Last week, the Chamber hosted a meeting on health reform specifically geared towards small employers and what they need to do to prepare for changes due to health reform. Two experts, Steve Cagle of McQueary Henry Bowles Troy and Gary Short of Jones Day, took a timeline approach to explaining what businesses need to do [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Healthcare’
March 22, 2010
Sweeping Health Reform for Tonight’s Dinner Discussion
As North Texans were getting ready to go to bed last night, legislators in Washington were busy making history by passing sweeping health care reform that just two months ago many considered was dead on the table. So, we thought it would be a good idea to give you some basic “talking points” of what has happened and what will potentially take place in the near future regarding health care reform.
February 19, 2010
A Panel Discussion on Health Care Reform
Last week the Dallas Chamber hosted an event that brought together community leaders to discuss federal healthcare reform and where it currently stands. Although there was snow falling outside the Park City Club, the event inside lived up to its’ name of healthcare “hot” topic series. The moderator and panelists discussed a wide variety of [...]
December 4, 2009
Live Healthy North Texas
As you might have heard, momentum for Live Healthy North Texas is building in the region and with healthcare reform in the national spotlight now is a great time to get involved. Next week is a big week beginning with a Tuesday morning kick-off press conference on the campus of SMU to highlight the initiative [...]
December 2, 2009
DFW Healthcare Summit at the Chamber
Healthcare industry leaders came together Monday afternoon, in a first of its’ kind meeting, for the DFW Healthcare Summit at the Dallas Regional Chamber. Nearly 50 insurance, hospital, and business CEOs along with Dallas Mayor Leppert and Mark McClellan from the Brookings Institute in Washington met for close to 4 hours to discuss ways to [...]
September 7, 2009
Preparing for the Flu – Guidance for Business
Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to the 2009 – 2010 Influenza Season CDC is releasing new guidance that recommends actions that non-healthcare employers should take now to decrease the spread of seasonal flu and 2009 H1N1 flu in the workplace and to help maintain business continuity during the 2009–2010 flu season.1 [...]
