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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2 events,The national conference showcases innovative programs and services to assist AOAs to help older people and their caregivers live with dignity at home and in their communities as long as possible. Care Transitions, Managed Care Long Term Care Services, technology, and social media are some of the sessions planned. |
3 events,With reform approaching full implementation, this symposium will analyze cost factors, distinguishing private and public sector growth trajectories and connect health spending growth to the long-run U.S. fiscal crisis. |
4 events,This is an extended celebration sponsored by the National Council on Aging. Senior centers throughout the U.S. are planning promotional events to get the word out about their services to local communities and shine a positive light on aging. There will be plenty of local tie-ins for reporters. The theme of this year’s conference is “Enhancing the Vision of Sports Dentistry.” Journalists from the United States, Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa can win international reporting trips worth up to $10,000 for submitting the best stories on infectious diseases, including AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Stories published or broadcast between May 20 and Aug. 1, 2013, will qualify. The deadline for submitting stories is Sept. 1. Along with the story submission, participants must include a 300-word proposal for an international reporting trip to expand their coverage of infectious diseases. |
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3 events,AARP will host telephone media briefings announcing resources on the Affordable Care Act and its nationwide education efforts. Participants will get access to the online tool in advance of a nationwide rollout on Aug. 13. |
3 events,The conference will showcase innovative programs and approaches dedicated to collaboration among health care professionals, patients, residents in long-term care communities, and families and other care partners. |
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Sharpen your reporting skills and learn more about treatment decision making, health care near the end of life, hospice and palliative care and ethical issues that accompany them. Join us for a webcast on Wednesday Aug. 7 at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT. Our panelists will be V.J. Periyakoil, M.D., director of Palliative Care Education and Training at Stanford University; Nancy Berlinger, Ph.D, a research scholar at The Hastings Center and an author on end-of-life care; and Lisa Krieger a San Jose Mercury News health reporter whose multi-part series on death and dying chronicled her personal experiences with the process. Liz Seegert, AHCJ’s topic leader on aging will moderate. |
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4 events,Changing Aging: Administators and employees of aging services organizations including healthcare, long term care, day care, policy. Sessions on topics such as integrative care partnerships, sustainable living, and managed care. The National Press Club plans to webcast live a debate Monday evening over whether federal public affairs offices are crimping the flow of information about the U.S. government. Among the panelists will be AHCJ member Kathryn Foxhall. |
3 events,Navigators are individuals and entities that will provide unbiased information to consumers about health insurance, the new Health Insurance Marketplace, qualified health plans, and public programs including Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. |
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3 events,The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics will release data showing trends in circumcision in the United States. All materials are embargoed until 12:01 a.m., Aug. 22. |
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4 events,The National Business Group on Health will host a press briefing on Wednesday, Aug. 28 at 10:00 a.m. EDT at the National Press Club to discuss the results of its annual survey of large employers on health care benefit costs and changes they are making to their programs in the wake of economic uncertainty and rising costs. As part of its Media Fellowships Program, the Kaiser Family Foundation is organizing a series of interactive webinars exclusively for journalists to address key aspects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, the implications for consumers, and strategies for connecting the dots for different audiences. The first webinar will take place from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, August 28, and will be an overview of how health reform’s impact will vary for people in different circumstances, including those currently with employer coverage, those who buy their own insurance and those who are currently uninsured. Foundation State Health Policy Director Jennifer Tolbert and Senior Fellow Karen Pollitz will explain the law’s individual mandate requiring most Americans to obtain coverage, as well as the law’s new coverage options, including new state insurance marketplaces, subsidies for people with low- and moderate incomes, and new rules prohibiting insurers from discriminating based on pre-existing conditions. They will answer journalists’ questions about the law as part of the webinar. |
3 events,The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics will release embargoed information about adults’ use of prescription sleep aids in the United States, 2005-10. |
2 events,Healthy Aging Month is an annual observance focusing national attention on the positive aspects of growing older. |
Join other health writers to chat about health care science/policy, network and, of course, drink… to your health! Bring along anyone you think might be interested, with the understanding that this is a pitch-free networking event.
Reporting on end-of-life issues can be touchy for everyone involved and journalists need to handle issues of death and dying with sensitivity and skill. Understanding the processes, both clinical and legal, the nuances, and methods to manage such emotional issues with patients, families, and care providers, will result in more effective and powerful stories. Health journalism saves lives.
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