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EXPERT ALERTS

• Hurricane Preparedness Tips: What You Need to Know
• Lowering the Cost of Healthcare at the Ground Level
• Potential Impact of Health Policy Changes on Cost of Care
• Helping Animals Helps People
• The Power of Good Nutrition
• Reclaiming a Divine Partnership With Food
• Proof That Prayer Works

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• Editor, Consumer Advice – U.S. News & World Report (DC)

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EXPERT ALERTS:

Hurricane Preparedness Tips: What You Need To Know
Joe Alton, M.D.
Disaster Preparedness Expert
Hurricane Irma, a record-breaking powerful storm, is churning its way towards the Caribbean and the U.S. East Coast. With Texas and Louisiana still reeling in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, it's another test of America's resilience in the face of adversity. Even before it's clear that your area is in danger of being hit by the storm, you should have considered factors like food, water, power, and shelter. "Being prepared for a hurricane can make sure that it's just a bump in the road, and not the end of the road for you and your family. Have a plan of action, get some supplies, and you'll weather the storm," says Dr. Alton.
Dr. Alton is available to share a few tips to help those preparing for the worst, including: 1) Shelter: Put up the shutters. Move furniture/plants inside. Pick a "safe room." Place candles in pans. Have tarps at the ready. 2) Food: Keep it cold. Collect ice. Wrap it in foil. Cook 'em and freeze 'em. Eat the perishables now. Keep it closed. 3) Water: Fill the tub with water. Drink the melted ice. Hot water heaters hold water. Sterilize it. Have a water filter. 4) Other important considerations: Keep the radio on. No outside selfies during the storm!
Dr. Alton is a disaster preparedness expert, member of the Wilderness Medical Society, and New York Times/Amazon bestselling author of "The Survival Medicine Handbook: THE essential guide for when medical help is NOT on the way" and other books. He has also written the just-released and timely "The Zika Virus Handbook." He is a well-known speaker and host of The Doom and Bloom Survival Medicine Hour syndicated podcast.
Website: www.doomandbloom.net
Contact: Ryan McCormick, [email protected]

Lowering the Cost of Healthcare at the Ground Level
Chris Dawe
Principal, Transformation; Former White House Health Policy Advisor
Evolent Health
Based in Washington, D.C., Dawe is available to discuss lowering the cost of care at the ground level through policy, and whether the federal discussions have the potential to achieve that goal or should be redirected. He focuses especially on Accountable Care Organizations, including their structuring, policy needs, and results: "The missing big picture in this week's health policy discussions: We still haven't seen this Congress do something the Obama administration didn't do, either: be specific about what the end game looks like with a better health care payment system. We need more permanent structures, not pilots." Read more about Dawe's thinking on ACOs in health affairs here:  https://tinyurl.com/gwo4nxq
At Evolent Health, Dawe leads teams that work with Evolent's health system partners to design, build and operate successful value-based businesses. He also leads Evolent's health policy team. Before coming to Evolent, Dawe served as policy advisor for health care at the National Economic Council at the White House; the director of Delivery System Reform at the Department of Health and Human Services; and as a professional staff member for the Senate Finance Committee. In his roles in the Administration and the Senate, Dawe played a pivotal role in the design and implementation of health care reform, including the development of multiple provisions of the ACA (the Medicare Shared Savings (ACO) Program and the CMS Innovation Center). He also developed the Meaningful Use provisions of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009. Before coming to Washington, he worked in the business planning group at Partners Healthcare in Boston.
Website: https://www.evolenthealth.com
Contact: Liz DeForest, [email protected]

Potential Impact of Health Policy Changes on Cost of Care
Ken Wood
Senior Vice President, Health Plan Development
Evolent Health
Wood is available to discuss health policy and the potential impact on commercial insurers, provider-sponsored health plans and the cost of care, including impact of the cost sharing reduction Trump has given/taken/given. He can also discuss the fate of singleton insurers who are the only payer in an exchange, saying it doesn't look promising for them or for patient costs, especially combined with the decrease in attention in getting folks to sign up for the exchanges: "State regulators have done heroic work to assure that at least one ACA individual health plan is available in every county in the country.  But it is too early to declare victory -- health insurance markets thrive on certainty and competition. The federal government's continued ambivalence around enforcement of the ACA enrollment mandate and failure to commit to the routine payment of the Cost Share Reduction (CSR) funds (which help reduce the out-of-pocket costs for millions of Americans) means that solo plans in counties are at substantial financial risk and have a very uncertain future.  Without enforcing the individual enrollment mandate, relatively healthy people will skip purchasing coverage and those who do enroll will likely have higher health care costs than the premiums they pay. Insurance only works when there is a balanced pool of covered individuals. The Affordable Care Act is the law of the land -- it absolutely can be improved, but it should be honorably and effectively enforced until it is modified."
Read more about Wood's thoughts on hospital concerns as health policy is in limbo here: https://tinyurl.com/y78k2ohy
Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenwood/
Website: https://www.evolenthealth.com
Contact: Liz DeForest, [email protected]

Helping Animals Helps People
Carol Novello
President & CEO
Mutual Rescue
"You're not only saving animal lives when you donate to a local animal shelter, you are helping to transform the lives of people in your community for the better through life-changing human-animal relationships. People everywhere have stories to tell about how shelter animals have changed their lives for the better."
Connect with Novello or any of the people featured in a Mutual Rescue film for a compelling first-person adoption story. Novello is founder of Mutual Rescue, a national initiative of Humane Society Silicon Valley (HSSV) that highlights the life-changing power of human-animal relationships. The initiative's first short film, "Eric & Peety," went viral around the world with 90 million views, prompting an influx of submissions to be considered for inclusion in the ongoing Mutual Rescue film series. Novello joined HSSV as president in 2010 after a year serving on their board of directors. Her work there has resulted in marked increases in the rescue organization's adoption numbers, save rates and the number of animals receiving care. A former senior software executive at Intuit, Novello earned her MBA from Harvard Business School and is proud to include three rescue animals in her family: a German Shepherd dog named Tess and two cats, Langley and Bodie.
Online Press Kit: http://mutualrescue.onlinepresskit247.com
Website: www.MutualRescue.org
Contact: Michelle Tennant, [email protected]

The Power of Good Nutrition
James Colquhoun
Founder, CEO
Food Matters
"We've found that educating people on the power of good nutrition and natural healing can open people's minds to view their health from a holistic perspective. Education is the healthcare of the future.
Documentary filmmakers James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch created Food Matters TV, a revolutionary platform that gives people essential tools to take charge of their health. When Colquhoun's father became chronically ill in 2008, he and Bosch quit their jobs to co-write and produce "Food Matters," an internationally acclaimed documentary about the medical and healthcare industries. Their revolutionary multi-media hub, Food Matters TV, has become a leading resource in the natural health world, with over 54 million visitors since 2008. Their latest documentary, "Hungry For Change" (2012), reveals how the diet and processed food industries are the enemies of permanent weight loss, vibrant health and natural living. Since its premiere in March 2012, the film has been viewed by more than 1 million people worldwide. Colquhoun and Bosch both studied at the Global College of Natural Health in Santa Cruz, Calif. The duo dedicates their lives to transforming people's health and believe that "your body is worthy of good care and no one is more suitably qualified to care for it than yourself." Colquhoun was raised in Australia and Bosch is from Holland.
"Hungry for Change" trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MvAM97VDE8
Online Press Kit: http://fmtv.onlinepresskit247.com
Websites: www.FMTV.com
Contact: Michelle Tennant, [email protected]

Reclaiming a Divine Partnership With Food
Ava Miles
Author
"Nourishment is what helps our bodies grow and be healthy, but it has the potential to be more than that. This is where the Latin origin of the word gives us a helpful nudge: nourishment means to feed and cherish. That's right. When we eat as goddess women, we're also feeding our souls -- eating is an act of cherishing who we are."
International bestselling author Ava Miles calls herself a divine Rockstar -- something she believes everyone is deep down. With a B.A. in rhetoric and technical writing and Spanish and two graduate degrees, one in international peace studies and another in political science, Miles spent many years traveling the world and sharing her gifts with women and men in war-torn countries, helping them to rebuild and reintegrate their communities amidst intense struggle. She has managed multi-million-dollar projects and multi-national teams of people in the private sector, in non-profits and in domestic and international agencies, as well as multilateral organizations such as the United Nations. Now, she brings that experience together with her passion for sparking joy and personal success in people's lives, launching an all-new series of life-fulfillment books called "The Goddess Guides to Being A Woman." With seven books in total, "The Goddess Guides" invite us all to reimagine what it means to be a modern woman -- on our own terms.
Online Press Kit: http://avamiles.onlinepresskit247.com
Website: www.AvaMiles.com
Contact: Michelle Tennant, [email protected]

Proof that Prayer Works
Lynne McTaggart
Author
"Human consciousness has the ability to trespass over the boundaries of objects and other people, even the borders of space and time. We repeatedly demonstrated that the human mind can operate non-locally, move through walls and over seas and continents, and change matter thousands of miles away."
McTaggart is one of the central voices in the new consciousness movement. She is the award-winning author of seven books, including worldwide bestsellers "The Field," "The Intention Experiment," "The Bond," and the forthcoming "The Power of Eight." She is consistently listed in the Watkins' annual list of the 100 most spiritually influential people in the world. As Editorial Director of What Doctors Don't Tell You, she publishes one of the world's most highly praised health publications and runs highly popular health and spirituality teleconferences and workshops. For the third time, What Doctors Don't Tell You has been awarded "Best" and "Most Popular" website of the year for health and wellbeing. McTaggart is also the architect of the Intention Experiments, a web-based "global laboratory," which was prominently featured in the plotline of Dan Brown's blockbuster "The Lost Symbol." She is a member of both the Transformational Leadership Council, launched by Jack Canfield, and the Evolutionary Leaders, launched by Deepak Chopra. She has appeared in many documentaries on the science of spirituality, including "What the Bleep?!: Down the Rabbit Hole," "The Living Matrix," "I Am" and "The Abundance Factor." She is a highly sought after public speaker, speaking at conferences and workshops around the world. She and her husband, WDDTY co-founder Bryan Hubbard, live and work in London. They have two adult daughters.
Online Press Kit: http://lynnemctaggart.onlinepresskit247.com
Websites: www.LynneMcTaggart.com and www.WDDTY.com
Contact: Michelle Tennant, [email protected]

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