2009 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
March
25, 2009 March is Cover the Uninsured 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
Who is Eligible? How to apply? Appeal denials of eligibility?
Presented by: Diana Autin, Esq., SPAN Executive Co-Director
April 1, 2009
Health Care Advocacy in the Managed Care Environment:
Medically Necessary Services;
Primary Care Providers; Specialty Care; Covered
Services; Costs; Choosing Health Coverage and Providers; Prescription Drugs
Presented by: Beverly Roberts, Director, Mainstreaming Medical Care Prog., The
Arc of NJ
April 8, 2009 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
April 15, 2009
Health Consumer and Privacy Rights and Related Laws:
COBRA, HIPAA, ERISA, FMLA
Presented by: Lois Krieger, Senior Attorney, Community Health Law Project
April 29, 2009
Transition to Adult Systems of Care: What’s Out There?
Presented by: Alice Hunnicutt,
SPAN Project Director, Transition to Adult Life
May 6, 2009 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
Please register online by
visiting our website at www.spannj.org
or by phone 973-642-8100 X116 or via email trainings@spannj.org
Funded by the Family to Family Grant from the US Department of Health & Human
Services-HRSA