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,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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But what do we really know about GMOs? Why do they cause such a firestorm of controversy? Find out at this informative, thought-provoking discussion.
The CMS data includes the number and type of services provided, and the amount paid for those services delivered in 2012. Journalists can use this data to help consumers to make more informed choices about the care they receive. AHCJ has long advocated for the release of this data. This will be an event for AHCJ members, so you will need to have your website login information to participate. |
2 events,The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership at George Washington University hosts an annual conference that will bring together 300 leaders from health, law, public health and government to share ideas, insights and best practices on how to build a health care team that addresses social and legal needs to improve patient and population health. |
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2 events,This seminar features Dr. Paula Braveman, a professor of family and community medicine and director of the Center on Social Disparities in Health at the University of California-San Francisco. Braveman will provide an overview of the concept of health disparities and a conceptual framework for thinking about how disparities are created, exacerbated, and perpetuated across lifetimes and generations. |
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2 events,The National Rural Health Association brings together residents of rural communities, rural health professionals, government representatives, and private rural health organizations for this conference. |
3 events,The Affordable Care Act is a big, sprawling, complex, and politically explosive piece of legislation. It will touch all aspects of the U.S. health care system, reverberate in the economy and the workplace – and keep politicians at high decibel levels at least through the November midterms and probably beyond. In this webinar, Politico health care editor Joanne Kenen will help you sharpen your reporting and deepen your understanding of the Affordable Care Act and its impact on your community. |
4 events,The FSMB Annual Meeting is an educational forum offered to the medical regulatory community, which includes physicians and public representatives from state medical and osteopathic boards and members of their staffs, influential federal and state government representatives, and leaders of national medical organizations. The program brings together national experts in the field of medical licensure and discipline to discuss a wide range of subjects relevant to medical regulators
Attendees will hear from Dylan H. Roby, Ph.D., director of the Health Economics and Evaluation Research Program at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and Ron Shinkman, editor of Payers & Providers and and editor/columnist for Fierce Health Finance. Information and refreshments will be served in generous portions! |
4 events,Health Day will be at the core of the symposium, with sessions on how to use health data to make planning decisions, how to use parks and transportation to improve health, and ways that planning can promote health equity. The American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting will cover comprehensive updates on the latest advances in common neurological conditions. |
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4 events,This event will feature panels on the theme of “Incarceration-Its Consequences, Costs and Alternatives” with former offenders, leading experts in public policy, economics and social science, and community organizers. |
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This will be an event exclusively for AHCJ members so you will need your username and password for the website. If you don’t have that information, please reset your password using the one-click login option or contact info@healthjournalism.org. |
5 events,With more than 1,000 delegates from over 60 countries, this is one of the world’s largest and influential conferences on dementia. It is offered for both professionals in the field of Alzheimer’s and individuals living with the disease. Submissions for NLGJA’s awards are due May 1. Enter your work for the Al Neuharth Award for Innovation in Investigative Journalism or for the Excellence in Journalism Awards. The Brookings Institution will host a forum and release three new papers focusing on crime and incarceration in the United States. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin will deliver opening remarks, and Senator Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) will join the forum to discuss the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2014, which was recently passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee with bi-partisan support. |
3 events,Members of the House of Representatives are slated to address hospital leaders at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting. |
Foods containing ingredients with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have been dubbed Frankenfoods. They generate scary headlines. Some consumer advocates urge a GMO ban, arguing that they’re untested, unregulated, and linked to potential health problems. Others insist the answer is labelling GMO foods or ingredients so that consumers can choose — and this spurs intense lobbying efforts. And yet others assert that GMO foods can be a boon. Several countries have already barred specific GMO crops.
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