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Women’s Health Today covers new preventive health benefits- August 24th

Friday, August 24th 8am MST
Women’s Health Today
on KUNM 89.9fm or www.kunm.org
Listen to the August show here

Which services are covered under health insurance plans? Does Medicaid and Medicare provide the same benefits? How will the law be implemented so that women can access the benefits?

My guests include Senator Jeff Bingaman, Dr. Carrie Swartz of Bosque Women’s Care, and Rebecca Vanucci, an expectant mom.

More information about health care reform is available at www.healthcare.gov and www.nwlc.org

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Women’s Health Today is about women for everyone. How does being a woman or a man impact your health? Does health and other policy adequately address systemic problems and root causes of ill health? Women’s Health Today looks at health from an interdisciplinary and woman-centered perspective, examining the many biological, psychological, environmental and social factors effecting health.

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New Women’s Free Preventive Health Care Benefits Take Effect August 1st

New Women’s Free Preventive Health Care Benefits Take Effect August 1st

Affordable Care Act expands prevention coverage for women’s health, including free mammograms and well-woman visits

Albuquerque – This week, women across America will begin to enjoy a broad list of preventative health services that – for the first time ever – will be completely free. These new free services are now covered without a co-payment, coinsurance, or deductible as a result of the Affordable Care Act.

The new free preventive services taking effect August 1 include:

  • Mammograms
  • Other cancer screenings, including screenings for colorectal cancer
  • Coverage for all approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling for all women with reproductive capacity
  • A well-woman preventive care visit annually for adults to obtain the recommended preventive services that are age and developmentally appropriate, including preconception and prenatal care
  • Screening for gestational diabetes
  • High-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing in women with normal cytology results
  • Counseling on sexually transmitted infections for all sexually active women
  • Counseling and screening for human immune-deficiency virus (HIV) infection for all sexually active women.
  • Comprehensive lactation support and counseling, by a trained provider during pregnancy and/or in the postpartum period
  • Screening and counseling for interpersonal and domestic violence.

A full listing of new preventative benefits can be found here: http://www.hrsa.gov/womensguidelines/

“These types of services are something that women have long struggled to find a way to pay for, or have avoided at a cost to their own well-being,” said Pamelya Herndon, executive director of the Southwest Women’s Law Center. “These provisions taking effect today will give women more control over their health.   Not only will it make these services affordable and accessible, it also means women will lead healthier lives by preventing potentially serious conditions early, before they become costly and devastating diagnoses.”

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Women’s Health Today – June 22 Show

Friday, June 22nd 8am MST
Women’s Health Today
on KUNM 89.9fm or www.kunm.org
Listen to the promo here
Listen to the full show

What makes a family in NM healthy and able to thrive? My guests will include Jessica Aranda, with Southwest Creations Collaborative, Adriann Barboa, with Strong Families NM, and Kelsey Heilman, with the NM Center on Law and Poverty.

The Basic Family Budget Calculator is available here.

The NM Task Force on Work Life Balance is addressing some of the issues raised on the show. It’s 2011 report is available and the task force will report to the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee again later this year.
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Women’s Health Today is about women for everyone. How does being a woman or a man impact your health? Does health and other policy adequately address systemic problems and root causes of ill health? Women’s Health Today looks at health from an interdisciplinary and woman-centered perspective, examining the many biological, psychological, environmental and social factors effecting health.

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Turn the Curve on Health – attend an event in your area

The New Mexico Department of Health is hosting 4 Turn the Curve on Health planning events throughout the state May 9 – 31, 2012 for community and Tribal partners statewide to discuss how we may work in partnership toward population based change related to nine (9) specific health areas.

If you would like to participate in this hopeful process, please access the link for the event in your area and register to Turn the Curve on Health in your public health region:

Register to Turn the Curve on Health in the Northwest Region of New Mexico (PHD Region 1, Northwest NM): May 9, 2012 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM (Lunch on your own) HOWARD JOHNSON 2915 W. Historic Highway 66 Gallup, NM 87301

Register to Turn the Curve on Health in the Northeast Region of New Mexico (PHD Region 2, Northeast NM): Turn the Curve on Health Location and Contact Information May 31, 2012 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM (Lunch on your own) COURTYARD MARRIOTT 3347 Cerrillos Road Santa Fe, NM 87507

Register to Turn the Curve on Health – Central Region (PHD Region 3 – ABQ Metro), co- hosted by Bernalillo County Community Health Council: May 15, 2012 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM (Lunch on your own) RAMADA ALBUQUERQUE HOTEL 10300 Hotel Avenue NE Albuquerque, NM 87123

Register to Turn the Curve on Health – Southwest Region (PHD Region 5, Southwest NM): May 22, 2012 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM (Lunch on your own) DAYS INN & SUITES MESILLA VALLEY CONFERENCE CENTER 901 Avenida de Mesilla Las Cruces, NM 88005

If you have questions, please contact the individual listed on the registration page for the event you wish to attend.

I hope you are able to join this important movement from talk to action!

Thank you! The DOH Turn the Curve on Health Team

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Women’s Health Policy Forum 2012 Program and Presentations

This year’s Policy Forum focused on Health Care Reform Implementation and Implications for Women.  We also worked on “turning the curve” on selected women’s health indicators. Read the agenda and program here: NMWHPF-Program-FINAL-web
Click on the links below to read the presentations.

Justina Trott IOM Research 050212

Nancy Lee ACA Preventive Services 050212

Kelsey Heilman Basic Health Plan 050212

Micaela Cadena LegislativeUpdate 050212

Anna Benyo SCOTUS 050212

GiovannaRossi WH Indicators 050212

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6th Annual Women’s Health Policy Forum

Health Care Reform Implementation and Implications for Women
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May 2, 2012
8:30am-3:30pm
Savage Auditorium
Presbyterian Hospital
1100 Central Avenue SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106

Parking:

– Conference attendees can park anywhere visitors to the hospital are allowed to park.

– Once you turn into the hospital entrance, visitors can park on the right in the parking structure attached to the hospital or on the left hand side that is marked “Visitors.”

Directions to Savage Auditorium from Lobby:

Enter the Hospital at the main entrance. Go LEFT from the Information Desk to the D Elevators (Purple Wall). Go DOWN one level to Sub-Level 1 (S1). Savage Auditorium is directly opposite the elevator.

Questions? Email: rebecca (at) collectiveactionstrategies (dot) com

Sponsored by: RWJF Center for Health Policy at UNM, Gender Impacts Policy, Molina Healthcare, Presbyterian Health Plan, NM DOH Family Health Bureau

Objectives:

1. Provide advocates in the field the opportunity to network and share updates from the 2012 NM legislative session and Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation issues.
2. Discuss issues related to ACA, focusing specifically on women and families in New Mexico.
3. Create Policy Recommendations for better coverage and access to care for women and families in New Mexico.

Advocates, community organizations, policy makers, and business leaders interested in health care policy are encouraged to attend. Seating is limited.

The Policy Forum is free of charge, but registration is required by April 20th.

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Women’s Health Today to Focus on Health Care Reform Impact on Women

What does health care reform do for women? When a majority of women want and use birth control, why are we having a national debate about insurance coverage of contraception? Hear from the National Women’s Law Center’s senior health policy analyst Anna Benyo, as she gives us the scoop on benefits impacting women.  Join us Friday morning, March 23, 2012, for Women’s Health Today at 8am MST on KUNM 89.9fm or kunm.org.

Women’s Health Today :30 Promo 3.23.12

Listen to the show on the Pubic Radio Exchange!

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Contraception issues, nursing breaks on tap as women’s health advocates discuss health reform at Tuesday UNM event

– Media Advisory –

Groups to highlight nursing breaks and other benefits such as contraception in Affordable Care Act

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 20th – Women’s health advocates will be on UNM’s campus on Tuesday, March 20th, to educate students about important new benefits in the Affordable Care Act for women. These benefits include nursing breaks for new mothers, contraception coverage and new preventative care benefits coming online in 2012. This event is part of a series of events celebrating the two-year anniversary of the passage of ACA this week.

WHO: State of Women’s Health New Mexico and several other community-based women’s health organizations

WHAT: Event calling attention to nursing breaks in health reform law as well as new benefits in 2012

WHERE: University of New Mexico. Student Union Building Atrium

WHEN: March 20, 2012 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

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