The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the "Affordable Care Act," or "ACA") (P.L. 111-148) is expected to expand health care coverage to an additional 32 million individuals through a combination of new health insurance marketplaces (formerly referred to as exchanges) and a state's option to expand Medicaid. In addition, the ACA includes a number of critical protections for consumers or beneficiaries, as well as provisions to improve the quality of care while bending the curve of health care costs.
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WebEase for Health Care and Social Services Providers - Webinar - Sept. 18, 2012 - 0 views
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To register for this free event, RSVP with Yvan Bamps What:
WebEase (Web Epilepsy, Awareness, Support and Education) is the first interactive, on-line self-management program for people with epilepsy shown to be effective in improving self-management skills. WebEase was developed by a team of researchers from Emory University with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and is now available to the general public through the Epilepsy Foundation at www.webease.org. The purpose of this presentation is to provide interested epilepsy health care and social services providers with a brief overview of WebEase. In addition to exploring the benefits of WebEase for people living with epilepsy, the Webinar will review the structure and components of the program, its theoretical principles and its evidence base. WebEase for Health care and Social Services Providers is part of the MEW Network Webinar Series on Epilepsy Self-Management. For more information about this series, please go to www.sph.emory.edu/ManagingEpilepsyWell/WEBINARS. When:
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
10:00-10:45am Mountain
Health Care Transitions - Web, Video, and Print Resources - 0 views
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Since You’re Not A Kid Anymore It’s Time To Be More In Charge Of Your Health Care
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Now That You're In High School It’s Time To Be More In Charge Of Your Health Care
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Envisioning My Future: A Young Person’s Guide to Health Care Transition
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Child Care and the ADA Resources - 0 views
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Child care providers encounter unique challenges when implementing the ADA at their centers. The Rocky Mountain ADA Center has developed Child Care resources to assist providers with understanding rights and responsibilities under the law, as well as resources for parent’s rights. Topics include service animals, medication administration, diapering policies, equal employment opportunities, accessibility and much more. If you are a child care provider, contact the ADA Center at adainfo@adainformation.org or call (800) 949-4232, for a free packet of information, which includes a refrigerator-sized magnetic erase board and pen. Check out the Child Care and the ADA website ! http://www.adainformation.org/ChildCare.aspx
AAP: Healthy Child Care America: HCCA Back to Sleep Campaign - 0 views
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In 2003, the American Academy of Pediatrics partnered with national child care and health organizations to build on the achievements of two successful campaigns: The Back to Sleep Campaign and the Healthy Child Care America Campaign. This effort, known as the Healthy Child Care American Back to Sleep Campaign, aimed to promote the health and safety of infants in child care settings by providing education and outreach to child care providers regarding safe sleep recommendations.
Novel 'medical home' program for pediatric patients, families cuts ER visits in half / ... - 0 views
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For parents of children with multiple medical problems, keeping up with countless doctor's appointments, ongoing tests and a variety of medications can be overwhelming, especially for those in challenging socioeconomic situations.
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As a result, families often wind up using the emergency room, the country's most expensive form of care delivery, to get help for their kids.
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But a growing concept in health care reform called the "medical home" offers parents a way to simplify, organize and coordinate the complexities of their medically fragile child's health care needs. The medical home is not a location but an approach to care coordination designed to provide a constant trusted source of care, typically by a general pediatrician.
A Community Conversation About Health Care - Helena - March 1, 2011 - 0 views
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Click here to download the full flyer (PDF) What: The public is invited to join a community conversation with a panel of health care, business and community leaders about the present and future of health care and health care reform; no jargon, politics or 'slick' presentations. When: Tuesday, March 1st, 2011 7:00-9:00pm Mountain Where: Helena Regional Airport, Upper Level Meeting Area
The New Clinical Report on Health Care Transition - Webinar - August 10. 2011 - 0 views
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To reserve your Webinar seat, Click Here What: Finally, planned proactive health care transitions are best practice for pediatric and adult health care settings! The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the American College of Physicians have just jointly published a new clinical report (Pediatrics, July 2011) describing what is needed for smooth transitions from pediatric to adult health care. When:Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Mountain System Requirements PC: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server Mac: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer
Using Portfolios for Health Care Needs - Webinar - Sept. 20, 2011 - 0 views
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Click here to register for this webinar What: The Representational Portfolio was originally developed as a marketing tool for job developers to represent job seekers to employers. Portfolios are also used by youth to introduce themselves at their IEP meetings and to develop self-advocacy skills. During this webinar, you will learn how Portfolios can be an important piece of the health care transition for young adults. Through a Portfolio's concise text and photos, individuals with disabilities can describe the impact of their disability; list current medications and side effects they are experiencing; discuss seizures (what type, how often, etc.); introduce and explain medical equipment; share information about helpful accommodations and supports; and articulate what they want and need from their medical provider. Younger children can use Portfolios to learn to describe their own health care needs at an early age. Presenters will also share links to health care transition resources such as toolkits, web sites, and iPad apps that attendees may wish to explore. When: Tuesday, September 20. 2011 1:00pm - 2:30pm Mountain
Got Transition? A national resource for youth transitioning to adult health care - 0 views
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Got Transition? is a national resource for health care professionals, families, youth, and state policy makers focusing on a young adult's transition from pediatric to adult health care. This site serves as the basis for an information exchange about health care transition, particularly as pertaining to youth with special health care needs.
Alliance: CARETIME for Caregivers - Billings - Feb. 23, 2012 - 0 views
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Alliance: CARETIME for Caregivers - Billings - Feb. 23, 2012 What:What is CARETIME? CARETIME is a support group made up of caregivers who have gone through or are going through care giving challenges. The purpose of CARETIME is to provide education, assistance and support for the difficult job of care giving.Who is CARETIME for? It is for spouses, children, sisters, brothers, friends.... anyone who is caring for or making decisions for a senior loved one. We ask that the caregiver come to our sessions without the individual they care for. We want all conversations to be open and forthright. This type of discussion can occasionally cause distress to the individuals being cared for.When:February 23, 20125:30 pm - 7:00 pmWhere:Adult Resource Alliance of Yellowstone County1505 Avenue DBillings, MTContact:To RSVP call Laura at the YCCOA at (406) 259-5212. We are also looking for caregivers to participate in a Caregiver Focus Group February 23, 2012 at the Step Conference. Room 644 Grand Ave. #1 from 3:30 - 5:00 pm. Please RSVP by February 16, 2012 if you will be attending.Contact Vicki Clear at (406) 234-6034 or 800-224-6034
Region 8 Health Care Law - Webinar - July 12, 2012 - 0 views
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Click here to register for this webinar What:
Join us for a presentation on the Health Care Law for HHS Region 8 (Colardo, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming)! Please send any questions to ACA101@hhs.gov. When:
Thursday, July 12, 2012
3:00 - 4:00pm Mountain
Training in the Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)- Missoula - De... - 0 views
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What:Child Care Resources has had to cancel some CSEFEL classes since they didn't fill with child care providers, so they are opening them up to social service providers and others. The cost is very reasonable. The focus will be more on group settings. Child Care Resources is offering the following courses for Early Childhood educators and child care providers:1. The Pyramid Model (CSEFEL) Preschool Module 1 December 19, 2011 8:30 am - 2:30 pm Childcare Resources - Missoula Click here to register/more information!2. The Pyramid Model (CSEFEL) for Preschool Module One January 23, 2012 8:30 am - 2:30 pm Childcare Resources - Missoula Click here to register/more information!3. The Pyramid Model (CSEFEL) for Preschool Module Two March 5, 2012 8:30 am - 2:30 pm Childcare Resources - Missoula Click here to register/more information!Cost is $30 per session.Contact:Lucy Marose lucy@childcareresources.org or Jennifer Swartz jennifer@childcareresources.org
Responsiveness, Respect, Self-Determination and Consent - Webinar - Aug. 14, 2012 - 0 views
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Click here to register for this webinar What:
Learning Objectives: Strategies for how to best provide health care to adults with developmental disabilities in medical offices/facilities Strategies for addressing the psychological and support needs of adults with special health care needs Click here to learn more When:
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
4:00 - 5:00pm Mountain
Historic release of data gives consumers unprecedented transparency on the medical serv... - 0 views
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Today, as part of the Obama administration’s work to make our health care system more transparent, affordable, and accountable, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the release of new, privacy-protected data on services and procedures provided to Medicare beneficiaries by physicians and other health care professionals. The new data also show payment and submitted charges, or bills, for those services and procedures by provider.“Currently, consumers have limited information about how physicians and other health care professionals practice medicine,” said Secretary Sebelius “This data will help fill that gap by offering insight into the Medicare portion of a physician’s practice. The data released today afford researchers, policymakers and the public a new window into health care spending and physician practice patterns.”
MCH Library - Knowledge Path: Health Insurance and Access to Care for Children and Adol... - 0 views
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This knowledge path about child and adolescent health insurance and access to care has been compiled by the Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University. It offers a selection of current, high-quality resources that analyze data, describe effective programs, and report on policy and research aimed at advancing health coverage and improving health care access for children and adolescents. Emphasis is placed on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Separate sections present resources for professionals (health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, and researchers) and for families. A special topics section presents resources that address health reform, outreach and enrollment, and school-based and school-linked care. This knowledge path will be updated periodically.
Health care reform: Kids with pre-existing conditions to have access to private insuran... - 0 views
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Seven-year-old Alex Rowe, who has a rare bleeding disorder, soon will have private health insurance again. He is among more than 5 million Americans under the age of 19 with a pre-existing medical condition who cannot be denied coverage by insurance companies beginning as early as September under a key provision of the health care reform law. Covering consumers with pre-existing health problems has long been a point of contention and figured prominently in the national health reform debate.
By T.R. Reid -- Five Myths About Health Care in the Rest of the World - washingtonpost.com - 0 views
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As Americans search for the cure to what ails our health-care system, we've overlooked an invaluable source of ideas and solutions: the rest of the world. All the other industrialized democracies have faced problems like ours, yet they've found ways to cover everybody -- and still spend far less than we do. I've traveled the world from Oslo to Osaka to see how other developed democracies provide health care. Instead of dismissing these models as "socialist," we could adapt their solutions to fix our problems. To do that, we first have to dispel a few myths about health care abroad:
MCH Library Knowledge Path: Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs - 0 views
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This knowledge path about caring for children and youth with special health care needs has been compiled by the Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University. It offers a selection of current, high-quality resources that analyze data, describe effective programs, and report on policy and research aimed at developing systems of care that are family-centered, community-based, coordinated, and culturally competent. A separate section lists resources for families. The final part of the knowledge path presents resources that address specific aspects of care and development, such as advocacy, early intervention and education, financing services, rehabilitation, screening, and transition. This knowledge path for health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, educators, researchers, and families will be updated periodically.
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DPHHS is applying for a Money Follows the Person Grant. The "Money Follows the Person" Rebalancing Demonstration Program (MFP) helps States rebalance their long-term care systems to transition people with Medicaid from institutions to the community. Forty-three States and the District of Columbia have implemented MFP Programs. From spring 2008 through December 2010, nearly 12,000 people have transitioned back into the community through MFP Programs. The Affordable Care Act of 2010 strengthens and expands the "Money Follows the Person" Program to more States. Click here to fill out the survey. MFP Program Goals Increase the use of home and community-based services (HCBS) and reduce the use of institutionally-based services. Eliminate barriers in State law, State Medicaid plans, and State budgets that restrict the use of Medicaid funds to let people get long-term care in the settings of their choice. Strengthen the ability of Medicaid programs to provide HCBS to people who choose to transition out of institutions. Put procedures in place to provide quality assurance and improvement of HCBS. If you are a consumer or family member, please take a moment to fill out the survey here.