The National Hispanic Medical Association is a long-time member of OMO’s Health Data Task Force, and OMO is more than happy to spread the word about their 14th Annual Conference. See below for more details and a link to register. NHMA 14th Annual Conference “Health Care Transformation to Improve Prevention and Health Promotion for the [...]
“The growth of the Health Equity Movement is reflected by a rising number of government entities (local, state, federal) and organizations explicitly recommending and pursuing health equity. This memo compiles the recommendations for 28 of these efforts and provides a table to illustrate the recommendations from nine of these.”
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS! A Senate Briefing on the Cost-Savings of Reducing Health Disparities in Health Reform September 22, 2009 — 12:00 pm-1:30 pm Capitol Visitor Center, Senate Meeting Rooms (SVC) 208 & 209 In order to build support for health reform and inform congressional Members and staff about health and health care disparities, the [...]
OMO joins other groups in support of health reform and the inclusion of health disparities provisions in the bill. Our flier, available for download below, is one of many pages in a packet that was distributed to all health staffers in the Senate. OMO believes that health reform MUST reduce health disparities and promote prevention. [...]
Members of the House of Representatives will be voting on health reform legislation after their August recess. The current draft of the bill does much to expand coverage, promote prevention, and ensure language access. We can’t lose this opportunity. Our Representatives need to hear from us during the recess to keep momentum going! Call members [...]
Trust for America’s Health invites you to an event to release the findings of a new public opinion poll about health reform and prevention. PREVENTION & HEALTH REFORM: WHAT DOES THE PUBLIC THINK? Scheduled speakers: Senator Tom Harkin Bill McInturff Partner and Co-Founder, Public Opinion Strategies Jeffrey Levi, PhD Executive Director, Trust for America’s Health [...]
The National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) has been invited to participate in the development of health care reform legislation for Senators Kennedy and Baucus, Congressmen Waxman, Rangel, and Miller and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. We have been asked to submit our recommendations on reforming the system for inclusion into these bills by June 1st; this gives us a narrow window of three weeks or less to prepare a document for submission to congressional staff. I invite you and your colleagues to join the “NHMA Hispanic Provider Community Forum on Health Care Reform” on our portal: www.hispanichealth.info to share your insights and recommendations for health care reform today.