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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141201T010000
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SUMMARY:Treatment as Prevention: Can We Treat Our Way Out of the AIDS Epidemic?
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, December 1\, 2014 \n 12:30-1:30pm ET \nWith no cure or vaccine in sight\, HIV/AIDS remains a devastating epidemic\, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where nearly 70% of new HIV infections occur. To curb HIV/AIDS\, researchers have proposed a strategy to use drug treatment to decrease new transmissions so much that the epidemic eventually dies out. The concept requires changes in standards of when anti-retroviral therapy begins and who receives it. Could “treatment as prevention” prove to be the strategy to finally end the AIDS epidemic? \nModerator: Carol Hills\, senior producer and reporter\, PRI’s The World \nExpert Participants \n\nMark Wainberg\, director\, McGill AIDS Centre\, McGill University\nMax Essex\, chairman\, Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative\nKenneth Mayer\, medical research director and co-chair of The Fenway Institute\nShahin Lockman\, associate professor in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases\, Harvard School of Public Health\n\nWatch the Live Webcast Here on World AIDS Day \nE-mail questions for the expert participants any time before or during the live webcast to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu. Or Tweet them to @ForumHSPH using #TreatmentasPrevention2014. \nPart of: The Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies. \nPresented in Collaboration with PRI’s The World and WGBH \nBackground Articles \n\nHSPH AIDS Initiative Viral Load as an Anti-AIDS Hammer\nhttp://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/08/viral-load-as-an-anti-aids-hammer/
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/treatment-as-prevention-can-we-treat-our-way-out-of-the-aids-epidemic/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141201T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141203T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T162535Z
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SUMMARY:National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Grantees' Conference
DESCRIPTION:This conference will highlight basic science\, clinical research\, and population health collaboratives to address minority health and health disparities. The theme is “Transdisciplinary Collaborations: Evolving Dimensions of US and Global Health Equity\,” and the scientific program will highlight recent research innovations in context of minority health and health disparities. \nSpecific research areas include cardiovascular disease\, diabetes and obesity\, cancer\, women’s health\, mental health\, infectious disease\, stroke\, and behavioral and community health.  \nVisit the conference website for registration or more information\, or call 404–559–6191 or email secretariat@ismhhd.com. \nDates & location:Dec. 1 – 3\, 2014 National Harbor\, Maryland
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/national-institute-on-minority-health-and-health-disparities-nimhd-grantees-conference/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141202T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141202T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T162534Z
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SUMMARY:ACA enrollment round II: Do consumers have the help they need?
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Atlanta chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists and the nonpartisan Alliance for Health Reform for a special event focusing on the Affordable Care Act’s second open enrollment. \nThe Affordable Care Act’s second open enrollment period runs through mid-February\, and millions of people are already looking for help to find the best insurance fit. While many who signed up last year are expected to shop around for different health plans\, millions more may become first time buyers. \nThis briefing will explore the availability and usefulness of in-person assistance programs (navigators\, assisters and brokers) that are intended to help individuals search and apply for coverage. After last year’s enrollment difficulties\, we will look at the challenges of this second round\, with a particular focus on the help available to consumers. \n\n\nTrey Sivley\, division director in Georgia’s Division of Insurance and Financial Oversight Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner\, will address differences in the enrollment process from the first to the second enrollment cycle. \n\n\nLisa Stein\, vice president of work and family supports at Seedco\, a navigator program in Atlanta\, will discuss the help available to Georgians enrolling or reenrolling for coverage\, and also barriers to enrollment. \n\n\nCathy Bowden\, information management coordinator at The Georgia Association for Primary Health Care\, will address the role of primary care medical providers in getting information to consumers.  \n\n\nAndy Miller\, editor and CEO at Georgia Health News\, will provide an overview of enrollment in Georgia and talk about what stories reporters should pay attention to moving forward. \n\n\nWhen:Open bar and refreshments at 7 p.m.Program 7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. \nLocation:Ri Ra Irish Pub1080 Peachtree St. NEAtlanta \nRSVP: Andy Miller (andymill111@yahoo.com or 404-386-8290) or Marilyn Werber Serafini (mserafini@allhealth.org or 202-789-2300). \nThis event is sponsored by AHCJ\, the Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/aca-enrollment-round-ii-do-consumers-have-the-help-they-need/
CATEGORIES:Workshops | Summits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141204T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141204T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T162534Z
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SUMMARY:AHCJ D.C. Chapter: Holiday Party
DESCRIPTION:Here we go again. More fun than another Obamacare battle at the Supreme Court\, it’s the 4th annual… AHCJ Washington\, D.C.\, Chapter: Holiday Party! \nYou’re invited to the Association of Health Care Journalists’ D.C. chapter’s Holiday networking gathering! \nCome toast the holiday season with some craft beer from D.C. and Belgium and vintage wine — along with some light food as well. \nNo formal program – just a gathering to tell war stories from 2014 and look forward to another crazy year in 2015. We’ve invited some special guests from government and industry. \nDate & time: \n6 p.m. – 8 p.m.\, Dec. 4. \nLocation: The National Journal offices inside The Watergate at 600 New Hampshire Ave NW. \nAll health journalists are invited. Please RSVP by Dec. 2 to pgalewitz@kff.org. \nThe Details: The Watergate is across the street from the Kennedy Center.  If you walk in the main doors closest to New Hampshire Ave. and turn left\, you will see the elevators. The party is on the 8th floor in the common area\, but after-hours access requires someone to scan in to start the elevator. We’ll have someone in the lobby to greet & get people upstairs.  Please plan to arrive no later than 7:15. \nMetro: Foggy Bottom is the closest Metro—about a 7 minute walk. When exiting the station\, walk in the opposite direction of the restaurants (Circa\, Whole Foods)\, and head through the GW campus and toward New Hampshire Ave and make a left. Go down New Hampshire and around the traffic circle in the direction of the Kennedy Center. \nDriving: Are you nuts? The Watergate is accessible by two parking garages\, the Watergate and the Kennedy Center.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ahcj-d-c-chapter-holiday-party/
CATEGORIES:Workshops | Summits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141204T010000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: An introduction to the microbiome
DESCRIPTION:In this webinar\, experts will highlight recent efforts involving knowledge developed from study of the preterm infant\, a clean slate upon which a healthy microbiome is developed. They will also examine the impact for oral health as we mature and an industry perspective as it relates to research tools and resources. \nThe human body is host to trillions of microbes\, forming the microbiome that is found on the skin\, in the oral cavity and gut. The microbiota are partially responsible for maintaining a healthy ecological community\, but can also contribute to disease when an imbalance of microbes occurs. \nAs a result of technological advancement in DNA sequencing and reduction in sequencing costs\, the emerging field of metagenomics has fueled research in how microbes across the human body play a role in human health and disease including cancer\, fat malabsorption\, heart disease\, obesity\, diabetes\, and other health concerns. \nThe body’s flora represents a key area of research interest\, as it relates to immunology\, nutrition and digestion\, and other crucial aspects of human health. The recently formed NIH Common Fund Human Microbiome Project has been instrumental in providing research resources that enable the comprehensive characterization of the human microbiota. The webinar will also explore the future of this research. \nPresenters: \n\nCamila R. Martin\, M.D.\, M.S.\, Harvard Medical School\, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center\nFloyd E. Dewhirst\, The Forsyth Institute\nSasha Vlassov\, Thermo Fisher Scientific\n\nModerators: \n\nHoward Young\, Ph.D.\, NCI Laboratory of Experimental Immunology\, NIH Immunology Interest Group\nWinston Kuo\, DMSc\, IES Diagnostics\n\nClick Here for Full Information and Registration. \nDate & time:11 a.m. ET\, Dec. 4 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-an-introduction-to-the-microbiome/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141209T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T162532Z
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SUMMARY:Oral health webinar: The ACA Through a Post-Election Lens
DESCRIPTION:This webinar\, hosted by the American Dental Education Association\,  will focus on key components of the ACA\, which included more than two dozen provisions affecting oral health and education in the dental health professions.  \nPresenters will also discuss the impact of the law on access to oral health care and the law’s overall effect on oral health care and academic dentistry. Also\, the webinar will cover what to expect next when the 114th session of Congress convenes in January 2015. \nDate & time:12 p.m. – 1 p.m. ETDecember 9\, 2014  \nRegister here.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/oral-health-webinar-the-aca-through-a-post-election-lens/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141215T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141215T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T162531Z
CREATED:20231103T155359Z
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SUMMARY:Automatic re-enrollment for HealthCare.gov
DESCRIPTION:Most HealthCare.gov (federal exchange) enrollees from 2014 will be automatically re-enrolled for 2015 unless they have already chosen a plan or opted out.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/automatic-re-enrollment-for-healthcare-gov/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141215T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141215T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T162530Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar on Medicaid expansion and the homeless
DESCRIPTION:Medicaid expansion under the ACA provides individuals with an opportunity to improve their health care coverage\, but it also provides homeless people with increased access to care. Historically\, homeless people have had complex health issues and have a high uninsured rate. \nThe Kaiser Family Foundation will hold a web briefing to look at the impact of Medicaid expansion on the homeless. \nDate & time:1 p.m.\, Dec. 15  \nRegister here.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-on-medicaid-expansion-and-the-homeless/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141215T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141215T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T162529Z
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SUMMARY:Can you trust prenatal screening?
DESCRIPTION:Live web chat \nDec. 15\,  2-3 p.m. EDT \nA panel of experts in genetic testing for prenatal abnormalities will answer questions about a new generation of unregulated prenatal screening tests that claim to detect with near-perfect accuracy the risk a fetus may have a chromosomal abnormality\, such as Down syndrome. \nThe experts include Beth Daley\, an investigative reporter and the director of partnerships for the New England Center for Investigative Reporting; Kecia Gaither\, MD\, director of perinatal outreach at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York; Athena Cherry\, PhD\, a professor of pathology and of pediatrics at the Stanford University Medical Center and the Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital; and KJ Dell’Antonio who writes about family for the Motherlode blog at The New York Times.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/can-you-trust-prenatal-screening/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141215T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141215T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T162528Z
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SUMMARY:A Walk in Someone Else’s Shoes: Payment Reform Perspectives from Providers and Private Payers
DESCRIPTION:Webinar  \nDec. 15\, 12:30-2 p.m. ET \nAs states design and implement multi-payer payment reform\, payers and providers need to collaborate. The National Academy for State Health Policy will host a panel of experts to discuss how private payers\, national purchasers\, large health systems and primary care providers can work together to make these reforms successful. \nThe speakers will be Ted Epperly\, CEO\, Family Medicine Residency of Idaho; Paul Grundy\, global director\, healthcare transformation at IBM; Sue Phelps\, executive director\, integrated care delivery at Johns Hopkins Medicine; and Steve Spaulding\, senior vice president\, enterprise networks\, Arkansas BlueCross BlueShield. Anne Gauthier\, NASHP’s senior program director\, will moderate the discussion. Register here.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/a-walk-in-someone-elseaes-shoes-payment-reform-perspectives-from-providers-and-private-payers/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141216T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141216T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T162527Z
CREATED:20231103T160249Z
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UID:26032-1418691600-1418691600@healthjournalism.org
SUMMARY:Press conference: Affordable Care Act and open enrollment
DESCRIPTION:Senior officials\, including Andy Slavitt. principal deputy administrator; Kevin Counihan\, marketplace\, CEO; and Lori Lodes\, director\, Office of Communications for the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host an on-the-record press conference call about the Affordable Care Act and open enrollment. \nJournalists can dial in at 3 p.m. ET: 866-388-5346 and use this passcode: 54452473. A replay of the call will be available two hours after the event through Dec. 18\, 2015\, at this number: 855-859-2056 and passcode 54452473.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/press-conference-affordable-care-act-and-open-enrollment/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141217T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141217T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T162527Z
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SUMMARY:NASHP Webinar: Enrollment 2.0: Early State Experiences in Year 2
DESCRIPTION:The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) will host a webinar\, Enrollment 2.0: Early State Experiences in Year 2 of the ACA\, which will explore Open Enrollment strategies and challenges faced by state-based exchanges and Medicaid agencies in states with federal marketplaces. Featuring panelists from Idaho and Oklahoma\, the webinar will provide unique perspectives on early experiences and successes in the ACA’s second open enrollment period and shed light on the new strategies states use to make the enrollment and the renewal process more streamlined.  \nIdaho’s state-based exchange director\, Pat Kelly\, will share the state’s perspective on transitioning from the federal healthcare.gov platform during the first open enrollment period to an independent state-run portal this year. Oklahoma’s deputy Medicaid director\, Rebecca Pasternik-Ikard\, will discuss how the state leveraged an operational\, real-time enrollment system to support improved integration between Medicaid and the federal marketplace as an FFM state and talk about new strategies to support enrollment and renewals this year. NASHP’s Enrollment 2014 Director\, Alice Weiss\, will provide context on state’s approaches in this second open enrollment period and how states can build on lessons from Year 1 of the ACA. \nDate & time:2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.\, Dec. 17 \nPresenters: \n\n\nPat Kelly\, Executive Director\, Idaho Health Insurance Exchange Project (Your Health Idaho) \n\n\nRebecca Pasternik-Ikard\, Deputy State Medicaid Director\, Oklahoma Health Care Authority  \n\n\nJennifer Sullivan\, Director\, Enroll America Best Practices Institute (Moderator) \n\n\nAlice Weiss\, Director\, Enrollment 2014 Project Program\, \n\n\nPlease RSVP with Lesa Rair at lrair@nashp.org. \nThe National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) is an independent academy of state health policymakers who are dedicated to helping states achieve excellence in health policy and practice. A non-profit and non-partisan organization\, NASHP provides a forum for constructive work across branches and agencies of state government on critical health policy issues. \n  \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/nashp-webinar-enrollment-2-0-early-state-experiences-in-year-2/
CATEGORIES:None
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141218T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141218T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T162526Z
CREATED:20231103T160249Z
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SUMMARY:How the ACA’s employer requirements and related provisions affect businesses and workers
DESCRIPTION: Web briefing for journalists\nDec. 18\, 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET \nOn Jan. 1\, the ACA’s employer mandate goes into effect\, requiring large employers to offer health insurance to workers or face penalties. During this web briefing exclusively for journalists\, Gary Claxton and Larry Levitt\, co-executive directors of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Program for the Study of Health Reform and Private Insurance\, will discuss how the penalties will work\, what options employers have for meeting the mandate\, how employers might respond\, and how these provision could affect coverage and costs for employers and workers. \nThey will also address the possible implications for employers of King vs. Burwell\, which the U.S. Supreme Court added to its decision docket last month. Also\, Claxton and Levitt will take questions. To register\, journalists can RSVP online. Each participant will get a confirmation email with information about how to join the briefing. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/how-the-acaaes-employer-requirements-and-related-provisions-affect-businesses-and-workers/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141218T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141218T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T162525Z
CREATED:20231103T160250Z
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SUMMARY:Press Conference: New Report Card on Infectious Disease Outbreaks
DESCRIPTION:New Report Card on Infectious Disease Outbreaks\, Including Ebola\, Enterovirus\, Superbugs\, to be Released\, Includes National & State-by-State Info \nAudio press conference on Dec. 18\, 10-11 a.m. ET \nPress briefing conference call to release “Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Diseases\,” which includes a report card for how well states scored on 10 indicators of strategies to prevent and control infectious disease outbreaks in addition to national and global concerns. \nSome topics featured in the report include emerging new diseases like Ebola\, Chikungunya and Chagas; antibiotic-resistant Superbugs; healthcare-associated infections such as MRSA; the resurgence of old threats like whooping cough and tuberculosis; HIV/AIDS and hepatitis; and the ability to respond to bioterrorism attacks. \nThe Outbreaks report-which found troubling errors\, lapses and scrambles- will be released by the Trust for America’s Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. \nWHEN: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (ET)\, Thursday\, December 18\, 2014 \nWHO: Jeffrey Levi\, PhD\, Executive Director\, Trust for America’s Health \nEric Toner\, MD\, Senior Associate\, UPMC Center for Health Security \nHOW: Please contact Albert Lang at (202) 864-5941 or alang@tfah.org at TFAH to reserve a line for the audio conference and to access embargoed materials. To access the call\, dial 1-888-329-8862 and use passcode 3753589. \nThe call will be moderated. Please call in a few minutes before the scheduled start time to avoid delays. The call is for credentialed media only.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/press-conference-new-report-card-on-infectious-disease-outbreaks/
CATEGORIES:None
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