2008 LUNCHTIME TELECONFERENCES
HEALTH ADVOCACY SERIES
Helping NJ Families access health coverage and health services
for their children with special healthcare needs
All Calls will be from 12:00 to 1:30 PM
Presentation from 12-1; Q&A from 1-1:30
Health Advocacy Teleconference Materials
April 2, 2008
April is National Healthy Schools Month!
Advocacy for Children and Youth with Special Health Care
Needs:
Health Insurance Models (Managed Care, including Medicaid, Early Periodic
Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment, and Family Care; Fee for Service; Federally
Qualified Health Centers; and Charity Care) – What are they and
Presented by:
Diana Autin, Esq., SPAN Executive Co-Director
May is National Children’s Mental Health
Month!
Mental Health Services: Child Behavioral Health
What is the Child Behavioral Health system?
What are Family Support
Organizations?
Care Management Organizations?
Mobile response Services? How
to access children’s mental health
services? Appeals?
Presented by:
Diana Autin, Esq., SPAN Executive Co-Director and
Sue Benedetto, Executive Director, Family Based Services Association of NJ
Health Care Advocacy in the Managed Care Environment:
Services; Costs; Choosing Health Coverage and Providers; Prescription Drugs
Presented by:
Diana Autin, Esq., SPAN Executive Co-Director
July 9, 2008
Other Health Supports:
Special Child Health Services; Catastrophic Illness in Children
Relief Fund;
Medicaid Waivers; Personal Assistance Services; Cash & Counseling Personal
Preference; the Individualized Health Plan in the School Environment
Presented by:
Diana Autin, Esq., SPAN Executive Co-Director and
Pauline Lisciotto, Program Manager, Family Health Program, Department of Health
August 6, 2008
Health Consumer and Privacy Rights and Related Laws: COBRA, HIPAA, ERISA, FMLA
Presented by:
Lois Krieger, Senior Attorney, Community Health Law Project
September 24, 2008
Transition to Adult Systems of Care: What’s Out There?
Presented by:
Alice Hunnicutt, SPAN Project Director, Transition to Adult Life
To register please use the Online Registration form below
or
call 973-642-8100 X116 or via email: trainings@spannj.org