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3 events,Join the Politico Pro Health Care team for a discussion about what’s next. William Schaffner, M.D., will discuss the importance of immunization for adults and the latest updates from the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. |
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3 events,With more than 80 sessions, local health department leaders will learn new strategies to keep their communities healthy and safe. Data journalist Paul Overberg, who has spent more than 20 years on data analysis, will explain how journalists can use spreadsheets to make journalists “better at finding a story, fending off bogus ideas and sharpening the questions they can ask people. The Institute of Medicine holds a one-day workshop on high-needs patients to examine which subgroups of the population have the greatest needs and to discuss ways to improve care while lowering costs while also expanding the use of successful methods that have reached the nation’s most vulnerable patients. The event, in Washington, will also be available by webcast. |
3 events,The Cato Institute presents a briefing and livestream on Capitol Hill about the impact of King v. Burwell on health care reform, separation of powers and the rule of law. The Roundtable on Health Literacy will hold a workshop featuring invited presentations and discussions of the effect of low health literacy on all aspects of palliative care. |
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1 event,This once-a-decade event sets aging policy for the next 10 years. For the first time, it will be live streamed at https://www.whitehouse.gov/live. This WHCOA addresses four key areas – healthy aging, long term services and supports, elder justice and retirement security. |
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1 event,Join POLITICO’s Outside, In: Aging in a Tech World event for a discussion about health technology’s role in an aging population, and how digital innovations are revolutionizing how we monitor and manage older adults’ physical and mental health – and help their family caregivers. |
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1 event,The National LGBT Health Education Center holds a webinar at 2 p.m. ET on “Providing an Inclusive and Affirmative Health Care Environment for LGBT People” with Dr. Harvey Makadon, a professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the center, which is part of Boston-based Fenway Health practice. He will lead participants through 10 key practices for creating LGBT-inclusive and affirming in health care organizations. Participants will learn approaches ranging from shaping policies and processes, to collecting data, to engaging the community. |
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Learn about insurance carriers in each state – their enrollment, premiums, claims and several measures of utilization. Katherine Hempstead, of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will share data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Note: This webcast is for AHCJ members, so you will need to have your login and password to participate. |
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1 event,Policy experts will explore the science of healthy aging and discuss policy gaps. |
3 events,The U.S. House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Health Subcommittee holds a hearing on rural health to examine Medicare and rural health disparities. The hearing be at 10 a.m. ET in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building. The Food and Research Action Center hosts a webinar at 1 p.m. ET with experts on the role of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on people in the United States with disabilities and the nation’s current food insecurities. |
3 events,The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services hosts a conference focused on ways to help seniors in Texas age well and lead active, healthy lifestyles. As Medicare and Medicaid turn 50 years old, Dentons’ Health Care practice and Public Policy and Regulation practice hosts a discussion with industry leaders focusing on the next 50 years of ghee government health programs. This briefing will review how ambulatory surgery services are regulated; what information is public; and the availability of quality-of-care data, such as reports of adverse events. The research, which includes a 50-state environmental scan comparing California with other states, highlights the need for greater transparency and information on outpatient surgical centers. |
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