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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: Medicaid
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: 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
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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
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Tagged Long Term Services and Supports, Managed Care, MLTSS
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WEBINAR: Details Matter- Service Planning and Self-Direction in Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports
March 07, 2014 An Introduction to NSCLC’s New Advocate’s Library A wave of new Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services (MLTSS) programs is sweeping the country and promising to impact the way care is delivered to millions of seniors and people with … Continue reading
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Tagged long term care, Long Term Services and Supports
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WEBINAR: Cal-MediConnect – A Summary of the Three-Way Contract
Cal- MediConnect – A Summary of the Three-Way Contract In March 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the template of the three-way-contract CMS entered into with the Department of Health Care Services and the health plans participating … Continue reading
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WEBINAR: The Affordable Care Act- What it Means for Seniors
Free Webinar – December 12, 2013 Did you miss the first The Affordable Care Act: What It Means for Seniors webinar? We are offering it again… The Affordable Care Act brings new opportunities and challenges for seniors, including the expansion … Continue reading
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WEBINAR: The Affordable Care Act- What it Means for Seniors
Free Webinar – November 06, 2013 The Affordable Care Act brings new opportunities and challenges for seniors, including the expansion of Medicaid in many states and enrollment in health insurance plans through marketplaces or exchanges beginning on January 1, 2014. … Continue reading
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NSCLC and Florida Advocates Publish Medicaid Long Term Care Guides and Tips
Seeking to prepare both advocates and consumers for Florida’s plan to move most consumers in long-term care to managed care, the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys, Florida Legal Services and NSCLC have published a number of easy-to-understand materials. For … Continue reading
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Advocates Look to NSCLC for How DOMA Impacts Benefits Programs
In an August 20, 2013 webinar attended by some 500 advocates from across the country, The Demise of DOMA: The Impact on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid for Same Sex Couples, Directing Attorneys Gerald McIntyre and Georgia Burke explained what … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Security, Events, Health Care, Income Disparities, Income Network Alert, LGBT, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security
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WEBINAR: Talking to Your Clients about the Duals Demonstrations and MLTSS: Keeping it Simple
The Aging and Disability Partnership invites you to a webinar: States are gearing up to enroll individuals into new dual eligible and Medicaid managed long term-services and supports (MLTSS) programs. In most states with demonstration projects or new MLTSS programs, … Continue reading
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