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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Kaiser Family Foundation [mailto:emails@kff.org] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 21, 2011 12:00 PM<BR><B>To:</B> jeanene.smith@state.or.us<BR><B>Subject:</B> Reminder: April 25 Live, Interactive Webcast on HHS Action Plan to Reduce Health Disparities<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=subheader><BR>LIVE Webcast: <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Today's Topics in Health Disparities</SPAN></EM><BR>HHS' Action Plan to Reduce Health Disparities<BR>April 25, 2011, 1 P.M. ET <BR><IMG id=_x0000_i1026 src="cid:CKYGGGKCDOBE.IMAGE_11.gif" width=66 height=5><o:p></o:p></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P class=text1>The Kaiser Family Foundation's next <A href="http://smtp01.kff.org/t/20127/477296/18606/0/">live, interactive webcast</A> in its <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Today's Topics in Health Disparities</SPAN></EM> series on <STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Monday, April 25, at 1 p.m. ET</SPAN></STRONG> will examine the new Department of Health and Human Services' Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. <A href="http://smtp01.kff.org/t/20127/477296/4613/0/"></A><v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 coordsize = "21600,21600" o:preferrelative = "t" o:spt = "75" filled = "f" stroked = "f" path = " m@4@5 l@4@11@9@11@9@5 xe"><v:stroke joinstyle = "miter"></v:stroke><v:formulas><v:f eqn = "if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0 "></v:f><v:f eqn = "sum @0 1 0 "></v:f><v:f eqn = "sum 0 0 @1 "></v:f><v:f eqn = "prod @2 1 2 "></v:f><v:f eqn = "prod @3 21600 pixelWidth "></v:f><v:f eqn = "prod @3 21600 pixelHeight "></v:f><v:f eqn = "sum @0 0 1 "></v:f><v:f eqn = "prod @6 1 2 "></v:f><v:f eqn = "prod @7 21600 pixelWidth "></v:f><v:f eqn = "sum @8 21600 0 "></v:f><v:f eqn = "prod @7 21600 pixelHeight "></v:f><v:f eqn = "sum @10 21600 0 "></v:f></v:formulas><v:path o:extrusionok = "f" gradientshapeok = "t" o:connecttype = "rect"></v:path><o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:shapetype><v:shape style="Z-INDEX: 251658240; POSITION: absolute; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; WIDTH: 90.75pt; HEIGHT: 68.25pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 39.55pt; mso-wrap-distance-left: 0; mso-wrap-distance-top: 0; mso-wrap-distance-right: 0; mso-wrap-distance-bottom: 0; mso-position-horizontal: right; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-vertical-relative: line" id=_x0000_s1036 type = "#_x0000_t75" coordsize = "21600,21600" alt = "" href = "http://smtp01.kff.org/t/20127/477296/4613/0/" o:button = "t" o:allowoverlap = "f"><v:imagedata src = "http://www.kff.org/emails/Today'sTopicsInHealthDisparities_120.gif"></v:imagedata><w:wrap type = "square"></w:wrap></v:shape><A href="http://smtp01.kff.org/t/20127/477296/4613/0/"></A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=text1>The program will address the contents of the strategy and its timeline for implementation as well as its implications for providers. The panelists will also discuss how the new strategy relates to other federal efforts and to health reform implementation.<BR><BR>The panelists will take questions from viewers, which may be submitted before or during the live program to <A href="mailto:ask@kff.org">ask@kff.org</A>. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=text1><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">WHO:</SPAN></STRONG> <STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Cara James</SPAN></STRONG>, Ph.D., Director of the Disparities Policy Project at the Kaiser Family Foundation will moderate the discussion with:<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=text1><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">WHEN:</SPAN></STRONG> Monday, April 25th, 2011, at 1 PM EST.<BR><A href="http://smtp01.kff.org/t/20127/477296/18607/0/"><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><IMG id=_x0000_i1027 border=0 src="cid:TYPIWOKWFOFHIMAGE_12.gif" width=21 height=13></SPAN></A><A href="http://smtp01.kff.org/t/20127/477296/18607/0/">Add</A> this program to your Outlook calendar.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=text1><EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><A href="http://smtp01.kff.org/t/20127/477296/4613/0/">Today's Topics In Health Disparities</A></SPAN></EM> is a series of live, interactive webcasts devoted to addressing a range of issues relating to health and health care disparities in the United States. Each discussion features a panel of experts tackling current issues in health disparities and answering questions from webcast viewers.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=text><EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">The Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit private operating foundation, based in Menlo Park, California, dedicated to producing and communicating the best possible information and analysis on health issues</SPAN></EM><SPAN class=text2>.</SPAN> <o:p></o:p></P></TD></TR>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>Ruth Nkemontoh</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>Communications</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>Email:</FONT><A href="mailto:ruth.a.nkemontoh@state.or.us"><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>ruth.a.nkemontoh@state.or.us</FONT></A></DIV>
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