The Affordable Care Act includes many provisions that address health disparities and provides benefits for Latinos, African Americans, Asian and Pacific Islanders and more. Join Acacia Salatti, acting director of the HHS Partnership Center, to learn more about the ACA and health disparities.

This webinar, from the NIHCM Foundation, will cover exchange implementation across the states, the development of federally-facilitated and partnership exchanges, how Medicaid expansion decisions will affect the exchange market and health insurers’ response to challenges of the new marketplace.

Understanding the Challenges Faced by Hispanic Older Adults
This briefing will feature a panel of experts who will discuss how Alzheimer’s disease affects Hispanic older adults and the unique challenges caregivers face.

The Symposium is an opportunity to meet SWCRF-funded scientists and to hear about the progress they are making in their research. About 50 scientists, working across multiple disciplines, will attend. The investigators work collaboratively in specific areas of cancer, including breast, brain, colon and liver cancer, as well as in melanoma, stem cells and developing epigenetic therapy.

ProPublica is preparing to launch a huge health care project in conjunction with The Washington Post called “Prescriber Checkup,” which will allow users to see individual doctors’ prescribing habits for the first time.

ProPublica is hosting a reporters’ conference call on Tuesday, May 14 at 2pm ET to walk everyone through the app and how best to utilize it for their own localized reporting. Participants should sign up in advance.

The American Dental Association is expected to announce a campaign aimed at expanding care to the poor and underserved. A press conference is planned at  the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Reporters who can’t attend can call in to listen.

The Joint Commission will hold a telephone news conference to discuss its emergency management standards and the actions required of all Joint Commission-accredited health care organizations to prepare for an “all-hazards” event from a natural disaster to a terrorist attack.

This call will explain how The Joint Commission’s Emergency Management standards help organizations prepare for and respond to a tragedy such as the tornado in Moore, Okla., and answer questions from the media.