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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>HI Fellows: Registration is now open for the third annual American Osteopathic Association <b>Health Policy Forum</b> in Washington DC. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=ms-rteelement-p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>On Sept. 20, 2013, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) will host the third annual <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Health Policy Forum</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>in Washington, D.C. at the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Loews Madison Hotel</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><b> </b></span>from<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. </span></strong>The event will feature presentations from the nation's leading experts on various issues impacting physicians and our health care system:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ms-rteelement-p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>John B. Crosby, JD Health Policy Address<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ms-rteelement-p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Future of Primary Care<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ms-rteelement-p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span 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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Choosing Wisely Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ms-rteelement-p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Political Update featuring Amy Walter, Editor, Cook Political Report<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ms-rteelement-p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>To register and arrange lodging click here: </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/events/Pages/health-policy-forum.aspx">http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/events/Pages/health-policy-forum.aspx</a> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='border-top:solid #EECD86 4.5pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #EECD86 1.0pt;border-right:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><h3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:13.2pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#BB4D2E'>Contact<o:p></o:p></span></h3></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='border:solid whitesmoke 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=ms-rteelement-p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;background:#FAFAFA'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>For more information on the Health Policy Forum, please email Keisha Taylor at <a href="mailto:ktaylor@osteopathic.org"><span style='color:#38719E'>ktaylor@osteopathic.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Nancy Cooper<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Coordinator, Health Policy Fellowship<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>307 Grosvenor Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Athens, OH 45701<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>740-593-2017 (office)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>740-707-8425 (cell)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>740-593-1730 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><a href="mailto:coopern@ohio.edu">coopern@ohio.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><a href="http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/hpf">http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/hpf</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>