Thursday,
August 28, 2008
TODAY'S NEWS
Medicare Overpaid for Prescription Drugs With New Generic Versions Because of Delay in Incorporating New Prices Into Payment Calculations, HHS OIG Report Finds
Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times (Requires free, one-time registration)
Cost Increases Incurred by U.S. Hospitals Slows To 0.9% in 2006, According to Report
Bloomberg/Denver Post
News summaries of these stories and more will be published at 11:30 a.m. ET in the complete Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report.
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Host: California Medicare Coalition
Event: Meeting on the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
Start Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society, 5380 Elvas Ave., Sacramento, Calif.
Event Contact: Candi Mayfield, 916-231-5110; e-mail, cmayfield@cahealthadvocates.org. Please RSVP
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Host: Gorman Health Group
Event: The future for health plans under the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
Start Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Webinar
Event Contact: 209-577-4888; e-mail, pattyj@mcol.com; or visit Web site.
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Host: National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation
Event: Webinar, "Encouraging Adolescents' Use of Recommended Health Care Services"
Start Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Webinar
Event Contact: Kathryn Santoro, 202-296-4196; e-mail, ksantoro@nihcm.org; or visit Web site.
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Host: National Conference of State Legislatures
Event: Webinar, "Critical Work Force Shortages: A Closer Look at Public and Oral Health Care"
Start Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Webinar
Event Contact: 202-624-5400; or visit Web site.
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Host: California HealthCare Foundation
Event: The Medicaid Proof of Citizenship Requirement: Lessons for California From the Experience of Other States
Start Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Sheraton Grand Sacramento, Calif., 1230 J St., Sacramento, Calif.
Event Contact: 510-238-1040
NOTE: An archived webcast of this event will be available after 1 p.m. ET, September 2.
Please visit HealthCast.
THURSDAY'S EVENTS (9/4/2008)
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Host: AcademyHealth
Event: Release of AcademyHealth’s Voluntary Code of Ethical Conduct for the Recruitment of Foreign Educated Nurses to the United States
Start Time: 9:00 AM
Location: National Press Club, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
Event Contact: 202-292-6700
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