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,Learn about and see examples of how complex systems science can help guide research and policy efforts to eliminate health disparities and improve the health of populations. |
2 events,This teleconference will discuss an important issue for health care journalists covering how hospitals and physician groups are joining together to improve care delivery and yet not run afoul of antitrust laws. |
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3 events,Harvard Medical School’s two media fellowship programs this year are “The Eyes (and Ears) Have It: Sensory biology and its promise for patients” and “Trauma: Mending cells, bodies and minds.”
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2 events,The FAH Public Policy Conference routinely features addresses by leading members of Congress, the executive branch, the business community and the media, as well as participation by those who manage on a day-to-day basis the government programs that are critical to the industry. |
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3 events,The topic of payment reform for maternity care is an area of concern because childbirth is costly and the quality is uneven, says the Catalyst for Payment Reform. CPR will waive the registration fee for AHCJ members. |
3 events,This conference will feature political insiders, industry experts and members of Congress on efforts being made in health system reform refinement and implementation. Speakers will include The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward and former White House Press secretaries Robert Gibbs and Dana Perino. |
4 events,Those who attend the Association of Health Insurance Plan’s event will hear presentations from administration officials, members of Congress, governors and health policy experts about the first two months under the Affordable Care Act, including the experiences of consumers and employers. The first Wednesday of March, we’re hosting the NYC health writers meetup. The goal is to create a community where we can network, chat about healthcare science/policy, and, of course, drink… to your health! |
2 events,In the first two sessions of this forum, speakers will address enrollment trends in exchanges. The first speaker, Paul Mango (director, health care systems and services, for McKinsey & Company), will speak about enrollment trends in exchanges and who has signed up in the marketplaces, which products these individuals chose and what they were charged. The second speaker will be Diana Dooley, secretary of the California Health & Human Services Agency, who will focus on the state”based exchanges and what strategies insures should consider for enrollment in 2015. |
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2 events,This free symposium brings together pediatric health services researchers and fellows for a series of talks in a forum that emphasizes conversation and networking. This year’s topic is comparative effectiveness research. |
5 events,The American Society on Aging annual conference is one of the largest multidisciplinary aging service meetings in the U.S. — this year over 3,000 professionals in the field of aging – health care professionals, researchers, policy analysts, occupational therapists, social workers, financial planners, elder law attorneys, and others who work with older adults will get together to focus on best practices for serving an aging population Attendees at this conference will hear how health plans are developing new ways to retain existing members and expand their market share by adopting retail marketing strategies and consumer engagement tools. Later this month, the Supreme Court will hear two cases from for-profit corporations, Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties, challenging the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement to cover contraceptives on religious grounds. On Tuesday, March 11, two weeks before the hearings, the Kaiser Family Foundation will host a public briefing and panel discussion from 9:30 – 11 a.m. EST in its Washington, DC office to discuss the implications of these court cases on the ACA, corporate and individual religious protections, and civil rights. |
4 events,A national forum for housing, health and mental health service providers, as well as federal, state and local government officials, researchers, advocates, trainers, peers and thought leaders engaged in ending homelessness through Housing First. Co-sponsored by DESC and Pathways to Housing. |
5 events,This meeting will include exhibits, workshops and clinics on a variety of topics, including infection control, the dentist’s role in sleep apnea, inflammation and the oral-systemic link, and a local anesthesia refresher course. Nutrition and health system researchers and practitioners, economists and policymakers will gather to discuss emerging research on nutrition health economics, the role of nutrition interventions across the continuum of care, and how nutrition can affect health care costs. |
6 events,The meeting will focus on evidence-based treatments of late-life mental illness, specifically with a focus on empowering health care providers, patients, and families with the information and tools they need for quality mental health care. The AAGP Annual Meeting is a top educational event in geriatric mental health care, incorporating the latest information on clinical care, research on aging and mental health and models of care. |
6 events,The theme of this is year’s meeting is “The Science of Learning.” |
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5 events,This panel of Harvard experts will help explain the latest thinking on the nutritional science and take a look at some important policy dimensions to help American adults and children eat nutritionally sound, affordable meals. |
2 events,This conference, from the Center for Patient Safety, will cover the value of compassion when providing care, benefits to combining human factors with culture change, and communication strategies to address health literacy in contributing to patient safety. |
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3 events,The largest national conference with some 3,000 professionals, solely focused on hospital medicine. Expect the latest research, best practices, up-to-date clinical knowledge and the latest innovations in the field. Attendees at this conference will hear presentations on such topics as achieving the full potential of performance measurement, moving payment from volume to value, and regional collaborations designed to achieve the triple aim (lowering costs while improving quality and patient satisfaction), among other topics. |
4 events,Speakers at this webinar will present on the evolving role of federal nutrition program use at markets, efforts to increase participation of low-income families and the benefits and challenges of accepting public assistance benefits for market vendors. Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR) and the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3) will release their second Report Card on State Transparency Laws. The report rates the efforts in all 50 states to report health care price information to the public. |
3 events,Join a live webcast for the release of the 2014 County Health Rankings to hear about communities across the country taking action to build a culture of health, county by county. |
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The world’s most important gathering and training event in health care journalism will take place at the Grand Hyatt in downtown Denver. There will be dozens of workshops, panels and roundtable discussions featuring some of the best minds in medicine, health policy, research, public health and business. Our spotlight speakers include Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., who served as HHS secretary from 1989 to 1993 and was the founding dean and first president of Morehouse School of Medicine, and Paul A. Offit, M.D., chief of the division of infectious diseases and director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Sullivan is author of “Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine,” due out just before the conference. Offit is the author of several books including “Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All” (2011), and “Do You Believe in Magic? The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine” (2013). Gov. John Hickenlooper will welcome attendees to Colorado during the conference kickoff. This conference, presented by the Hinman Dental Society of Atlanta, will have education events on:
Fifty years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, access to health care remains separate and unequal. This event will focus on racial bias in health care and the resulting health disparities. Attendees will hear presentations about strategies health plans and states are using when implementing marketplaces under the Affordable Care Act, and also about the governance structure, operations, and consumer orientation of exchanges. |
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2 events,This is the last day that people can buy health insurance through the marketplace unless they have a “qualifying event.” People who don’t have health coverage in 2014 may have to pay a penalty. |
2 events,The 38th Annual Gerontology Conference, called “Aging: Attitude and Aptitude,” will feature workshops by leading geriatric professionals. |
2 events,Women’s Health 2014: The 22nd Annual Congress addresses the need for continuing education about diseases, disorders, and conditions that affect women. |
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