Capital Soup

Florida News Straight From the Source

You are here: Home / Archives for Media conference call

Media conference call

Media Conference Call Urging Restoration of Funding for Opioid Treatment Programs

Posted on

MEDIA ADVISORY

Substance Abuse Treatment Providers and Law Enforcement Officials to Hold Media
Conference Call Urging Restoration of Funding for Opioid Treatment Programs

On Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. EST substance abuse treatment providers and law enforcement officials will hold a media conference call urging the Florida House to restore funding for opioid treatment programs. The Senate has maintained the base recurring funding of $7 million for extended release injectable naltrexone programs in the Office of the State Court Administrator, Department of Children and Families and Department of Corrections budgets, while the House budget eliminates all such programs.

Speakers will include Mike Harris, Clinical Director of Residential and Substance Abuse Programs at Park Place Behavioral Health Care, Bay County Sheriff Tommy Ford, Dr. Mark Stavros, M.D., Medical Director of Gulf Coast Addiction Medicine, Medical Director of the Emergency Department at West Florida Hospital and Chief Cornita Riley, of the Orange County Corrections Department.  Also joining the media conference call will be Mark Fontaine, Executive Director, Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association.

WHO: Michael Harris, Park Place Behavioral Health Care
Bay County Sheriff Tommy Ford
Chief Cornita Riley, Orange County Corrections
Dr. Mark Stavros, M.D., Medical Director of Gulf Coast Addiction Medicine, Medical Director of the Emergency Department at West Florida Hospital

WHAT: Media Conference Call on funding for substance abuse treatment programs

WHEN: Wednesday, February 28, 2018
9:30 am

WHERE: MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL-IN NUMBER
(888) 392-4560 PIN: 6869091

Step Up For Students, Insurers to Hold Media Conference Call to Announce Record-Setting Contributions for Scholarships

Posted on

MEDIA ADVISORY

Speakers from Step Up For Students, Tower Hill Insurance Group, and UnitedHealthcare will host a media conference call this Tuesday, August 29, at 9:30 a.m. to discuss the insurance industry’s record-setting contributions to the Tax-Credit Scholarship that are supporting students across the state. Following a discussion of each speaker’s involvement with Step Up For Students, the speakers will respond to questions from members of the media.
What: Media Conference Call
Who: Step Up For Students – President Doug Tuthill
Florida Insurance Industry Scholarship Program – Chairman Peter Corrigan
Tower Hill Insurance – President Don Matz
UnitedHealthcare – CEO Nicholas Zaffiris
Step Up For Students – Graduate Maricela Flores
When: Tuesday, August 29, 2017
9:30 am (ET)
Where: Conference Line Number: (888) 392-4560
Access Code: 4590009

Media Conference Call: Community Health Centers Across Florida Advocate for Streamlined Payment Process

Posted on

MEDIA ADVISORY

Proposed payment process could result in centers
closing down and patients losing access to care

The Florida Association of Community Health Centers (FACHC), the leading state advocate for community-based health care programs, will host a media conference call TODAY, August 15 at 2:00 p.m. to discuss how a new “Alternative Payment Methodology” threatens community health center’s efforts to participate in the Low Income Pool program. Across the state, health centers treat more than one million patients each year and save the state hundreds of millions of dollars by giving patients an alternative to emergency room visits.
The media conference call comes in advance of a scheduled meeting later in the week where the Agency for Health Care Administration will hear testimony about the LIP program and how this new payment process will affect dozens of community health centers across the state.
What: Media Conference Call
Who: Andrew Behrman, President & CEO of FACHC
Dr. Michael Gervasi, CEO of Florida Community Health Centers
Brad Herremans, CEO of Suncoast Community Health Center
Annie R. Neasman, CEO of Jessie Trice Community Health Center
When: TODAY, August 15, 2017
2:00 pm EST
Where: Conference Line: (888) 392-4560
Access Code: 6363880

Media Conference Call: Community Health Centers Across Florida Advocate for Streamlined Payment Process

Posted on

Proposed payment process could result in centers
closing down and patients losing access to care

The Florida Association of Community Health Centers (FACHC), the leading state advocate for community-based health care programs, will host a media conference call on Tuesday, August 15 at 2:00 p.m. to discuss how a new “Alternative Payment Methodology” threatens community health center’s efforts to participate in the Low Income Pool program. Across the state, health centers treat more than one million patients each year and save the state hundreds of millions of dollars by giving patients an alternative to emergency room visits.
The media conference call comes in advance of a scheduled meeting later in the week where the Agency for Health Care Administration will hear testimony about the LIP program and how this new payment process will affect dozens of community health centers across the state.
What: Media Conference Call
Who: Andrew Behrman, President & CEO of FACHC
Dr. Michael Gervasi, CEO of Florida Community Health Centers
Brad Herremans, CEO of Suncoast Community Health Center
Annie R. Neasman, CEO of Jessie Trice Community Health Center
When: Tuesday, August 15, 2017
2:00 pm EST
Where: Conference Line: (888) 392-4560
Access Code: 6363880