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.
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Join Federal Computer Week for this free webcast featuring Adelaide O’Brien, Research Director, Government Services Delivery, IDC Government Insights, as she discusses recent focus group findings on Open Government and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). |
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3 events,Health care reform faces legal challenges and critical tests in coming months. California in particular has been a leader in implementing the first stages of health care reform. What is the future for this important new law? |
2 events,The largest multiprofessional critical care event of the year will focus on solutions that dramatically improve the outcomes and lives of patients. Material covered will include anitbiotic use, health reform, traumatic brain injuries, heart disease, health information technology, responding to disasters, measuring outcomes and much more. |
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3 events,This free, one-hour webinar will help journalists understand the complex issues to be argued at the Supreme Court on the 2010 Affordable Care Act. This meeting will update journalists on the latest in pain management for older adults, alternative therapies for pain and ways to reduce the risk of chronic pain. |
3 events,This presentation is part of the the National Institutes of Health’s Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series and will feature Dr. Lewis H. Kuller, Distinguished University Professor of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh. The seminar will focus on states’ efforts to rebalance long-term care supports and services toward the community setting and the implications of the Affordable Care Act. |
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It’s a skill that has long been practiced by those of us who work as freelance or independent journalists and communicators. So we invited a three members who have survived and thrived in this milieu – John Ettorre, Maria Shine Stewart and Eileen Beal – to come and share their tips, their stories of trial and triumph, and their encouragement to writers starting or struggling on this path This webinar will look more closely at the role exchanges will have in covering small businesses – and how these new insurance markets may eventually prove attractive to larger businesses as well. |
2 events,An update on the Health Data Initiative and discussion on how to better use health data in Missouri for technology companies, researchers, health and consumer advocates, employers, media, and health care providers. There is no charge to attend this event, but registration is required by Wednesday, Feb. 22. Click here to register. |
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Fellowships are available to journalists in several states, as well as those who cover rural areas, those who work in the ethnic media and even for journalists who don’t cover health but understand the need to cover health angles on other beats. Fellowship applications must be received by Feb. 27. |
2 events,A look at the role of essential benefits in improving care, governors’ perspectives on essential health benefits, the HHS bulletin’s implications for states, ensuring patient access to innovations in care and how the benchmark approach to essential benefits should be evaluated against the long-term goal of ensuring a minimum level of quality coverage for patients nationwide. |
3 events,To help understand and reduce persistent health disparities, the health reform law requires, beginning in March 2012, any ongoing or new federal health program to collect and report racial, ethnic, and language data. This briefing will help you better answer questions for your readers, viewers and listeners about many of the key decisions implementing health reform that are left to the states. |
2 events,The AAAAI Annual Meeting draws the allergy/immunology specialty’s academic and clinical leaders to showcase new research and discuss other developments in allergy, asthma and immunologic diseases. The meeting is attended by more than 7,700 allergist/immunologists, related physicians, allied health professionals and industry representatives. |
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