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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120301T010000
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SUMMARY:Health Reform: Understanding and Fighting Health Disparities
DESCRIPTION: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. The Secretary of Health and Human Services will use this data to help identify and reduce disparities. \nLearn more …
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/health-reform-understanding-and-fighting-health-disparities/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120301T010000
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SUMMARY:New York: Implementing health reform in the states
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by AHCJ\, Alliance for Health Reform\, United Hospital Fund of New York and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation \nWHEN: Thursday\, March 1\, 6:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (Hors d’oeuvres and soft drinks available at 6 p.m.) \nWHERE: United Hospital Fund of New York – 1411 Broadway\, 12th Floor\, New York City – 212-494-0700 \nRSVP to: Trudy Lieberman (Trudy.Lieberman@gmail.com)\, AHCJ New York chapter chair\, by 9 a.m. Wednesday\, Feb. 29. The security desk will be checking names of those registered\, so it’s necessary to RSVP for this event. You’ll need to show a government-issued photo ID. \nNOTE: Although AHCJ is cosponsoring this event\, you don’t need to be a member of AHCJ to attend. \nThe health care overhaul law passed by Congress in 2010 sets out national goals and requirements. But many of the key decisions implementing the law are left to the states.    \nFor example\, states have a lot of leeway in how they set up health insurance exchanges\, where individuals and small business will be able to buy coverage starting in 2014. Florida and Louisiana have said they will refuse to set up exchanges\, meaning the federal government will organize exchanges in those states. Other states are planning their exchanges\, even while asking courts to toss out the law entirely.    \nStill other states are working to change their health care systems in ways that go beyond the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Vermont\, for example\, wants the Obama Administration’s approval to put in place a Canadian-style single-payer system. Oregon wants to allow public employees to enroll in Medicaid.    \nWhat’s happening in New York? How are states preparing for the law’s Medicaid expansion in a time of budget deficits? As they plan for reform\, how are states addressing tough issues such as health care for undocumented immigrants and cutbacks in mental health services? How do states go about getting waivers from the reform law\, and how many might take advantage of that option?    \nThis briefing will help you better answer these questions for your readers\, viewers and listeners.  \nSpeakers:  \nTim Jost holds the Robert L. Willett Family Professorship of Law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law. Jost blogs regularly on implementing health reform and other reform regulatory issues. He has written a number of articles on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.  He is a consumer representative to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and a member of the Institute of Medicine. He is a co-author of a casebook\, Health Law\, used widely throughout the United States in teaching health law. He is also the author of Health Care Coverage Determinations: An International Comparative Study; Disentitlement? The Threats Facing our Public Health Care Programs and a Rights-Based Response; and Readings in Comparative Health Law and Bioethics\, the second edition of which appeared this spring. Mr. Jost has also written numerous articles and book chapters on health care regulation and comparative health law and policy\, and has lectured on health law topics throughout the world. His most recent book is Health Care at Risk: A Critique of the Consumer-Driven Movement\, which was published by Duke University Press in 2007. \nDeborah Bachrach\, a former New York Medicaid director\, is the health care transaction and policy counsel at the firm of Manatt\, Phelps and Phillips in New York City. Bachrach has more than 20 years of experience in health policy and financing in both the public and private sectors and an extensive background in Medicaid policy and healthcare reform.  Her practice focuses on developing strategies to respond to the requirements and opportunities of federal health reform\, particularly in balancing coverage\, quality and cost containment. She has served as an advisor to the Center for Health Care Strategies\, the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC)\, and the Kaiser Family Foundation as well as state Medicaid agencies\, foundations\, healthcare providers and other healthcare organizations. Most recently\, Ms. Bachrach was the Medicaid director and deputy commissioner of health for the New York State Department of Health\, Office of Health Insurance Programs. In this capacity\, she was responsible for coverage\, care and payment policies for more than 4 million children and adults enrolled in New York’s Medicaid and Child Health Insurance Programs.  \nTrudy Lieberman\, a journalist for more than 40 years\, is a contributing editor and blogger at the Columbia Journalism Review\, where she writes about health care and income security issues. She is immediate past president of the Association of Health Care Journalists.  She is an adjunct associate professor at the CUNY School of Public Health and is a fellow at the Center for Advancing Health where she writes about paying for health care. Lieberman had a long career at Consumer Reports specializing in insurance\, health care and health care financing.  She was also director of the Center for Consumer Health Choices at Consumers Union. She contributes to The Nation and has written a column about health and the marketplace for the Los Angeles Times.  She began her career as a consumer writer for the Detroit Free Press.  Ms. Lieberman is the recipient of 26 journalism awards and five fellowships\, including two National Magazine Awards and two Fulbright scholar awards.  She is the author of five books\, including Slanting the Story—the Forces That Shape the News and the Consumer Reports Guide to Health Services for Seniors\, which was named one of the best consumer health books for 2000 by Library Journal.  She is completing another book about health reform in America. \nJames R. Tallon Jr. (joining the panel for the Q&A period) is president of the United Hospital Fund of New York. The chair of The Commonwealth Fund and of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured\, he also serves as secretary/treasurer of the Alliance for Health Reform. He is on the boards of the Institute on Medicine as a Profession and the New York eHealth Collaborative\, and the advisory board for the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence. Prior to joining the Fund in 1993\, Mr. Tallon represented Binghamton and parts of Broome County in the New York State Assembly for 19 years\, beginning in 1975.  He chaired the assembly’s health committee from 1979 to 1987\, and was majority leader from 1987 to 1993. In September 1999\, Empire State Reports named him one of 25 leaders whose work resulted in sweeping improvements in the lives of New Yorkers in the past 25 years. In 1998-99 Mr. Tallon led the planning process that established The National Quality Forum. During the New York gubernatorial transition period in 2006\, he headed the Health Care Policy Advisory Committee. Mr. Tallon is also a member of the New York State Board of Regents\, the constitutionally-established supervisory body of all education and education-related activities in New York. \nModerator:  Ed Howard is the founding executive vice president of the Alliance for Health Reform\, a nonpartisan\, nonprofit health policy group in Washington\, D.C. that he formed in 1991 with Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) Mr. Howard and his staff have organized almost 500 briefings for members of Congress and their staffs\, for reporters\, for Executive Branch staff and for health-related groups. He has written and lectured across the country\, and testified before Congress\, on a range of topics related to aging and health\, including long-term care\, the uninsured\, Social Security\, Medicaid\, Medicare\, age discrimination in the workplace and services for the elderly. Prior to the Alliance’s founding\, Mr. Howard served as the general counsel for the U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care\, the “Pepper Commission\,” which reported to Congress on ways to assure access to health care and long-term care for all Americans.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/new-york-implementing-health-reform-in-the-states/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120302T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120306T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160528Z
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SUMMARY:American Academy of Allergy\, Asthma and Immunology Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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. \nMembers of the press representing print\, broadcast and electronic consumer media and healthcare trade media are invited to attend the 2012 AAAAI Annual Meeting. To register as a member of the press\, journalists must provide media identification or a business card issued by their news organization. Freelance writers must provide a letter of assignment on a news organization letterhead or bylined articles from a recognized news organization. Press passes will only be issued to journalists representing the editorial staff of print\, broadcast or Internet media. \nFind out more about press registration.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/american-academy-of-allergy-asthma-and-immunology-annual-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120305T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T160527Z
CREATED:20231030T213331Z
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SUMMARY:Health-Journalists-meet-the-Hospitals night
DESCRIPTION:Medicare and Medicaid cuts\, the health reform law\, EHR\, GME\, patient safety\, mergers\, profits\, losses\, the ER. These are some of the many topics health journalists deal with in covering hospitals. \nCome meet with representatives of some of the major national hospital advocacy organizations\, including the American Hospital Association\, the Association of American Medical Colleges and the National Association of Public Hospitals.  \nYou’ll get face time with the leading voices behind the organizations to learn about major issues the different types of hospitals are facing on Capitol Hill and in their communities. You’ll also learn the best way to get information from the hospital industry and how to contact them for stories. \nJoin us! \nWhen: 6:15 p.m.-7:45 p.m. Monday\, March 5 \nWhere: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Conference Center\, 1330 G Street NW (1/2 block west of Metro Center) \nThe informal gathering will have plenty of time for Q and A. We will wrap up by 7:45 to leave time to grab a brew/glass of wine and appetizers at nearby Laughing Man Tavern. \nAll health journalists are invited. \nRSVP by Friday\, March 2\, to AHCJ DC co-chair Phil Galewitz at pgalewitz@kff.org
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/health-journalists-meet-the-hospitals-night/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120306T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120306T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160527Z
CREATED:20231030T213336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160527Z
UID:25583-1330995600-1330995600@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Webinar: FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino
DESCRIPTION:This webinar\, for the AHCJ Regional Health Journalism Program fellows\, featured Richard Serino\, deputy administrator\, Federal Emergency Management Agency \nSerino spoke to the fellows for about 15 minutes and then took questions. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-fema-deputy-administrator-richard-serino/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120312T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120313T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160526Z
CREATED:20231025T161140Z
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SUMMARY:IOM: Global public health implications of substandard\, falsified& counterfeit medical products
DESCRIPTION:The open sessions will run from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT on March 12\, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT on March 13\, in Room 100 of the National Academies’ Keck Center\, 500 Fifth St.\, N.W.\, Washington\, D.C. \nSeating is limited and advance registration is required. Those who cannot attend may listen to the proceedings via telephone dial-in. To register or to obtain dial-in information\, reporters should contact the National Academies’ Office of News and Public Information; tel. 202-334-2138 or e-mail.  \nClick here for more information on the study.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/iom-global-public-health-implications-of-substandard-falsified-counterfeit-medical-products/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120314T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120314T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160525Z
CREATED:20231030T213337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160525Z
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SUMMARY:Scorecard on Local Health System Performance
DESCRIPTION:The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System will release the first scorecard measuring how 306 local areas in the U.S. are doing on key indicators of health system performance\, such as rates of insurance coverage\, delivery of preventive care\, and potentially preventable deaths before age 75. \nAn interactive map enabling you to explore performance variation and compare communities across the nation will accompany the Local Scorecard report. \nJoin the conversation about the Local Scorecard on Twitter using the hash tag #localhealth.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/scorecard-on-local-health-system-performance/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120314T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120317T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160524Z
CREATED:20231025T161103Z
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SUMMARY:Impact of trauma on teens: Building the safety net
DESCRIPTION:The annual meeting of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine will explore what is known\, highlight innovative programs and research\, and develop strategies for improving the safety net in our own communities. \nEvery day adolescents and young adults in the United States and around the world experience and witness profound traumatic events. Sometimes these events affect entire cities\, other times just schools or an individual are affected\, but\, regardless of size\, each of these events has the potential to profoundly change the lives of the youth who experience them. Many adolescents traverse these experiences with strength and resilience\, while others find it more difficult to recover from the impact trauma has on their lives. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/impact-of-trauma-on-teens-building-the-safety-net/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120316T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120320T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160523Z
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SUMMARY:American Academy of Dermatology 70th Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The world’s largest dermatologic education event highlights more than 850 faculty members and 400 sessions. Among a roster of well-known dermatological speakers is Bill Walton\, one of the NBA’s 50 all-time greatest players\, who will serve as a guest speaker.  \nFor press registration\, click here.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/american-academy-of-dermatology-70th-annual-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120321T010000
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CREATED:20231030T213330Z
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SUMMARY:Boston chapter: The face of face transplantation
DESCRIPTION:The Association of Health Care Journalists is forming a Boston-area chapter\, and health journalists from the region are invited to the inaugural meeting\, featuring Dr. Bohdan Pomahac\, who has performed four  face transplants at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. AHCJ members and non-members are welcome. The event will begin with refreshments and socializing. Pomahac will then speak about the transplants and media coverage\, and answer questions. \nWHEN: Wednesday\, March 21\, 6:30 p.m. \nWHERE:  Boston University School of ManagementExecutive Leadership Center\, 4th Floor595 Commonwealth Ave.\, Boston \n**Parking available on street and in School of Management parking garage \nRSVP by March 16 by sending an email with your name\, title\, affiliation and a contact phone number.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/boston-chapter-the-face-of-face-transplantation/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120324T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120327T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160522Z
CREATED:20231025T161135Z
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SUMMARY:American College of Cardiology 61st Annual Scientific Session & Expo
DESCRIPTION:The American College of Cardiology will host its 61st annual conference from March 24-27\, 2012\, in Chicago. This year’s program features lectures by the Legends of Cardiovascular Medicine\, highlights new scientific breakthroughs and encourages attendees use topic-specific “learning pathways\,” customized program modules that guide you through sessions that are relevant to your areas of interest. \nFor information about media registration\, please click here.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/american-college-of-cardiology-61st-annual-scientific-session-expo/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120324T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120329T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160521Z
CREATED:20231025T161135Z
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UID:23827-1332550800-1332982800@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Society for Interventional Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting 2012
DESCRIPTION:This conference of interventional radiologists and affiliated scientists will be held at the Mascone Center in San Francisco this March. More than 5\,000 physicians\, researchers and health professionals are expected to attend. Presentations will cover the latest trends in interventional radiology research. \nFor media registration\, contact Maryann Verrillo\, director of communications and public relations\, (703) 460-5572 or Ellen Acconcia\, communications manager\, practice areas\, (703) 460-5582. Or\, you may register online. Press registration is complimentary.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/society-for-interventional-radiology-annual-scientific-meeting-2012/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120326T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120327T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160520Z
CREATED:20231025T161117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160520Z
UID:23814-1332723600-1332810000@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:MLP: Innovative Solutions for a Healthier Community
DESCRIPTION:The seventh annual MLP Summit\, “MLP: Innovative Solutions for a Healthier Community\,” will take place March 26-27\, 2012\, in San Antonio\, Texas. Medical-legal partnership practitioners and other leaders in the health care and legal communities will explore themes including quality of care\, transforming health and legal practices and new innovations in medical-legal partnerships. \nThis year\, the summit will emphasize medical-legal partnerships as community-based organizations\, highlighting strategies to leverage existing resources to build capacity and promote long-term\, sustainable programs. Get more information.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/mlp-innovative-solutions-for-a-healthier-community/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120326T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120328T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160519Z
CREATED:20231025T161126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160519Z
UID:23823-1332723600-1332896400@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Oral arguments before Supreme Court on health reform
DESCRIPTION:The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments challenging congressional authority to mandate health insurance coverage and other provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The cases are Dept. of Health and Human Services v. Florida (11-398); NFIB v. Sebelius (11-393); and Florida v. HHS (11-400). \nAHCJ\, as well as other organizations\, has asked the Supreme Court to permit broadcast of health reform arguments.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/oral-arguments-before-supreme-court-on-health-reform/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120327T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120327T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160518Z
CREATED:20231030T213338Z
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SUMMARY:Live webinar: Implementing health reform in the states
DESCRIPTION:What are the trends? What are the implications for states if the Supreme Court strikes down parts the reform law\, or the entire law? \nThis webinar is archived\, click here to view it.\nMaterials List  (PDF)\, Selected Experts List (PDF)  WHEN: Tuesday\, March 27\, 2-3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time \nSPONSORS: Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ)\, Alliance for Health Reform\, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  \n The health care overhaul law passed by Congress in 2010 sets out national goals and requirements. But many of the key decisions implementing the law are left to the states.    \nFor example\, states have a lot of leeway in how they set up health insurance exchanges\, where uninsured individuals and small business will be able to buy coverage starting in 2014. But only 15 states have actually passed legislation establishing an exchange\, or have a governor who has set one in motion by executive order. Florida and Louisiana have said they will refuse to set up exchanges\, meaning the federal government will organize exchanges in those states. On the other end of the spectrum\, states such as Vermont and Oregon are working to change their health care systems in ways that go beyond the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. \nThe law provides for Medicaid expansion that will bring an estimated 16 million additional Americans under the Medicaid umbrella. But will states aggressively promote the program to these newly eligible individuals? What if the Supreme Court rules that the Medicaid expansion is unconstitutional? \nThis webinar will bring you up to date on what’s happening in the states with implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. By watching\, you will be better able to answer questions on this topic for readers\, viewers and listeners.  \nSpeakers:   Enrique Martinez-Vidal (Enrique.Martinez-Vidal@academyhealth.org) is vice president for state policy and technical assistance at AcademyHealth. He is also the director of State Coverage Initiatives\, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation\, which provides timely\, experience- and research-based information and technical assistance to state leaders in order to help them move health care reform forward at the state level. In May 2010\, he was appointed by Governor Martin O’Malley to the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Board.  Previously Mr. Martinez-Vidal was the deputy director for performance and benefits at the Maryland Health Care Commission\, an independent state agency. There he was responsible for the oversight of Maryland’s small group insurance market reforms\, among other responsibilities. \nMatt Salo (matt.salo@namd-us.org) was named the executive director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) in February 2011. NAMD represents the officials responsible for administering the Medicaid program in the 50 states\, the District of Columbia\, and the five U.S. Territories. Mr. Salo spent the previous 12 years at the National Governors Association\, where he worked on the governors’ health care and human services reform agendas\, helping to modernize the Medicaid program and secure the tobacco settlement for the states\, getting more than $100 billion in state fiscal relief. He began his career in the health policy field working as a policy analyst for the Medicaid Directors from 1994 to 1999. \nNoam  Levey (Noam.Levey@latimes.com) covers health care policy for the Los Angeles Times/Tribune Washington bureau\, which distributes his reporting to the Times and other Tribune newspapers\, including the Chicago Tribune\, Baltimore Sun and Harford Courant. He has written for papers in the Persian Gulf\, the Midwest and California\, including the San Jose Mercury News\, where he was an investigative reporter before he joined the Los Angeles Times in 2003. \nModerator:  \n Ed Howard (EdHoward@allhealth.org) is the founding executive vice president of the Alliance for Health Reform\, a nonpartisan\, nonprofit health policy group in Washington\, D.C. that he formed in 1991 with Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) Mr. Howard and his staff have organized almost 500 briefings for members of Congress and their staffs\, for reporters\, for Executive Branch staff and for health-related groups. He has written\, has lectured across the country and has testified before Congress on a range of topics related to aging and health\, including long-term care\, the uninsured\, Social Security\, Medicaid\, Medicare\, age discrimination in the workplace and services for the elderly. Prior to the Alliance’s founding\, Mr. Howard served as the general counsel for the U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care\, the “Pepper Commission\,” which reported to Congress on ways to assure access to health care and long-term care for all Americans. \nWebinar schedule\n2–2:05 p.m. Welcome/Introductions \nEd HowardExecutive Vice President\, Alliance for Health Reform(Moderator) \n2:05–2:35 p.m. Presentations \nEnrique Martinez-VidalVice President\, AcademyHealth \nMatt Salo Executive Director National Association of Medicaid Directors \nNoam LeveyLos Angeles Times/Tribune Washington Bureau \n2:35 p.m.–3 p.m. Question and Answer Session                                                             \nThe Alliance thanks the Kaiser Family Foundation for the use of their television studio for this webinar.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/live-webinar-implementing-health-reform-in-the-states/
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SUMMARY:Aging in America
DESCRIPTION:The 2012 annual conference of the American Society on Aging will examine the future of entitlement programs\, health reform\, and the Older Americans Act\, among many other subjects. \nAccording to the ASA website\, the conference draws more than 3\,000 attendees and is a showcase for programs and projects\, a forum for policy discussion and advocacy and a source of information on research findings in aging.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/aging-in-america/
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SUMMARY:Bioethics Bootcamp: Finding the Must-Read Angle For Science and Medical Stories
DESCRIPTION:Today’s science writers have to understand and communicate advances in science and technology. These topics are not only complex and important – they frequently raise potential or immediate ethical concerns for individuals\, institutions\, families\, and society.  \nThis program\, developed by Science Writers in New York (SWINY)\, The Hastings Center and City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Journalism and funded by a grant from the National Association of Science Writers\, will offer an in-depth look at the intricate\, expanding bioethics spectrum.                                                                \nBioethics Bootcamp has been designed specifically for science reporters and editors\, other professional science writers\, public information officers\, journalism students\, and concerned physicians and scientists. Members of NASW and SWINY receive a substantial discount.  \nFriday\, March 30\, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. \nCUNY Graduate School of Journalism\, 219 West 40th Street\, New York City \nA series of panel discussions and question-answer sessions will feature leading journalists\, bioethicists\, scholars and scientists exploring specific\, sensitive issues\, ranging from conflicts of interest and genetics to human life from beginning to end and emerging biotechnology. In the closing panel\, editors from scientific\, business\, and consumer media will share their criteria and considerations for health or medical topics with a bioethical aspect. Attendees and panelists are invited to mingle from 4:30 p.m. onward at a wine and cheese reception. \nRegister Now: \nParticipation is limited to 60 journalists. Limited discount available until March 1. Register now and save! Each participant will receive the Hastings Center Bioethics Briefing Book for Journalists and Policymakers\, a $35 value.  \nVisit bootcamp.swiny.org for more information about the program and the participants. Follow the Bioethics Bootcamp blog for updates.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/bioethics-bootcamp-finding-the-must-read-angle-for-science-and-medical-stories/
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SUMMARY:American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2012
DESCRIPTION:This AACR Annual Meeting 2012 happens on Saturday\, March 31 through Wednesday\, April 4\, at McCormick Place in Chicago. This year’s theme is “Accelerating Science: Concept to Clinic\,” which aims to link basic\, clinical and translational research that is on the forefront of worldwide cancer initiatives.  \n The program will feature myriad symposia\, break-out sessions\, forums and education sessions. There are also two new sessions that feature breaking clinical data and clinical trials that are still in progress. The meeting also offers a new learning track dedicated to regulatory science and policy. \nFor press registration\, click here.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/american-association-for-cancer-research-annual-meeting-2012/
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