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:20030406T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20031026T060000 END:STANDARD 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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20110313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20111106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20120311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20121104T060000 END:STANDARD 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20040716T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140717T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163514Z CREATED:20231025T161620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163514Z UID:24011-1089939600-1405558800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Private Healthcare Exchanges Conference DESCRIPTION:The Private Healthcare Exchanges conference July 16-17 in Chicago will focus on how the Affordable Care Act is changing the way insurers sell health insurance. Instead of marketing almost exclusively to employers\, the ACA has forced insurers to focus on enrolling consumers. The conference is sponsored by Employee Benefit News. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/private-healthcare-exchanges-conference/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110131T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110201T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160725Z CREATED:20231025T161025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160725Z UID:23775-1296435600-1296522000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:AHCJ Media Fellowships on Health Performance DESCRIPTION:About the fellowships:\n• The 2010-2011 fellows and their projects • Press release announcing program• Understanding and applying for the fellowship \n \nThis 10-month program allows mid-career journalists to pursue a significant reporting project examining health care systems. Guidance is provided through customized seminars on health performance\, conference calls and e-mail consultations with AHCJ fellowship leaders. \n\nSeminar 2 agenda\n\n\n\nMonday\, Jan. 31\n\n\n\n\n8:15 a.m. \n\n\nMeet in hotel lobby to walk to Commonwealth Fund \n\n\n\n\n8:30-9 a.m. \n\n\nBreakfast \n\n\n\n\n9 a.m.-noon \n\n\nJacqui Banaszynski Knight Chair in Editing\, Missouri School of Journalism Visiting faculty\, Poynter Institute \n\n\n\n\nNoon-1:30 p.m. \n\n\nLunch at fund / break \n\n\n\n\n1:30-4:30 p.m. \n\n\nWork session with Jacqui Banaszynski continues \n\n\n\n\n4:45 p.m. \n\n\nReception with Commonwealth staff \n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, Feb. 1\n\n\n\n\n7:45 a.m. \n\n\nCheck out of hotel \n\n\n\n\n8 a.m. \n\n\nWalk to Commonwealth Fund \n\n\n\n\n8:15-8:45 a.m. \n\n\nBreakfast \n\n\n\n\n8:45-10:30 a.m. \n\n\nJill Rosenthal\, M.P.H. Program Director\, National Academy for State Health Policy \n\n\n\n\n10:50 a.m.-noon \n\n\nCathy Schoen\, M.S. Senior Vice President for Policy\, Research and Evaluation\, The Commonwealth Fund \n\n\n\n\nNoon \n\n\nLunch \n\n\n\n\nSpeaker bios\nJACQUI BANASZYNSKI is Knight Chair at the Missouri School of Journalism and editing fellow at The Poynter Institute. Her series about a gay farm couple facing AIDS won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. She was a 1986 Pulitzer finalist in international reporting\, and won the nation's top deadline sports award for coverage of the 1988 Olympics. She has edited dozens of award-winning projects\, from features to investigations\, and coaches journalists around the world. \nLEN BRUZZESE is the executive director of the Association of Health Care Journalists and its Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism. He also is an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism and serves on the executive committee of the Council of National Journalism Organizations. Bruzzese\, a founding staff member of USA Today\, spent 20 years in daily journalism before entering the nonprofit and academic worlds. He is co-author of "The Investigative Reporter's Handbook\," (fourth edition)\, and has edited 12 reporter beat books focused on reporting topics of use to daily journalists. \nTRUDY LIEBERMAN\, immediate past-president of AHCJ's board of directors\, is a fellow at the Center for Advancing Health\, a contributing editor to the Columbia Journalism Review\, where she blogs about health care and income security issues and she is a contributor to The Nation. She was recently director of the health and medical reporting program at the Graduate School of Journalism\, City University of New York and had a long career at Consumer Reports specializing in insurance\, health care and health care financing. She was the director of the Center for Consumer Health Choices at Consumers Union. She has written a column about health and the marketplace for the Los Angeles Times and began her career as a consumer writer for the Detroit Free Press. \nCHARLES ORNSTEIN\, president of AHCJ's board of directors\, is a senior reporter with ProPublica in New York. As a reporter for the Los Angeles Times\, he co-authored a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative series on the troubled Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center. In 2006\, Ornstein chronicled lapses in the nation's organ transplant system\, triggering a congressional investigation and changes in federal regulations. The coverage also garnered several awards. Ornstein previously reported on health\, domestic policy and the health care business for The Dallas Morning News. In 1999-2000\, he was a Media Fellow with the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation\, examining the future of the employer-sponsored health insurance system. \nJILL ROSENTHAL\, M.P.H.\, is a program director at the National Academy for State Health Policy. She provides policy analysis and technical assistance to states on issues related to health systems performance\, quality and patient safety\, and child health and development. She joined NASHP in 2000\, having previously focused on rural health and health promotion issues in West Virginia.  She is a graduate of Colgate University and the University of North Carolina's School of Public Health. \nCATHY SCHOEN\, M.S.\, is senior vice president for policy\, research and evaluation at The Commonwealth Fund. She is a member of the Fund's executive management team and research director of the Fund's Commission on a High Performance Health System. Her work includes strategic oversight and management of surveys\, research and policy initiatives to track health system performance. Prior to joining the Fund in 1995\, Schoen taught health economics at the University of Massachusetts' School of Public Health and directed special projects at the UMASS Labor Relations and Research Center. She has authored numerous publications on health policy issues\, insurance\, and national/international health system performance and co-authored the book "Health and the War on Poverty." URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ahcj-media-fellowships-on-health-performance/ CATEGORIES:Workshops | Summits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110202T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110202T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160724Z CREATED:20231030T213213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160724Z UID:25497-1296608400-1296608400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: How health insurance affects certain cardiological diagnoses\, 2005 to 2008 DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release a report titled "Health Insurance Affects the Diagnosis and Control of Hypercholesterolemia and Hypertension Among Adults Aged 20-64 Years\, 2005-2008." The data will come from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. \nTo access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must contact the CDC/NCHS Press Room at 301-458-4800 or register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-how-health-insurance-affects-certain-cardiological-diagnoses-2005-to-2008/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110204T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110205T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160723Z CREATED:20231025T161027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160723Z UID:23778-1296781200-1296867600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Workshop for covering veterans' issues DESCRIPTION:The Thomas Scattergood Foundation for Behavioral Health is sponsoring a workshop for journalists covering veterans' issues called\, “When veterans come home: A workshop for local and regional journalists in the Greater Philadelphia area.” \n According to the Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma's website\, the workshop will: \n\nServe as a forum for improving journalists’ knowledge of critical issues such as access to health care\, education and employment\, post-traumatic stress disorder\, female combat veterans\, suicide and children and family issues\nExplore new research\, reporting ideas and best practices with leading mental health and policy experts\nConfront challenges — and identify opportunities — that exist for local journalists pursuing these stories with limited resources\nProvide practical tools to enable journalists to successfully produce stories that address the challenges facing returning veterans\n\nWhen: February 4-5\, 2011 \nWhere: At the studios of WHYY in Philadelphia URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/workshop-for-covering-veterans-issues/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110207T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110207T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160722Z CREATED:20231030T213204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160722Z UID:25488-1297040400-1297040400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Missouri State of Health DESCRIPTION:Agenda\n\n\n\n\n8:30–9:30 a.m. \n\n\nBreakfast briefing: Federal and state legislation’s impact for your local hospitals • Daniel Landon\, senior vice president of governmental relations\, Missouri Hospital Association \n\n\n\n\n9:45–10:45 a.m. \n\n\nHealth reform: What’s the latest and what’s next • Judy Baker\, Region 7 director\, U.S. Health and Human Services \n\n\n\n\n11 a.m.–noon \n\n\nNews briefing: Health insurance in Missouri • Travis Ford\, communication director\, Missouri Insurance Department \n\n\n\n\n12:30–2:30 p.m. \n\n\nLunch briefing: Missouri health status report • Nancie McAnaugh\, project director\, University of Missouri Center for Health Policy \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \nAHCJ members: See the presentations from this event.\nIn the news:Few Aware of Federally Funded High-Risk Insurance\, Joy Robertson\,KOLR-Springfield\, Mo. \nMissouri health is making news. Health reform battles are moving to the state level. Tight tax dollars are straining local health programs. And the list goes on. \nJournalists across Missouri have the chance to access government officials and health experts with a focus on health stories that impact Missouri residents and media audiences. The news-breaking event will provide journalists with the tools needed to improve the depth and amount of coverage focused on critical state and local health issues. The seminar will provide journalists from Missouri insight into state government's role in health policy. Attendees will leave the event with stories for their newsrooms right away\, plus solid ideas for future health-related stories. Come hear the latest on a variety of topics\, including: \n\nUpcoming health priorities in state government\nHealth status of Missouri residents\nHow will health reform impact Missouri?\nHealth stories that impact your community\n\nHow to attend\nThe day's events run from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and will include a free breakfast and lunch. While there are no registration fees\, to reserve meals and obtain credentials for the event\, you must have sent an RSVP no later than Feb. 1. Call AHCJ at 573-884-5606 with any questions. \nLocation\nCapitol Plaza Hotel – Truman Room 415 West McCarty St.Jefferson City\, MO 65101 (near the state capitol | map ) \nAbout this event \nThe Missouri State of Health event is an extension of AHCJ's Midwest Health Journalism Fellowship Program. The goals include a better-educated public and more accountability for policymakers. Supporters for the Midwest Health Journalism Fellowship Program include: \n\nThe Kansas Health Foundation\, Wichita\, Kan.\nThe Sunflower Foundation\, Topeka\, Kan.\nThe United Methodist Health Ministry Fund\, Hutchinson\, Kan.\nREACH Healthcare Foundation\, Merriam\, Kan.\nHealth Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City\, Kansas City\, Mo.\nMissouri Foundation for Health\, St. Louis URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/missouri-state-of-health-2/ CATEGORIES:Workshops | Summits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110208T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110208T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160721Z CREATED:20231030T213226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160721Z UID:25511-1297126800-1297126800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Media briefing on women and cardiovascular disease DESCRIPTION:In a morning and luncheon sessions\, the Mayo Clinic is bringing together researchers and other experts to deliver a briefing on women and cardiovascular disease that they've titled "In the Prime of Her Life." The focus will be on heart conditions that disproportionately affect women\, both in general and by age group. \nSign-up information from the press release: \n\nRSVP preferred by January 27th. \nGayle Kall\, mediabriefing@mayo.edu (preferred) or 507.284.0994 \nFor media related questions contact: Traci Klein\, Mayo Clinic Public Affairs\, klein.traci@mayo.edu or 507.266.3751 \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/media-briefing-on-women-and-cardiovascular-disease/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110209T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110209T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160720Z CREATED:20231030T213214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160720Z UID:25498-1297213200-1297213200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: Obesity Comparisons\, United States and Canada\, 2005-2008 DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Health Statistics is tentatively scheduled to release obesity comparisons between the United States and Canada based on data collected in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2005 to 2008. \nTo access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must contact the CDC/NCHS Press Room at 301-458-4800 or register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-obesity-comparisons-united-states-and-canada-2005-2008/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110210T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110211T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160720Z CREATED:20231025T161023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160720Z UID:23772-1297299600-1297386000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Chronic Heart Failure and Hypertension 2011 annual meeting DESCRIPTION:The Chronic Heart Failure and Hypertension 2011 annual meeting\, billed as the third national conference\, will address "current issues\, latest developments and practical management of of chronic heart failure and hypertension." Learn more at the conference website. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/chronic-heart-failure-and-hypertension-2011-annual-meeting/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110215T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110215T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160719Z CREATED:20231030T213215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160719Z UID:25500-1297731600-1297731600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: Death in the United States\, 2008 DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release data on death in the United States in 2008. According to the release\, the data will address the following: "life expectancy\, leading causes of death\, mortality trends\, infant mortality\, chronic disease mortality\, injury mortality\, influenza/pneumonia mortality." \nTo access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must contact the CDC/NCHS Press Room at 301-458-4800 or register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-death-in-the-united-states-2008/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110216T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110216T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160718Z CREATED:20231030T213214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160718Z UID:25499-1297818000-1297818000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: Recent declines in U.S. fertility DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release data on state and national trends in fertility titled "Recent declines in U.S. fertility." The numbers will come from the National Vital Statistics System.  \nTo access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must contact the CDC/NCHS Press Room at 301-458-4800 or register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-recent-declines-in-u-s-fertility/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110216T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110217T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160718Z CREATED:20231025T161027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160718Z UID:23779-1297818000-1297904400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:National Vaccine Advisory Committee meeting DESCRIPTION:The committee makes recommendations to the director of the National Vaccine Program on matters related to program responsibilities. This meeting will include updates on the safety of the latest influenza vaccines and the flu season. It will be available online. \n\nAgenda \nOnline Registration\nFeb. 16: Reserve your Webinar seat: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/139092464\nFeb. 17: Reserve your Webinar seat: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/628156297 URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/national-vaccine-advisory-committee-meeting/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110218T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110218T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160717Z CREATED:20231030T213204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160717Z UID:25489-1297990800-1297990800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Kansas State of Health DESCRIPTION:Agenda\n\n\n\n\n8:30–9:30 a.m. \n\n\nBreakfast briefing: State government and health \n • Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer\, M.D. \n\n\n\n\n9:45–10:45 a.m. \n\n\nHealth reform: What’s the latest and what’s next \n • Adele Hughey\, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\, Region 7 intergovernmental affairs specialist \n • Kit Wagar\, HHS Region 7 outreach specialist \n\n\n\n\n11 a.m.–noon \n\n\nNews briefing: Community safety net clinics \n • Cathy Harding\, executive director\, Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved \n\n\n\n\n12:30–2:30 p.m. \n\n\nLunch briefing: Health insurance in Kansas \n • Sandy Praeger\, Kansas insurance commissioner \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \nFriday\, Feb. 18 Topeka\nKansas Health Institute212 SW Eighth Ave.Topeka\, KS 66603 (near the state capitol | map)\nDeadline to RSVP: Feb. 14\, 5 p.m. CST \nKansas health is making news. Health reform battles are moving to the state level. Tight tax dollars are straining local health programs. And the list goes on. \nJournalists across Kansas have the chance to access government officials and health experts with a focus on health stories that impact the state's residents and media audiences. The news-breaking event will provide journalists with the tools needed to improve the depth and amount of coverage focused on critical state and local health issues. The seminar will provide journalists insight into state government's role in health policy. Attendees will leave the event with stories for their newsrooms right away\, plus solid ideas for future health-related stories. Come hear the latest on a variety of topics\, including: \n\nUpcoming health priorities in state government\nHealth status of Kansas residents\nHow will health reform impact Kansas?\nHealth stories that impact your community\n\nHow to attend\nThe day's events run from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and will include a free breakfast and lunch. While there are no registration fees\, to reserve meals and obtain credentials for the event\, you must have RSVPed before the Feb. 14 deadline. Call AHCJ at 573-884-5606 with any questions. The deadline to RSVP is 5 p.m. CST on Feb. 14. \nThe Kansas State of Health event is an extension of AHCJ's Midwest Health Journalism Fellowship Program. The goals include a better-educated public and more accountability for policymakers. Supporters for the Midwest Health Journalism Fellowship Program include: \n\nThe Kansas Health Foundation\, Wichita\, Kan.\nThe Sunflower Foundation\, Topeka\, Kan.\nThe United Methodist Health Ministry Fund\, Hutchinson\, Kan.\nREACH Healthcare Foundation\, Merriam\, Kan.\nHealth Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City\, Kansas City\, Mo.\nMissouri Foundation for Health\, St. Louis URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/kansas-state-of-health-2/ CATEGORIES:Workshops | Summits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110223T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110223T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160716Z CREATED:20231030T213215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160716Z UID:25501-1298422800-1298422800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: Sexual Behavior\, HIV Risk and STD Risk Among Adults in the U.S.\, 2006-2008 DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Health Statistics is tentatively expected to release a report with the self-explanatory title of "Sexual Behavior\, HIV Risk and STD Risk Among Adults in the U.S.\, 2006-2008." The data will come from the National Survey of Family Growth. \nTo access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must contact the CDC/NCHS Press Room at 301-458-4800 or register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-sexual-behavior-hiv-risk-and-std-risk-among-adults-in-the-u-s-2006-2008/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110224T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110224T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160715Z CREATED:20231030T213226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160715Z UID:25512-1298509200-1298509200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Chicago chapter: The Affordable Care Act at the one-year mark DESCRIPTION:The Chicago chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists invites you to a panel discussion of health care overhaul as the law nears its anniversary. \nModerator: \nChicago Tribune reporter Bruce Japsen \nPanelists:  \n\n\nChiquita Brooks-LaSure is the Director of Coverage Policy in the Office of Health Reform at U.S. Health and Humans Services. She is responsible for policies regarding the new insurance options and Medicaid coverage created under the Affordable Care Act. Prior to joining HHS\, she was majority staff on the Ways & Means Committee.  There\, she played an integral role in the passage of the new health care reform law\, working on issues related to health care coverage\, Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D.\nIllinois Department of Insurance Director Michael McRaith. He has been highly involved with the implementation of health care overhaul in Illinois and also plays a leadership role with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.\nWilliam Santulli\, chief operating officer for Advocate Health Care\, the state's largest health care system.\n\nWhen: Thursday\, Feb. 24\, 2011; 6 p.m. light refreshments & networking\, 6:30 p.m. panel discussion. \n Where: Columbia College\, 33 E. Congress\, Chicago (northwest corner of Congress and Wabash). Room C219. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/chicago-chapter-the-affordable-care-act-at-the-one-year-mark/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR