BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Association of Health Care Journalists - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Association of Health Care Journalists X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://healthjournalism.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Association of Health Care Journalists REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20030406T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20031026T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20040404T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20041031T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20050403T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20051030T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20060402T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20061029T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20080309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20081102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20090308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20091101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20100314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20101107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20110313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20111106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20120311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20121104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20130310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20131103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20040716T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140717T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163514Z CREATED:20231025T161620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163514Z UID:24011-1089939600-1405558800@healthjournalism.org 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/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140101T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140101T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160223Z CREATED:20231103T153237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160223Z UID:25844-1388538000-1388538000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Affordable Care Act: Individual requirement to have insurance DESCRIPTION:This is the date on which health benefits under the Affordable Care Act become available. But people still have until March 31 to sign up to avoid the mandate\, although their benefits won’t start Jan. 1. Learn more about the “individual mandate.” URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/affordable-care-act-individual-requirement-to-have-insurance/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140108T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140110T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160222Z CREATED:20231025T161414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160222Z UID:23975-1389142800-1389315600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Living to 100 Symposium DESCRIPTION:Walt Disney World Swan Resort \nSponsored by the Society of Actuaries\, global thought leaders share ideas and knowledge on aging\, increases in survival rates and the resulting increase in aging populations together with its implications to social\, financial\, retirement and health care systems. \nhttp://livingto100.soa.org/ \nMore info: 888.697.3900 URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/living-to-100-symposium/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140110T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140110T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154503Z CREATED:20231103T154323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154503Z UID:25916-1389315600-1389315600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Deadline: Pay for insurance plans DESCRIPTION:This is the last day most consumers can pay for a health plan that they enrolled in by  Dec. 23\, 2013.  (Coverage would be retroactive to Jan. 1\, as long as the enrollment was on time). \nThis is a voluntary deadline many health  plans have agreed to but some states\, and some health plans\, have earlier dates.  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/deadline-pay-for-insurance-plans/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140113T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140113T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154502Z CREATED:20231103T154323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154502Z UID:25915-1389574800-1389574800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Commission to Build a Healthier America Recommendations Release Event DESCRIPTION:The RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America will release new recommendations in a live online event. Speakers include Alice Rivlin\, who served as OMB director during the Clinton administration\, and Mark McClellan\, a former CMS administrator and former FDA commissioner.  \nJan. 13\, 2014 (2:30 p.m. ET) \nRegister in advance. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/commission-to-build-a-healthier-america-recommendations-release-event/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140116T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140116T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160221Z CREATED:20231103T154237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160221Z UID:25913-1389834000-1389834000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Immigrant communities and access to health care DESCRIPTION:Congress has stalled on immigration reform\, but that doesn’t mean the story of the health of immigrants\, and the health care needs of immigrants in the country without authorization\, goes away.  \nThe Affordable Care Act will make undocumented immigrants a larger proportion of the uninsured\, and many undocumented immigrants live in so-called multistatus families\, in which some members are citizens and some are undocumented. Evidence shows that the stigma of immigration status pervades immigrant communities\, meaning that even people with green cards or citizens sometimes do not pursue the healthcare they need\, or the care they’re entitled to. \nThis panel will describe the issue and help health care reporters cover the immigration effects on health in a balanced\, thoughtful way that gets beyond the talking heads and into the communities. \nPanelists: \nJirayut New Latthivongskorn is co-founder of Pre-Health Dreamers\, a group of young undocumented students interested in working in healthcare. New emigrated from Thailand to the Bay Area when he was 9 and is a recent graduate of the University of California-Berkeley\, with a bachelor’s degree in molecular and cellular biology. His experience in scientific research includes two years at the School of Public Health at Cal\, studying the essential genes of the murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) and\, most recently\, a summer research fellowship in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medical College\, examining the kidney’s functions. New aims to become a physician who practices medicine through a public health lens\, using primary care\, research\, and policy to shape health for the individual and the community. He helped start Pre-Health Dreamers in hopes of alleviating the barriers he has faced for future undocumented students pursuing their dreams in the health and sciences. \nDavid Bacon is a veteran reporter and photojournalist and author of Illegal People—How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants. According to Beacon Press\, Bacon’s publisher\, “Bacon powerfully traces the development of illegal status back to slavery and shows the human cost of treating the indispensable labor of millions of migrants-and the migrants themselves-as illegal. Illegal People argues for a sea change in the way we think\, debate\, and legislate around issues of migration and globalization\, making a compelling case for why we need to consider immigration and migration from a globalized human rights perspective.” \nModerator: \nHeather Boerner is a freelance health care journalist based in San Francisco. She recently completed the Dennis A. Hunt Grant for Health Journalism through the USC California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships on health care access for undocumented immigrants. Her work appeared as radio/TV/web pieces for KPBS.org and as a feature in National Nurse Magazine. Another article\, on the mental health effects of deportation on children\, ran on Al Jazeera America. \n6-8 p.m. (light refreshments and networking 6-6:30; program begins at 6:30) \nLocation: New America Media offices\, 209 9th Street (near Howard St.)\, San FranciscoNearest BART: Civic Center station / street parking \nPlease RSVP: BayAreaAHCJ@gmail.com \nThis event is free. You don’t have to be an AHCJ member to attend. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/immigrant-communities-and-access-to-health-care/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140118T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140119T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160220Z CREATED:20231025T161451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160220Z UID:23976-1390006800-1390093200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Workshops on cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's DESCRIPTION:The Wein Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders at Mt. Sinai Medical Center Miami Beach presents the 12th Mild Cognitive Impairment Symposium; 3rd Early Alzheimer’s Diagnostic & Treatment Workshop; 2nd Alzheimer’s Public Educational Forum \nSeparate workshops for practitioners\, researchers and for the general public will provide updates on practice and potential in diagnosing and treating Alzheimer’s disease with particular focus on amyloid ß. \nMCI Symposium:\nThe symposium’s theme will be centered on the influence of amyloid deposition\, neurodegeneration and other risk factors on cognitive and functional changes across the MCI spectrum. In particular\, the symposium will focus on (a) Correlates of Brain Aβ Deposition and Neurodegeneration in Normal and Abnormal Aging\, and (b) Approaches to Measuring Cognitive and Functional Change Across the MCI Spectrum. \nEarly Alzheimer’s Disease Workshop:\nThe workshop will present “Diagnostic Case Studies of Preclinical AD\, MCI-AD and Probable AD”. Cases with concordant and discordant biomarkers and clinical results will be discussed. Several cases with follow-up to autopsy will be included. \nEarly Alzheimer Public Education Forum:\nThe Early Alzheimer’s Public Educational Forum is intended for at-risk family members\, caregivers\, the public at large and professionals. This educational segment will focus on “The role of Amyloid Imaging in the Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment” and will aim to provide information about the latest research in the field. The forum will allow the audience to interact with top scientists in the field in the presence of a moderator. \n More info: 224-938-9523 \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/workshops-on-cognitive-impairment-and-alzheimers/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140122T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140122T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154501Z CREATED:20231103T154325Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154501Z UID:25919-1390352400-1390352400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:The Affordable Care Act's Insurance Marketplaces: What's the Experience So Far? DESCRIPTION:In this Commonwealth Fund–sponsored webinar on the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces\, hosted by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute\, experts working with the three marketplace models — federal\, partnership and state — will assess progress in their states.  \nWhen: Wed.\, Jan. 22\, 2:00–3:30 p.m.\, Eastern  \nWho: \n\n\nErin Klug\, health insurance exchange program manager\, Arizona Department of Insurance \n\n\nJennifer Koehler\, J.D.\, director\, Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace \n\n\nMichael Marchand\, director of communications\, Washington Health Benefit Exchange \n\n\nThe moderator will be Kevin Lucia\, J.D.\, project director of the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms. \n In addition\, Sara Collins\, Ph.D.\, vice president for coverage and access at The Commonwealth Fund\, and Sarah Dash\, a research faculty member at the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute\, will address the national rollout of the marketplaces. \n Register now for this free webinar. \n Join the conversation on Twitter with hashtag #ACATracking.  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-affordable-care-acts-insurance-marketplaces-whats-the-experience-so-far/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140122T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140124T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160219Z CREATED:20231025T161509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160219Z UID:23984-1390352400-1390525200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Obamacare: Covering What Comes Next DESCRIPTION:The Affordable Care Act\, or Obamacare\, raises complex and often very personal questions for Americans. Reporters can learn the facts and nuances of this program\, how it works\, what it means and how to localize this story. \n\nThe workshop is the first in a series of six 2014 Specialized Reporting Institutes funded by the Robert R. McCormick Foundation to give reporters the knowledge\, context\, contacts and story ideas they need to cover critical topics in the news. AHCJ is partnering with the Poynter Institute to host this workshop at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland\, College Park. Sessions will be held in The Eaton Theater and the Herb Block Room. \nHere’s what you’ll learn: \n\nHow insurance works and how journalists can measure the ACA’s performance\nHow to put a face on the story\nWhat’s next: Will the Young Invincibles sign up? Can providers handle the new load of patients?\nHow to find stories hidden in data\nWhat’s in the next wave of health care reform\, and the ethical questions you need to ask\nAt least 30 story ideas to take home\n\nClick HERE for a draft workshop agenda. \nParticipants receive a one-year paid membership to AHCJ. \nOur goals for this intensive workshop are straightforward. We will not focus on political fights and computer glitches\, which get a lot of coverage already. Instead we will help journalists understand health care insurance and health policy. You will hear from top-notch journalists who have covered the Affordable Care Act since it was being drafted in Congress. \nThis workshop is open to working journalists from any media\, including network and cable television\, radio\, newspaper\, magazine and online journalists. We welcome applications from reporters\, producers\, photojournalists\, graphic designers\, full-time freelancers\, news managers and editors. From our application pool\, we will select a class of 25 participants who represent a wide range of market sizes\, media\, geography and media ownership\, including minority media. We will give priority to full-time U.S. based journalists. \nApplications are no longer being accepted for this training. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/obamacare-covering-what-comes-next/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140128T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140128T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150840Z CREATED:20231103T154324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150840Z UID:25918-1390870800-1390870800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Covering news about screenings\, preventive health recommendations DESCRIPTION:Resources\nSee a recording of this webcast. \nSpeakers’ presentation: \n679.3 kB PDF \n\nJan. 28\, 2 p.m. ET\nThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force often finds itself in the news when determining what works and doesn’t work in screenings and preventive care. It told healthy women not to bother with calcium and vitamin D pills\, said many women could wait on mammograms until age 50 and recently clarified who might benefit from regular lung cancer screening tests. \nThe task force’s work lies in translating medical evidence into clinical practice\, which can be a difficult and contentious task. Its recommendations are often nuanced and misunderstood. \nHow does the group come to these determinations and how can you report on the science and not just the heat a recommendation generates? What is evidence-based medicine and how does the USPSTF use it to make recommendations on health care services? \nIn this webcast\, USPSTF chair Dr. Virginia Moyer and co-vice chair Dr. Michael LeFevre will explain how the task force works in an effort to deepen our reporting of upcoming task force recommendations. A Q&A with the doctors\, moderated by AHCJ medical studies topic leader Brenda Goodman\, will follow. \n \nAbout the speakers\nVirginia A. Moyer\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force\, is the vice president for maintenance of certification and quality at the American Board of Pediatrics. She is a board-certified pediatrician with expertise in ambulatory care\, diagnostic testing\, and evidence-based medicine. She is also an experienced researcher\, lecturer\, and author. \nMoyer has served as deputy editor of Pediatrics and is a past member of the American Academy of Pediatrics steering committee on quality improvement and management. She serves as editor or reviewer for numerous pediatric journals\, including being a founding editor of Evidence-Based Child Health\, a Cochrane Review journal. \nPreviously\, Moyer was the head of the Academic General Pediatrics Section and a professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine. She served as chief quality officer for medicine and chief of academic medicine service at Texas Children’s Hospital and as a professor of pediatrics and internal medicine at the University of Texas Medical School\, where she was also the associate director of the Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine. Moyer is a member of the Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group and the steering committee for the Cochrane Collaboration Child Health Field. \nMoyer was a member of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force from January 2003 to December 2008. She returned to the Task Force as Chair in March 2011 for a three-year term. \nMichael L. LeFevre\, M.D.\, M.S.P.H.\, co-vice chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force\, is the Future of Family Medicine professor and vice chair in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Missouri School of Medicine. \nAs director of clinical services for the Department of Family Medicine\, he oversees eight practices that have 100\,000 outpatient visits\, 2\,500 admissions\, 5\,000 nursing home visits\, and more than 200 obstetric deliveries each year. He maintains an active family medicine practice. \nLeFevre served for a decade as the chief medical information officer for University of Missouri Health Care. He was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies in 2011 and has been named to the “Best Doctors in America” list annually since 1996. \nHis research and clinical interests include family medicine\, information technology in clinical care\, clinical practice guidelines\, preventive services\, and women’s health care. \nLeFevre has been a member of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force since January 2005 and was appointed co-vice chair in March 2011. \nBrenda Goodman is AHCJ’s medical studies core topic leader. She helps guide journalists through the jargon-filled shorthand of science and research and enables them to translate the evidence into accurate information that their readers can grasp. \nGoodman has been a health and science reporter for 15 years across a variety of platforms. Her stories have appeared in Scientific American\, The New York Times\, Psychology Today\, Self\, Health\, Parade and The Boston Globe. She is a regular news writer for WebMD. She has a master’s degree in science\, health\, and environmental reporting from New York University and lives in Atlanta. \nVirgina Moyer \nMichael LeFevre \nBrenda Goodman URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covering-news-about-screenings-preventive-health-recommendations/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140129T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140129T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160219Z CREATED:20231103T154354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160219Z UID:25925-1390957200-1390957200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Meet the Editors: Science & Medicine DESCRIPTION:A panel of featured editors opens the event. A reception follows\, where writers\, panelists and more editors can mingle and talk shop. The evening aims to foster new connections between editors and writers covering science\, medicine and related areas. \nPanel: \n\n\nScott Armstrong\, The Christian Science Monitor \n\n\nDavid Corcoran\, New York Times \n\n\nTim De Chant\, Nova Online \n\n\nMark Fiscetti\, Scientific American \n\n\nGideon Gil\, Boston Globe \n\n\nSusannah Locke\, Popular Science \n\n\nMichael Reilly\, New Scientist \n\n\nPanel moderator: Carey Goldberg\, WBUR CommonHealth \n\n\nRegister online by noon on Jan. 24. \nFees:  \n\n\n$15 for NESW members \n\n\n$15 for editors seeking writers \n\n\n$25 for nonmember guests \n\n\nWhen: \nJan. 29 at Northeastern University Visitors Center\, Boston \n5:30 p.m. – Pre-event schmoozing6-8:30 p.m. – Panel presentation and discussion\, followed by reception to meet and chat with editors \nLocation: The Northeastern University Visitors Center is easy to reach near the main campus entrance — a half block from the “E” Green Line Northeastern subway and two blocks from the Ruggles station (commuter rail and orange line service). Detailed directions for driving and public transportation\, as well as free parking permits\, will be sent in the registration confirmation email.  \nOrganized by Noelle Swan\, Angela Herring\, Deborah Halber\, and Carol Cruzan Morton. Thanks to Northeastern University for hosting the event and reception. \nAnnouncement from the New England Science Writers: \nWeb site/blog: http://neswonline.com \nFacebook: http://facebook.com/NEsciWriters \nTwitter: @NEsciWriters URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/meet-the-editors-science-medicine/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140129T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140202T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160218Z CREATED:20231025T161452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160218Z UID:23978-1390957200-1391302800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Yankee Dental Congress DESCRIPTION:Jan. 29-Feb. 2 \nBoston Convention Center \nThis annual meeting will include a celebration of the 150th birthday of the Massachusetts Dental Society and  the Ninth Annual Conference for Women In Dentistry which will focus on the theme “Surviving and Thriving: Treating Ourselves as Well as We Treat Our Patients.” Thousands of dentists\, dental students and other oral health professionals expected to attend programs\, workshops and exhibits. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/yankee-dental-congress/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140131T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140131T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160217Z CREATED:20231103T154352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160217Z UID:25924-1391130000-1391130000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Media-Only Breakfast on Health Insurance Exchanges DESCRIPTION:Where We Are Now? State of Exchanges and Enrollment\nSusan Dentzer\, senior policy adviser to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – and on-air analyst for the PBS NewsHour – will convene an informal\, news media-only discussion on states’ progress in implementing health insurance exchanges. The discussion will include an update on states’ 2013-14 enrollment efforts and exchanges’ role in transforming the health insurance market. \nSpeakers: \n\n\nChristine Ferguson\, Director – Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange \n\n\nAudrey Haynes\, Secretary – Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services \n\n\nHeather Howard\, Director – State Health Reform Assistance Network \n\n\nMila Kofman\, Executive Director – DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority \n\n\nPeter Lee\, Executive Director – Covered California \n\n\nDate: Jan. 31 \nTime: 9–10 a.m. (Breakfast available at 8:30 a.m.) \nLocation:  National Press Club\, Fourth Estate Room                    529 14th St NW\, Washington\, DC 20045 \nRSVP: Please reserve your space by replying to Genevieve Rupp at grupp@gymr.com\, 202-745-5118. \nThis discussion is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/media-only-breakfast-on-health-insurance-exchanges/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR