Learning and developing real-life leadership skills will be the focus of an annual meeting of the American College of Health Care Administrators from Monday through Friday. The ACHCA Summer Leadership Conference will take place at the Fairmont Southampton Princess Hotel in Bermuda.

Policymakers will have their eyes on the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Legislative Summit from Sunday through Wednesday in Louisville, KY. States' funding crises, including what to do about restrictive Medicaid budgets, will be among the hot topics discussed at the Kentucky International Convention Center.

The Senate Special Committee on Aging will hold a special hearing Wednesday in Washington to investigate levels of financial risk that consumers might face upon entering continuing care retirement communities. Committee Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) will open the hearing, "Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs): Secure Retirement or Risky Investment?" at 2 p.m. in Room 106 of the Dirksen Building.

Top scientists and other experts are meeting Saturday through Thursday at the Alzheimer's Association's International Council on Alzheimer's Disease in Honolulu. The gathering is billed as the world's premiere forum for reporting and discussing groundbreaking research and information on the cause, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.

Most states' new fiscal years started Thursday. It promises to be another brutal year as states continue to battle budget shortfalls. Government programs such as Medicaid again could face the chopping block.

The American Health Lawyers Association will hold its annual meeting next week in Seattle. Education session topics will include the arbitration process, an overview of HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act regulations, and changes to Medicare Parts A and B under healthcare reform.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will hold a conference call for skilled nursing home providers on the Resource Utilization Group-Version IV (RUG-IV) system this Wednesday, June 23, from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. EDT. The toll-free call will review key aspects of the RUG-IV case-mix system, which will take effect on an interim basis on Oct. 1, 2010, according to the agency.

The nation's top organization for long-term care nurse managers will hold its annual meeting Saturday through Wednesday in Atlanta. Upcoming changes to the Minimum Data Set, as well as major management and treatment issues will be major topics among the dozens of educational sessions offered.

Many of the best and brightest in long-term and post-acute care will take part in the 2010 LTPAC health information technology summit Monday and Tuesday in Baltimore. The annual meeting of the minds also will delve into the advancement of electronic health records.

Republican members of Congress are expected to intensify their criticism of an Obama administration brochure that is being sent to seniors to help explain the new healthcare reform law. The brochure, which touts provisions of the Democrat-powered law, is being sent to 40 million Medicare beneficiaries.