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<div>HI Fellows and List Serve Members: The Bureau on Federal Health Programs invites you to attend a Town Hall Meeting addressing <b>H</b><b>ealth Information Technology and </b><b>H</b><b>ealth Care Reform</b> at the upcoming Osteopathic Medical Conference
and Exposition (OMED) in New Orleans on Tuesday, November 3 from 8:00 a.m. – 10:30- a.m.. Location details below. Looking forward to seeing you there. NC</div>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Date:</b></font></td>
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<td><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif">John B. Crosby, JD, Executive Director
<div><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif">Sydney Olson, Associate Executive Director</font></div>
<div><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif">Shawn Martin, Director of Government Relations</font></div>
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<td><font size="2"><b>From:</b></font></td>
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<div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif">Dear Osteopathic Colleagues,</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif">On November 3, we will host a Town Hall and Health Care Reform Panel at the OMED. Flyers will be distributed and the event will be promoted in many AOA communications vehicles. In addition
to these efforts, we would appreciate your assistance in promoting the event to your colleagues. Shawn and Susan have assembled an excellent panel of health policy experts, and we would like to have as large a turnout as possible. Your help is greatly appreciated!
The details are:</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><b>When: </b>Tuesday, November 3, 8:00-10:30 a.m.</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><b>Where: </b>La Louisiane Ballroom C, Morial Convention Center </font></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><b>Featuring: </b>IBM Executive Janet Marchibroda; American Enterprise Institute health policy expert </font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"> Joseph Antos; Third Way health policy expert David Kendall; and Kavita Patel, MD,</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"> Senior Health Policy Advisor to the Obama Administration</font></div>
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<div style="padding-left: 108pt; text-indent: -108pt; text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><b>Program: </b>The program will begin at 8:00 a.m. with introductory remarks by an AOA Leader who will moderate the HIT program. Janet
Marchibroda will discuss health information technology (HIT) and funding opportunities available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help physicians adopt HIT. Following Janet’s presentation, Joe Antos, David Kendall, and Kavita Patel will
each spend about ten minutes providing their perspectives on the current state of play in health care reform. At the conclusion of their remarks, the moderator for the health care reform panel will ask the panelists to respond to written questions provided
by the audience.</font></div>
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<div style="padding-left: 108pt; text-indent: -108pt; text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif">Thank you in advance for helping to bring out as many of our colleagues and members of the osteopathic family </font></div>
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<div>Nancy Cooper, Coordinator<br>
Health Policy Fellowship<br>
307 Grosvenor Hall<br>
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine<br>
Athens, OH 45701<br>
740 593-2017 phone<br>
740 593-1730 fax<br>
<a href="mailto:coopern@ohio.edu"><font color="#0000FF"><u>coopern@ohio.edu</u></font></a></div>
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<div>HI Fellows and List Serve Members: The Bureau on Federal Health Programs invites you to attend a Town Hall Meeting addressing <b>H</b><b>ealth Information Technology and </b><b>H</b><b>ealth Care Reform</b> at the upcoming Osteopathic Medical Conference
and Exposition (OMED) in New Orleans on Tuesday, November 3 from 8:00 a.m. – 10:30- a.m.. Location details below. Looking forward to seeing you there. NC</div>
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<td><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif">John B. Crosby, JD, Executive Director
<div><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif">Sydney Olson, Associate Executive Director</font></div>
<div><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif">Shawn Martin, Director of Government Relations</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif">Dear Osteopathic Colleagues,</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif">On November 3, we will host a Town Hall and Health Care Reform Panel at the OMED. Flyers will be distributed and the event will be promoted in many AOA communications vehicles. In addition
to these efforts, we would appreciate your assistance in promoting the event to your colleagues. Shawn and Susan have assembled an excellent panel of health policy experts, and we would like to have as large a turnout as possible. Your help is greatly appreciated!
The details are:</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"> </font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><b>What: </b>Town Hall and Health Care Reform Panel</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><b>When: </b>Tuesday, November 3, 8:00-10:30 a.m.</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"> </font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><b>Where: </b>La Louisiane Ballroom C, Morial Convention Center </font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"> </font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><b>Featuring: </b>IBM Executive Janet Marchibroda; American Enterprise Institute health policy expert </font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"> Joseph Antos; Third Way health policy expert David Kendall; and Kavita Patel, MD,</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"> Senior Health Policy Advisor to the Obama Administration</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"> </font></div>
<div style="padding-left: 108pt; text-indent: -108pt; text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><b>Program: </b>The program will begin at 8:00 a.m. with introductory remarks by an AOA Leader who will moderate the HIT program. Janet
Marchibroda will discuss health information technology (HIT) and funding opportunities available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help physicians adopt HIT. Following Janet’s presentation, Joe Antos, David Kendall, and Kavita Patel will
each spend about ten minutes providing their perspectives on the current state of play in health care reform. At the conclusion of their remarks, the moderator for the health care reform panel will ask the panelists to respond to written questions provided
by the audience.</font></div>
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<div style="padding-left: 108pt; text-indent: -108pt; text-align: justify; "><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif">Thank you in advance for helping to bring out as many of our colleagues and members of the osteopathic family </font></div>
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<div>Nancy Cooper, Coordinator<br>
Health Policy Fellowship<br>
307 Grosvenor Hall<br>
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine<br>
Athens, OH 45701<br>
740 593-2017 phone<br>
740 593-1730 fax<br>
<a href="mailto:coopern@ohio.edu"><font color="#0000FF"><u>coopern@ohio.edu</u></font></a></div>
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