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Family to Family Health Information Center Annual Health Care Conference (Virtual)
The Family to Family Health Information Center is pleased to present another popular virtual webinar on Health Care Coverage Options and Benefits on September 14, 2023.
A G E N D A
9:00 – 9:05 am: Welcome, Mary Dixon, F2FHIC Director
9:05 – 10:00 am: Medicaid Programs & Redeterminations, Jay Bohn, DHS-DDD Medicaid Analyst
10:00 – 10:30 am: IL Health Insurance for Immigrant Children and Families, Andrea Kovach, Senior Attorney, Healthcare Justice, Shriver Center on Poverty Law
10:30 – 10:45 am: BREAK
10:45 am – 12:00 pm: Social Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Income (SSDI), Josephine Mueller, Jack Myers, and Megan Forristall, Public Affairs Specialists,
Social Security Administration
12:00 – 12:30 pm: LUNCH
12:30 – 1:30 pm: Medicaid Managed Care Coordination, Help with home-modifications, durable medical equipment, diapers, and more
Aetna Better Health Team, an Illinois Medicaid Managed Care Organization (MCO):
- Mary Cooley, MS, BSN, RN, Health Services Officer, ABH-IL
- Bret Deyo, ABD, MA, LPC, CADC. Senior Clinical Strategist, Region 1
- Hector Barendt-Hernandez, MA, LCPC, CADC, Director of Care Management, ABH-IL
1:30 – 1:45 pm: Break
1:45 – 2:30 pm: Medicaid Waivers for Children-Parent Stories
Erica Stearns, parent of two children enrolled in the Medically Fragile Technology Dependent Home and Community Based Waiver
Ruth Aguilar, parent of a daughter enrolled in the Children and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities Support Waiver
Faith Rosenshein Young, parent of a son enrolled in the DHS-DRS Persons with Disabilities Waiver
2:30 – 3:30 pm: Health Insurance Savings through the IL Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace, Stephani Becker, Associate Director of Healthcare Justice, Shriver Center on Poverty Law
Captioning available in English and Spanish