committee on Finance (1982 to 1985)\, having been a professional staff member of the committee from 1979 to 1982. Burke holds a bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of San Francisco and worked as a staff nurse in Berkeley\, Calif. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine\, National Academy of Sciences\, and a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. She serves on the adjunct faculty at Georgetown University\, on the boards of trustees of the Kaiser Commission on the Future of Medicaid and the Uninsured\, and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission\, as chair of the Kaiser Family Foundation\, and on a number of corporate boards. \nKaren Davis is president of The Commonwealth Fund\, a private foundation that aims to promote a high-performing health care system that achieves better access\, improved quality\, and greater efficiency\, particularly for society's most vulnerable\, including low-income people\, the uninsured\, minority Americans\, young children\, and elderly adults. Davis is a nationally recognized economist\, with a distinguished career in public policy and research. Before joining the Fund\, she served as chairman of the Department of Health Policy and Management at The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health\, where she also held an appointment as professor of economics. She served as deputy assistant secretary for health policy in the Department of Health and Human Services from 1977-1980\, and was the first woman to head a U.S. Public Health Service agency. Prior to her government career\, Davis was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington\, D.C.\, a visiting lecturer at Harvard University\, and an assistant professor of economics at Rice University. A native of Oklahoma\, she received her Ph.D. in economics from Rice University\, which recognized her achievements with a Distinguished Alumna Award in 1991. \nTrudy Lieberman is the director of the health and medicine reporting program at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. She is a contributing editor for Columbia Journalism Review\, a contributor to The Nation and the author of several books. She has won numerous awards for her reporting including two National Magazine Awards. She also was a Fulbright Scholar to Japan and a John J. McCloy fellow to Germany to study health care in those countries. She is president of the AHCJ board of directors. \nJulie Rovner is a health policy correspondent for NPR\, specializing in the politics of health care. She is also a contributing editor for National Journal's CongressDaily. In 2005\, she was awarded the Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for distinguished reporting of Congress for her coverage of the passage of the 2003 Medicare prescription drug bill and its aftermath. Rovner has appeared on The NewsHour\, CNN\, C-Span\, MSNBC\, and NOW with Bill Moyers. Her articles have appeared in dozens of national newspapers and magazines\, including The Washington Post\, USA Today\, Modern Maturity and The Saturday Evening Post. A noted expert on health policy issues\, Rovner is the author of a critically-praised reference book\, "Health Care Politics and Policy A-Z." Its third edition was published by CQ Press in September 2008. Rovner is co-author of the book Managed Care Strategies 1997\, and has contributed to several other books\, including two chapters in 1995's "Intensive Care: How Congress Shapes Health Policy\," edited by political scientists Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann. Previously\, Rovner covered health and human services for the Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report\, specializing in health care financing\, abortion\, welfare and disability issues. Later\, she covered health reform for the Medical News Network\, an interactive daily television news service for physicians\, and provided analysis and commentary on the health reform debates in Congress for NPR. She has been a regular contributor to the British medical journal The Lancet\, and her columns on patients' rights for Business and Health won her a share of the 1999 Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award. \nMarilyn Werber Serafini has been the health care and welfare reporter for National Journal since 1995\, and has won awards for articles on these subjects. The most recent was an award from the Association of Health Care Journalists for an article comparing and analyzing the 2008 presidential candidates' health care proposals. She also won an  award from the Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families for an article that scrutinized President Bush's controversial proposal to give states money to encourage marriage and discourage divorce. She has written extensively about Medicare policy\, the uninsured and bioterrorism. Serafini has covered Congress since 1985\, writing about health care\, welfare\, trade\, tax and budget policy. She served two terms as a member of the executive committee of the congressional periodical galleries. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland and of American University\, where she received an M.A. in Journalism and Public Affairs. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/talking-health-political-promises/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080822T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080822T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160702Z CREATED:20231025T150032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160702Z UID:23521-1219366800-1219366800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Covering Health in a Multicultural Society Online Training DESCRIPTION:  \nThis interactive course is a resource for understanding the increasing diversity of the audiences AHCJ members serve. The e-class is the online companion to the book “Covering Health in a Multicultural Society: A Resource Guide for Journalists.” The book is available to all members of the Association of Health Care Journalists and can be downloaded as a PDF from our Web site. \nThe e-class offers a summary of each chapter of the book; a special feature called Thinking Points\, where health care journalists can trade ideas and comments; plus links to special Tips and Traps\, Story Ideas and Web Links; and\, finally\, self-tests covering each chapter to reinforce the lessons shared. \nThe book authors said it succinctly: The very definition of the word “multicultural” evolves almost daily in a country as ethnically and culturally rich as the United States\, so the goal was to use the most comprehensive interpretation of the term. The primary focus of the e-class and book is African Americans\, Hispanics\, Native Americans\, Asians and Pacific Islanders living in the United States. Because lifestyle and life circumstances also play a role in the health status of individuals and the care they receive\, we also have included information on how sexual orientation and legal status affect health. \nThe e-class and book were supported by a grant from The California Endowment. Primarily derived from the book\, the content for this course was developed by Jeff Porter\, special projects director for AHCJ\, and Robin Reuben\, a former graduate research assistant for AHCJ. Technical development was supplied by the University of Missouri Center for Distance and Independent Study. \n\nFor this course you will need:\n\nPC users use Internet Explorer or Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox\nMac users use Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox or Safari\nInternet connection\n\nHow to get started:\nYou have two choices. Both require AHCJ membership (Need to join?) \n\nLog in as a guest\, allowing you to read most of the material but does not allow you to take part in forums or short quizzes.\nTo enroll\, which allows you to receive a certificate of completion\, post to forums\, self-test yourself and save your work\, e-mail multicultural@healthjournalism.org with your name and contact information. You should receive log-in information within two business days. If you’ve already received the log-in\, you can follow this link to the course and click on the “Login” button.\n\nProceed to course log-in. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covering-health-in-a-multicultural-society-online-training/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080709T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080709T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160711Z CREATED:20231025T145946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160711Z UID:23493-1215565200-1215565200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Talking Health: Covering the Underinsured DESCRIPTION:AHCJ\, The Commonwealth Fund\, and the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism will present Talking Health\, a webcast for members that will explore the growing problem of the underinsured – those who have insurance but are still at risk for substantial out-of-pocket expenses. \nThe archived webcast is available. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/talking-health-covering-the-underinsured/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20071012T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20071013T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150823Z CREATED:20231025T145823Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150823Z UID:23421-1192150800-1192237200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Presentations from Urban Health Journalism Workshop 2007 DESCRIPTION:Get MP3 and Flash presentations from the 2007 Urban Health Journalism Workshop. Topics include the health issues of children\, seniors and immigrants in urban settings\, as well as obesity\, mental health\, disaster preparedness and the mapping of local health data. \nTopics: \n\n\nKeynote speech by Mary T. Bassett\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, deputy commissioner for the Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. \n\n\nWhy is urban health different? \n\n\nComing to grips with the obesity-linked diabetes epidemic \n\n\nTelling the stories of our aging population \n\n\nCovering children's access to care \n\n\nHow prepared is your city for health disasters? \n\n\nTackling mental health issues in your city \n\n\nOvercoming cultural barriers in your coverage \n\n\nMapping health data for local stories \n\n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/presentations-from-urban-health-journalism-workshop-2007/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070911T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070911T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163257Z CREATED:20231025T145749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163257Z UID:23406-1189472400-1189472400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Multimedia presentations from 'Multicultural health in the Bay Area: The untold story' DESCRIPTION:Three dozen journalists gathered at the San Francisco Chronicle for this workshop on multicultural health issues in the Bay Area. The workshop\, the third of its kind presented in California by AHCJ over the past year\, was sponsored by The California Endowment. Logistical support also came from The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. \nSlideshows of two speaker presentations with audio are now available: \n\nAnthony Iton\, M.D.\, J.D.\, M.P.H.\, health officer for Alameda County\, Calif.\, discusses uncovered stories in multicultural communities.\nSally Lehrman\, an independent journalist and diversity chair for the Society of Professional Journalists\, talks about covering the multicultural community with limited resources.\n\nAudio (MP3) is available for all of the sessions: \n\nWorkshop welcome and introduction (3 MB\, 9 minutes)\nEllen Wu\, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network\, on health care reform efforts and effects on diverse communities (8 MB\, 23 minutes)\nAnthony Iton\, M.D.\, J.D.\, M.P.H.\, health officer for Alameda County\, Calif. and Arnab Mukherjea\, M.P.H.\, executive committee chair\, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health\, discuss uncovered stories in multicultural communities. AHCJ board member Andrew Holtz serves as the moderator. (full session is 24 MB; 1 hour\, 9 minutes)\n\nIntroduction to "Uncovered stories in multicultural communities" (1.4 MB\, 2 minutes)\nAnthony Iton\, M.D.\, J.D.\, M.P.H.\, health officer for Alameda County\, Calif. (11 MB\, 31 minutes)\nArnab Mukherjea\, M.P.H.\, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health (6.8 MB\, 17 minutes)\nQuestion and answer period (6.8 MB\, 20 minutes)\n\nViji Sundaram\, health care editor for New America Media\, and Sally Lehrman\, an independent journalist and diversity chair for the Society of Professional Journalists\, discuss covering the multicultural community with limited resources. Sheree Crute\, an AHCJ board member and editor of "Covering Health in a Multicultural Society\," serves as moderator.\n\nIntroduction to "Covering the multicultural community with limited resources" (201 KB\, 34 seconds)\nViji Sundaram\, New America Media (4.4 MB\, 13 minutes)\nSally Lehrman\, independent journalist and diversity chair for the Society of Professional Journalists (7.5 MB\, 22 minutes)\nQuestion and answer period (4.2 MB\, 12 minutes) URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/multimedia-presentations-from-multicultural-health-in-the-bay-area-the-untold-story/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070905T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070905T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163258Z CREATED:20231025T145808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163258Z UID:23411-1188954000-1188954000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Audio from 'San Francisco chapter meeting: Universal health care' DESCRIPTION:Download MP3 files of the discussion:\n \n• Figueroa (3 MB; 17 minutes\, 21 seconds) \n• Levitt (3.4 MB; 19 minutes\, 30 seconds) \n• Luft (2.3 MB; 12 minutes\, 31 seconds) \n• Question and answer session (17 MB; 41 minutes\, 29 seconds) \n\nThe San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of AHCJ met at the Kaiser Family Foundation to hear about "Universal health coverage in California and the U.S.: Will it happen\, when\, and what will it look like?" \nThe three panelists: \n\n\nRichard Figueroa\, a health care adviser in the office of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger\, where he is working on the governor's health care reform initiative. \n\n\nLarry Levitt\, M.A.\, vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation and editor-in-chief of kaisernetwork.org\, the Foundation's online health policy news service. \n\n\nHarold S. Luft\, Ph.D.\, a professor of health policy and health economics at the Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California\, San Francisco. \n\n\nRead more about the event. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/audio-from-san-francisco-chapter-meeting-universal-health-care/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070405T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070405T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150817Z CREATED:20231025T144924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150817Z UID:23339-1175734800-1175734800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Covering Hospitals DESCRIPTION:Covering Hospitals will hone your critical-thinking skills and give you the beat-specific knowledge needed to cover the hospitals in your community. \n This innovative simulation puts you in the shoes of a rookie health beat reporter. You'll investigate local hospitals on deadline\, working with your editor to find the focus of your story and craft the lead. You'll tap into the same tools that you'll use on the job\, and you'll have a virtual "mentor" to walk you through the maze of reports\, statistics and sources. As the simulation progresses\, you'll uncover additional sources\, and the story you thought was unfolding might take unexpected turns. \nThe content for this course was developed by Charles Ornstein\, who covered public health and health policy for the Los Angeles Times and is now a senior reporter with ProPublica\, and Karl Stark\, health and science editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer. \nWatch a brief preview of the module. \n This module was developed in partnership with the Poynter Institute's News University through a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. \nTechnical Requirements\nFor this course you will need to have at least version 7.0 of the Flash plugin installed. For the best experience\, we suggest that: \n\nPC users use Internet Explorer or Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox \nMac users use Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox or Safari \nYou set your monitor resolution to 1024 x 768 or higher \nYou use a high-speed connection\n\nThis course contains audio\, so please adjust your sound settings before getting started. \nHow to get started \nYou will need to register with News U – a simple and free process – then enroll in the Covering Hospitals course. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covering-hospitals/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070306T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070306T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150815Z CREATED:20231025T145624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150815Z UID:23389-1173142800-1173142800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:The Future of the State Children's Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP) DESCRIPTION:Fourth in a series of interactive webcasts …\nAHCJ-Kaiser Family Foundation Interactive Roundtable \nThe webcast\, from March 6\, 2007\, is now available. \nWith the State Children's Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP) up for reauthorization\, this roundtable – a partnership between the Association of Health Care Journalists and the Kaiser Family Foundation – focuses on what journalists need to know about covering SCHIP in their states. Health reform proposals announced by would-be presidential candidates call for expanding coverage through SCHIP. \nAmong the questions our experts will answer are: how successful has the program been at reducing the rate of uninsurance among children; how is the program financed; what changes are being contemplated for the program; what are the barriers and red tape families encounter trying to use the program; should it be a building block for comprehensive reform? \nModerator: Trudy Lieberman\, director of the health and medical reporting program at City University of New York\, and president of AHCJ board of directors \nPanelists:\n\n Robin Rudowitz – principal policy analyst\, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured\nBecky Shipp – health policy adviser\, Senate Finance Committee\, minority staff\nAlan Weill – executive director\, National Academy for State Health Policy\nAlice Weiss – health counsel\, Senate Finance Committee\, majority staff URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-future-of-the-state-childrens-health-insurance-plan-schip/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070306T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070306T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150816Z CREATED:20231025T144923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150816Z UID:23337-1173142800-1173142800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Webcast: The Future of the State Children's Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP) DESCRIPTION:Fourth in a series of interactive webcasts …\nAHCJ-Kaiser Family Foundation Interactive Roundtable \n"The Future of the State Children's Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP)" \nThe webcast\, from March 6\, 2007\, is now available. \nWith the State Children's Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP) up for reauthorization\, this roundtable – a partnership between the Association of Health Care Journalists and the Kaiser Family Foundation – focuses on what journalists need to know about covering SCHIP in their states. Health reform proposals announced by would-be presidential candidates call for expanding coverage through SCHIP. \nAmong the questions our experts will answer are: how successful has the program been at reducing the rate of uninsurance among children; how is the program financed; what changes are being contemplated for the program; what are the barriers and red tape families encounter trying to use the program; should it be a building block for comprehensive reform? \nModerator: Trudy Lieberman\, director of the health and medical reporting program at City University of New York\, and president of AHCJ board of directors \nPanelists:\n Robin Rudowitz – principal policy analyst\, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured Becky Shipp – health policy adviser\, Senate Finance Committee\, minority staff Alan Weill – executive director\, National Academy for State Health Policy Alice Weiss – health counsel\, Senate Finance Committee\, majority staff URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-the-future-of-the-state-childrens-health-insurance-plan-schip/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070226T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070226T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163505Z CREATED:20231025T145335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163505Z UID:23368-1172451600-1172451600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Medical Devices: Uncharted Territory DESCRIPTION:NY chapter event\n Watch a webcast of this panel or download the audio as an MP3 file. \nCostly drugs and Big Pharma garner the majority of media coverage\, yet medical devices and diagnostics are a massive\, fast-growing market — one that's sure to grow as aging baby boomers look for better replacement parts and tests. \nFind out about trends\, sources\, and the latest advances in this important yet still under-reported sector. You'll learn how small companies get financing and approvals\, and what they have to do to compete with the giants in their industry. \nModerator: Scott Hensley\, News Editor\, The Wall Street Journal\, Health & Science Bureau (AHCJ member) Hensley writes the WSJ column "Follow the Money\," about what drives decisions in the health care industry\, and appears frequently on CNBC. \nPanel members include top executives from these cutting-edge medical technology companies: \n\n Chembio Diagnostics – Developer and manufacturer of rapid tests to aid in the detection of infectious diseases such as HIV and tuberculosis.\n Mystic Pharmaceuticals – Developer of drug delivery solutions for ophthalmic and intranasal applications.\n CNS Response – The company's technology matches mental and addiction physiology to treatment outcomes\, providing a platform for physicians to manage patients' psychiatric medications.\n SyntheMed – Biomaterials company that develops and commercializes anti-adhesion and drug delivery products.\n\nWhen: Feb. 26\, 6 to 8 pm \nWhere: CUNY Graduate School of Journalism \nAdmission: Complimentary \nPanelist Coordinators: \n Brett Johnson (AHCJ member)\, Publisher\, Health Care Investment Digest Sara Calabro\, Editor-in-Chief\, Medical Technology Investment Digest URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/medical-devices-uncharted-territory/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20060613T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20060613T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150811Z CREATED:20231025T144824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150811Z UID:23334-1150160400-1150160400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Webcast: Crisis in America�s Emergency Rooms DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Association of Health Care Journalists and the Kaiser Family Foundation \nThe webcast\, podcast and transcript is available. \nHospital emergency rooms are under siege. Some inner city hospitals are losing on-call specialists to treat severely injured patients or must pay high prices to keep them. In some parts of the country\, ambulance diversions are continuing. So are wallet biopsies which telegraph to hospitals who can pay and who cannot. Changes to Medicaid mandated by the Deficit Reduction Act could affect the care those on Medicaid will receive. Technology and emergency room care will become more expensive\, raising the question: “Who will fund this place of last resort as the move to market-driven health care rushes ahead? “ \nPanelists:\n\n\n Carmela Coyle\, senior vice president for policy\, American Hospital Association \n\n\n Nicole Lurie\, M.D.\, senior natural scientist and the Paul O’ Neill Alcoa Professor of Policy Analysis at RAND. \n\n\n Brent Asplin\, M.D.\, head of emergency medicine at Regions Hospital in St. Paul\, Minn.\, and is vice chairman of the emergency medicine department at the University of Minnesota. \n\n\n Moderator: Trudy Lieberman\, director of Center for Consumer Health Choices at Consumers Union and president of AHCJ board of directors. \n\n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-crisis-in-americai%c2%bds-emergency-rooms/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20051101T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20051101T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150807Z CREATED:20231025T144825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150807Z UID:23335-1130806800-1130806800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Webcast: Understanding Medicare Part D DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Association of Health Care Journalists and the Kaiser Family Foundation \nThe live webcast is over\, but still viewable on the Kaiser Family Foundation's Web site. \n Be prepared to help your readers\, viewers and listeners. Tune in to a special health care roundtable focusing on the new Medicare prescription drug benefit known as Part D\, designed to help Medicare beneficiaries pay for their medications. \nThis webcast – a partnership between AHCJ and the Kaiser Family Foundation – will allow you to ask questions via e-mail and telephone. Or just listen and learn. Among the questions our experts will address: \n\nWho should sign up for the benefit? \nAt what point does it make financial sense not to sign up? \nWhat are the options people have for covering their prescription costs? \nHow do drug plans vary? \nWhat kind of coverage will be available to fill the so-called donut hole? \nHow do people fit the new benefit with health insurance they already have?\n\nModerator:\nTrudy Lieberman\, director\, Center for Consumer Health Choices\, Consumers Union and president of AHCJ \nPanelists:\nJuliette Cubanski\, senior policy analyst\, Kaiser Family Foundation \nTom Paul\, chief pharmacy officer for Ovations\, a UnitedHealth Group Company and president of Pharmacy Solutions \nVicki Gottlich\, attorney\, Center for Medicare Advocacy URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-understanding-medicare-part-d/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20050209T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20050209T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150804Z CREATED:20231025T144825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150804Z UID:23336-1107910800-1107910800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Webcast: Reporting on Health Savings Accounts DESCRIPTION:This roundtable — a partnership between the Association of Health Care Journalists and the Kaiser Family Foundation — focuses on health savings accounts and related approaches advocated by the Bush Administration and others to address rising health care costs and lack of coverage for the uninsured. Among the questions our experts will address are: How do these accounts really work? What are the differences among the types of accounts being offered? Who will benefit from them? Who won't? What effect are they likely to have on the insurance market? Will they really curb the rising cost of health care? Will they lower the number of uninsured? \nSee a webcast of the event or get a transcript. \nModerator: \n\nTrudy Lieberman\, director\, Center for Consumer Health Choices\, Consumers Union and president\, AHCJ\n\nPanelists: \n\nGary Claxton\, vice president\, Kaiser Family Foundation and director\, Health Care Marketplace Project\nMila Kofman\, assistant research professor\, Health Policy Institute\, Georgetown University\nDoug Kronenberg\, chief strategy officer\, Lumenos URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-reporting-on-health-savings-accounts/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR