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Dr. Patrick Conway, chief medical director of the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will be presenting to Kentucky-based Health Watch USA on July 31 at 5 p.m., and with a few clicks on the computer, you can attend virtually.
Conway will be discussing CMS goals and the results of its value-based quality improvement programs, physician fee schedule quality proposals and future opportunities for CMS collaboration aimed to drive health-care quality.
Using your computer, you can attend and participate in the discussion through an online chat while listening to Conway's presentation and viewing the slides. Just click here to log into the conference's webpage and Adobe Connect will download to your computer free of charge.
The online login will be active 15 minutes before the presentation on July 31, and the presentation slides will be available to download as a PDF from the conference page. You can also attend the presentation at the Northside Library in Lexington. Click here for more information.
Health Watch USA, based in Somerset, was founded by Dr. Kevin Kavanagh to promote health care transparency and patient advocacy, says its website.
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Health Watch USA hosts chief medical director of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Lexington and online July 31
Conway will be discussing CMS goals and the results of its value-based quality improvement programs, physician fee schedule quality proposals and future opportunities for CMS collaboration aimed to drive health-care quality.
Using your computer, you can attend and participate in the discussion through an online chat while listening to Conway's presentation and viewing the slides. Just click here to log into the conference's webpage and Adobe Connect will download to your computer free of charge.
The online login will be active 15 minutes before the presentation on July 31, and the presentation slides will be available to download as a PDF from the conference page. You can also attend the presentation at the Northside Library in Lexington. Click here for more information.
Health Watch USA, based in Somerset, was founded by Dr. Kevin Kavanagh to promote health care transparency and patient advocacy, says its website.
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