Calendar of Events - 2006
November
November 5 - 7, 2006
National Business
Coalition on Health's 11th Annual Conference
Astor Crown Plaza Hotel
New Orleans, LA
September
September 14, 2006
Virginia Business Coalition on Health
Annual Membership Meeting
Chrysler Museum of Art Auditorium
Norfolk , Virginia
June
June 8, 2006
Virginia Business Coaltion
on Health's Annual Business & Health Summit
Virginia Beach Convention Center
Virginia Beach, VA
May
May 18 - 21, 2006
Christian
Community Health Fellowship Annual Conference:
Health Care for the Underserved: A Spiritual Inheritance for the
Next Generation
Eastern University
Philadelphia, PA
May 1-7, 2006
Cover the Uninsured Week
2006
April
April 24 - 27, 2006
College for
Advanced Management of Health Benefits
Hyatt Regency Philadelphia (Penns Landing)
Philadelphia, PA
March
March 6-9, 2006
AHIP
National Policy Forum
The Ritz-Carlton
Washington, DC
February
February 23-24, 2006
State Coverage
Initiatives National Meeting (for State Officials)
Capital Hilton
Washington, DC
February 6-7, 2006
2006 National
Health Policy Conference
Renaissance Mayflower Hotel
Washington, DC
January
January 26-28, 2006
Health
Action 2006 Annual Grassroots Conference
Renaissance Mayflower Hotel
Washington, DC
Calendar of Events - 2005
November
November 13 - 15, 2005
The Roadmap for
Improving Health Care in America: Measuring, Reporting and Rewarding
Performance
The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa
Scottsdale, AZ
September
September 22, 2005
Free Senior Education Series:
Simplifying the shifting sands that affect your health and finances
Capital Area Agency on Aging
Richmond, VA
September 17, 2005
National Healthcare:
The Next Logical Step
Join Public Policy Virginia for a free educational forum and discussion on
the crisis in America’s healthcare system. Learn what we can do to provide
access to healthcare for ALL Americans.
Press Release #1 | Press
Release #2
September 13-15, 2005
Changing Health
Outcomes: Communities Joined in Action High Impact Institute
Columbus, OH
This conference will address how to apply outcome-based care management systems
as a tool for integrating care, producing outcomes and making full access possible.
July
July 28-29, 2005
Le Meridien Hotel
Chicago, IL
"Moving Beyond Planning" – SCI’s Summer Workshop for State
Officials
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Coverage Initiatives (SCI)
program is pleased to present a summer workshop for state officials entitled, “Moving
Beyond Planning.” Various issues will be addressed, including various
state health care issues, including:
- Leveraging new funding sources for coverage expansions;
- The future of Medicaid and SCHIP from the state and federal perspective;
- Implementing public/private partnerships;
- Consumer-directed health care; and
- Controlling costs.
To access a preliminary agenda and updated meeting information or to register online, visit http://www.statecoverage.net/meetings.htm
July 12-15, 2005
Reversing
the Tide: Promoting Policies and Programs to Advance the Nation's
Health
The Boston Marriott Copley Place
Boston, MA
This conference will focus national attention on critical public health issues
that impact the nation’s health. The conference program will examine
ways to strengthen and expand public health initiatives, equip attendees with
proven tools enabling them to strengthen their programmatic initiatives, and
to more effectively influence local, state, and national policy. Particular
attention will be focused on the prevention of obesity and related chronic
diseases.
June
June 29, 2005
Do
Health Accounts Promote Better Spending?
Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
June 8, 2005
Business and Health Summit
Hampton Roads Health Coalition
Virginia Beach, VA
May
May 6, 2005
FAMIS Webcast
The FAMIS Child Health Insurance Program will publicly unveil its new online
application, allowing parents to apply for state sponsored health insurance
electronically, with a Web broadcast to partner organizations statewide. The
event, broadcasting live from from 9:00-11:30 am from the VCU Medical Center,
will include a demonstration of how the new e-application works and ways it
can be used in the community to facilitate the FAMIS application process. After
the webcast, REACH will hold a discussion on how we can use the new online
application to enhance access community-wide efforts to enroll and retain children
in FAMIS.
United Way
224 East Broad Street, Room 101
Richmond, VA, 23219
May 5, 2005
The
Association for Community Health Improvement
The Association for Community Health Improvement will present a free audio-conference
May 5 featuring a model developed by Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton,
MA, to extend access to care, and the hospital's innovative venture to get
business involved in supporting the uninsured. The hospital partnered with
a local "fair-trade" coffee roaster to create and sell a special
coffee blend that helps raise visibility and money for the uninsured, and links
people with the
health coverage and care they need. For more information or to register for
the Cover the Uninsured Week event, visit the ACHI Web site. ACHI is a program
of the Health Research & Educational Trust, an AHA affiliate.
April
April 30 - May 8, 2005
Plans for
Cover the Uninsured Week 2005 are Underway!
April 14, 2005
Virginia Gov. Mark Warner to
Discuss National Health Policy Issues in "Kaiser Conversations
on Health"
Gov. Warner, an emerging national leader who this year chairs the National
Governors Association, will discuss proposals to alter the Medicaid program,
the future of long-term care, and other state and federal health and social
issues.
April 11-14, 2005
College for Advanced
Management of Health Benefits
The National Business Coalition on Health, Thomas Jefferson University Department
of Health Policy and HealthCare21 Business Coalition Phoenix, AZ
March
March 17, 2005
Obesity in the Workplace
Hampton Roads Health Coalition Spring Business Roundtable
Norfolk, VA
March 16 - 18, 2005
A New
Era in Health Care: Employer Solutions for Controlling Health Care
Costs and Improving Quality
National Business Group on Health
Washington, DC
March 6 - 8, 2005
The Uninsured,
Your Community, Your Role as Financial Leader: Practical Solutions
to Fulfill Your Organization's Mission
Healthcare Financial Management Association 2005 Spring
Summit
Phoenix, AZ
March 3 - 5, 2005
Community Health Solutions
Tampa, Florida
http://www.cjaonline.net/events/CHS.htm
February
February 28 - March 1, 2005
Leadership
Summit on Next Generation Health Benefits for Employers and Payers:
Building for Breakthroughs in Quality and Affordability
The World Congress, New York City
February 23 - 24, 2005
THE HEALTHCARE (R)EVOLUTION:
Powerful Tools to Repair Healthcare!
Florida Health Care Coalition 12th Annual National Conference
Orlando, Florida
February 2 - 3, 2005
National Health Policy Conference
Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel
http://www.academyhealth.org/nhpc
Calendar of Events - 2004
November
November 16, 10:00 am
Lt Governor's Commission to report today
The Lt. Governor's Commission on Small Business Health Insurance Costs
approves recommendations at their final meeting, today, Tuesday, November
16, at 10am in House Room C of the General Assembly Building.
Contact: Brian Shepard, Chief of Staff, bshepard@ltgov.state.va.us
http://www.ltgov.virginia.gov/NEWLtGov/staff.cfm
November 16, 10:00 am
House Room C, General Assembly Building
Lieutenant Governor's Full Commission Meeting on Small Business Health Insurance Costs
Contact: Brian Shepard, Chief of Staff, bshepard@ltgov.state.va.us
http://www.ltgov.virginia.gov/NEWLtGov/staff.cfm
November 14 - 16
National Business Coalition on Health's 2004 Annual Conference
"Employers Leading by Example: Partnerships for Health Care Value"
Hyatt Regency Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia*
http://www.nbch.org/events/conference.cfm
October
October 28, 2004, 2:00 - 3:30 pm ET
"Reducing Healthcare Costs While Retaining Valuable Employees:
Coping with the Employee Benefits Crisis"
http://www.counciloned.com/webinar/webinar_october28.asp
October 20, 2004 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Consumer Driven Health Care - Demystifying the Alternatives
This webcast will explore the similarities and differences between Flexible
Spending Arrangements (FSAs), HRAs, and HSAs, and how these tools can
be utilized to construct an effective consumer driven approach to managing
upwardly spiraling health care costs. This webcast also will incorporate
the July 2004 IRS guidance on Health Savings Accounts.
Cost: $179
http://hrtrainingcenter.com/showWCDetails.asp?TCID=1000243
October 19, 10:00 am
House Room D, General Assembly Building
Lieutenant Governor's Full Commission Meeting on Small Business Health Insurance Costs
Contact: Brian Shepard, Chief of Staff, bshepard@ltgov.state.va.us
http://www.ltgov.virginia.gov/NEWLtGov/staff.cfm
September
September 27, 9:15 am
Briefing to Discuss Trends in Health Coverage and the Uninsured
The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU) will hold
a policy briefing on Monday, September 27 at 9:15 a.m. EDT to release
an analysis of the 2003 U.S. Census data and examine coverage trends
over the past few years. Panelists will include: Diane Rowland, Executive
Director of KCMU; John Holahan, The Urban Institute; Gail Wilensky,
Project HOPE; and Jeanne Lambrew, George Washington University.
Foundation's Barbara Jordan Conference Center, 1330 G Street, NW, Washington,
DC (one block west of Metro Center).
Contact: to RSVP, e-mail tford@kff.org
with your name and affiliation
September 22 - 24, 2004
Medical Care for Older Americans: New Public Policy Dilemmas
Health Policy Conference in Williamsburg, VA
http://www.wm.edu/tjppp/healthpolicyconference/
September 20, 12:00 pm
[This meeting is cancelled. An announcement will be sent when it is
rescheduled]
3rd Floor West, General Assembly Building
Subsidies and Financial Assistance subcommittee (Wolfe) Meeting
Contact: Brian Shepard, Chief of Staff, bshepard@ltgov.state.va.us
http://www.ltgov.virginia.gov/NEWLtGov/staff.cfm
September 17, 2:00 pm
3rd Floor West, General Assembly Building
Lieutenant Governor's Commission Meeting on Small Business Health Insurance
Costs,
Programs Subcommittee (Garson)
Contact: Brian Shepard, Chief of Staff, bshepard@ltgov.state.va.us
http://www.ltgov.virginia.gov/NEWLtGov/staff.cfm
September 16, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Famis and Famis Plus a workshop by SignUpNow; sponsored by the Virginia
Department of Medical Assistance Services. Thursday, September 16 10:00
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Featherstone Professional Center, 1807 Huguenot Road,
Suite 108, Midlothian. A program for community workers interested in
learning how to encourage or help families to apply for FAMIS and FAMIS
Plus. For more information, call (804) 828-6062 or email signupnow@vhcf.org.
September 16, 2004, 7:45 - 10:30 am
Hampton Roads Health Coalition Annual Meeting & Fall Program
"How's Your Health, Hampton Roads?"
Guest Speaker: Suzanne Mercure, Principal, Barrington & Chappell
http://www.hrhc.org
September 11, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Back to School "Health Fair
and Clothing Swap"
The Grafton School GYM
4100 Price Club Blvd
September 10, 2004, 1:30 - 3:30 pm ET
Cyber Seminar: Disseminating Research Results for Policymakers
Consumer- Driven Health Plans: Potential, Pitfalls, and Policy Issues
http://www.hcfo.net/cyberseminar/0904/
September 9, 2004, 9:30 am
Kaiser/HRET to Release 2004
Employer Health Benefits Survey
To RSVP, contact Tiffany Ford at tford@kff.org.
September 9, 11:00 am
3rd Floor West, General Assembly Building
Cost of Coverage subcommittee (Nash) meeting
Contact: Brian Shepard - Chief of Staff, bshepard@ltgov.state.va.us
http://www.ltgov.virginia.gov/NEWLtGov/staff.cfm
August
August 30, 12:00 pm
3rd Floor West, General Assembly Building
Subsidies and Financial Assistance subcommittee (Wolfe) Meeting
Contact: Brian Shepard - Chief of Staff, bshepard@ltgov.state.va.us
http://www.ltgov.virginia.gov/NEWLtGov/staff.cfm
August 27, 2004
Robert Wood Johnson/State Coverage Initiative Site Visit
Richmond, Virginia
August 17, 2004
3rd Floor, General Assembly building in Richmon
Two subcommittees of the Lt. Governor's Commission on Small Business
Health Care Cost
June
June 28 - 29, 2004
State Coverage
Initiative Summer Workshops for State Officials
Pressing Forward: Cuts, Coverage, and Creativity
Workshop for State Officials
W Chicago - Lakeshore, Chicago, IL
June 6 - 7, 2004
Second Annual Governor's Conference
on Covering the Uninsured
The Second Annual Governor's Conference on Covering the Uninsured Site
now features presentations 2004
conference.
May
May 10 - 16, 2004
Cover
the Uninsured Week 2004
Many Virginia communities held events related to Cover the Uninsured
Week 2004
2003
March
March 10, 2003
First Annual Governor's Conference
on Covering the Uninsured
The First Annual Governor's Conference on Covering the Uninsured features
presentations from the 2003 conference.
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