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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3 events,This conference of sports medicine professionals includes symposia, posters, panels and more. This year also marks the third annual world congress on “exercise is medicine” and hosts speakers and attendees from more than 70 specializations within sports medicine.
The 7th Annual National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pain Consortium Symposium, Novel Approaches and Therapy Development for Pain Management, will be held in conjunction with a Food and Drug Administration workshop, Assessment of Analgesic Treatment of Chronic Pain at NIH campus. The NIH Pain Consortium Symposium will focus on research advances related to therapy development of novel opioid analgesic formulations and approaches, novel nonopioid analgesic development and testing, and nonpharmacological strategies as adjuncts to pain management. |
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Health, employee benefits lawyers offer webinar to preview Supreme Court decision on health care ref
Health, employee benefits lawyers offer webinar to preview Supreme Court decision on health care ref
While the Supreme Court is widely expected to render its decision in June, the specific date remains uncertain. This webinar will give reporters an opportunity to hear from industry insiders about the possible impacts of this landmark opinion on various parties – including hospitals, employers, physicians, insurers, consumers, and government programs such as Medicare. |
5 events,The meeting will explore emerging areas in the biology of aging and review advances in understanding and mitigating aging and related diseases. The year’s ASCO meeting’s theme is “Collaborating to Conquer Cancer” and is hosted in Chicago at the McCormick Place conference center. Panels, symposia and research sessions focus around clinical and scientific issues surrounding cancer.
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4 events,Science is the most powerful tool for gaining knowledge of the physical world. We’re more dependent on science and technology than any other time in human history. And yet, in the U.S., there is currently a wide range of public relations campaigns against science. John Radzilowicz, director of Science & Education at Carnegie Science Center, will examine how science is done, how it’s communicated, how it’s used — or misused — and undervalued in society today. |
4 events,The Health Data Initiative was launched in 2010 by the Institute of Medicine and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as the Community Health Data Initiative. It is a public-private collaboration that encourages innovators to utilize health data to develop applications to raise awareness of health and health system performance and spark community action to improve health. Join the Association of Health Care Journalists Washington DC chapter for an informal happy hour/networking event with the public affairs team from the Department of Health and Human Services from 6:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5 on the outdoor patio at Poste Brasserie in downtown D.C. |
3 events,The EULAR Congress 2012 in Berlin will offer professional training and panels on clinical innovations, clinical translational and basic science related to rheumatism and arthritis. There will be discussions led by people with arthritis as well as by clinical health professionals and by those affiliated with the health care industry. EULAR 2012 will also host guests from the Paediatric Rheumatology European Society (PReS) in a joint congres. |
3 events,The American Diabetes Association holds its 72nd Scientific Sessions this June at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. More than 13,000 diabetes experts are expected to attend.
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4 events,This year’s SLEEP meeting will happen in Boston over five days in early June. It will feature scientific sessions and an exhibition hall that deliver information about sleep research and sleep medicine. |
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2 events,This year’s PharmedOut conference will focus on how patient harms may result from industry promotion. Topics to be discussed include the role of the media, antipsychotic use in children, FDA approval and government regulation and oversight, disclosure of physician-industry relationships, medical devices and medical imaging and more. |
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2 events,The ACA is expected to expand dental coverage for children in 2014, but significant gaps will remain. The Kaiser Family Foundation will convene a public forum to examine the gaps and disparities in dental coverage and care in the United States today. |
2 events,This year’s conference marks the 94th meeting of the Endocrine Society. Attendees can look forward to more than 200 sessions focused on endocrinology and 350 presentations from expert endocrinologists.
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3 events,The conference will focus on meeting the transport/mobility needs of older adults so as to improve their access to the activities and services that underlie health, well-being and quality of life. |
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2 events,Panels, speakers, break-out sessions and workshops will focus on defining existing disparities and will seek solutions and initiatives in policy making, prevention, and empowering communities in the era of health reform. |
3 events,To assist reporters who will need to localize the decision, AHCJ will host a webcast with experts to offer suggestions on stories you can pursue right away and in the weeks ahead. The event will take place at noon ET on June 29, the day after the court releases its ruling. |
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