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NSCLC Executive Director Kevin Prindiville calls on Congress in his latest Huffington Post blog to act to update the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program to help low-income seniors like Dollie.
NSCLC Directing Attorney Eric Carlson is quoted in a Nov. 19, 2014 article in Governing concerning Medicaid reimbursement for care outside nursing homes.
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Dollie, 73, lives solely on income from Supplemental Social Security for all of her living expenses. But the program needs an update. Watch Dollie’s story and then help NSCLC restore this important poverty program.
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Category Archives: Events
WEBINAR: Social Security and SSI Post-DOMA: Changes for Same Gender Couples?
Free Webinar Series A year after the Supreme Court decision in United States v Windsor, federal agencies have been issuing rules that affect same sex couples regarding programs like Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Medicare, and Medicaid. In this two-part … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Income Network Alert, Social Security, Social Security/SSI
Tagged Economic Security, Same Sex Marriage, SSI, Supplemental Security Income, Supreme Court
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WEBINAR: The California Coordinated Care Initiative: What Advocates Need to Know – Basics
Free Webinar Series When: Monday, July 14, 2014 2:00 – 3:00 PM PDT/ 5:00 – 6:00 PM EDT The state of California has started implementation of the Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI), including the federally-approved dual eligible demonstration project known as … Continue reading
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Tagged CCI, Dual Eligibles, duals
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WEBINAR: Understanding Notices and Appeal Rights in Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports
Free Webinar The overlay of managed care in Medicaid raises new issues in how beneficiaries can — or cannot — understand and exercise their rights. Understanding the rules and options is crucial both for assisting individual clients and negotiating for … Continue reading
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WEBINAR: The California Coordinated Care Initiative: Advanced Training Consumer Protections and Benefit Package Summary
Free Webinar Series When: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 1:00 – 2:00 PM PST California is moving forward with the Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI), including the federally-approved dual eligible demonstration known as Cal MediConnect. The CCI started on April 1, 2014, … Continue reading
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Tagged California, CCI, Dual Eligibles
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WEBINAR: The California Coordinated Care Initiative- Advanced Training Enrollment Timelines and Notices
May 13, 2014 California is moving forward with the Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI), including the federally-approved dual eligible demonstration known as Cal MediConnect. The CCI started on April 1, 2014, in certain counties, and will continue to be implemented throughout 2014 … Continue reading
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Tagged Cal MediConnect, CCI, healthcare
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WEBINAR: Understanding and Impacting Implementation of New Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Rules
April 29, 2014 New federal Medicaid rules would, for the first time, set standards that seek to ensure Medicaid HCBS is provided in non-institutional settings, however, many details remain to be determined by individual states. Consumers, advocates and other stakeholders … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Health Network Alert, Medicaid, Medicare
Tagged Home and Community-based Services, Medicaid, Medicare
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WEBINAR: Consumer Outreach in the Dual Eligible Demonstrations
April 8, 2014 Explaining the dual eligible demonstrations to consumers is no easy task! How do you give consumers enough information so that they can make informed choices without drowning them in details? How do you reach the many hard-to-reach … Continue reading
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WEBINAR: Nursing Home Admissions Agreements: A Discussion of the Unfair Terms in the Agreements Presented to Elders on Entering a Nursing Home
March 20, 2014 — Elders often enter nursing homes during some of the most trying times of their lives (emotionally and financially). Unfortunately, many nursing homes take advantage of these vulnerabilities by inserting unfair terms in their admissions agreements or … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Health Network Alert, Nursing Homes
Tagged Nursing Homes
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WEBINAR: Consumer Protection in MLTSS: Good (and Not-So-Good) Enrollment and Disenrollment Practices
March 31, 2014 This webinar (the second in a series based on the Advocate’s Library of Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Contract Provisions) examined and discussed how states handle enrollment to and disenrollment from Medicaid managed care long-term services and … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Health Network Alert, Medicaid
Tagged Long Term Services and Supports, Managed Care, MLTSS
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WEBINAR: The California Coordinated Care Initiative – What Advocates Need to Know Basics
March 13, 2014 The state of California is moving forward with the Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI), including the federally-approved dual eligible demonstration known as Cal MediConnect. The CCI will start on April 1, 2014 in certain counties. The CCI fundamentally … Continue reading
Posted in Dual Eligibles, Events
Tagged CCI, Dual Eligibles, healthcare
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