This forum will explore whether or not managed care might be able to improve services
for people with developmental disabilities and how we can ensure patient protections in
these emerging systems. Representatives from Illinois service providers, health plans,
consumer advocates, and health and disability researchers will present their
perspectives in dialogue with each other.
When: Thursday, October 30, 2014 from 9:00-11:30a.m.
Where: UIC School of Public Auditorium, 1603 West Taylor Street in Chicago
Health & Medicine (@HMPRG) will be live tweeting the forum. Look for
#HealthJustice.
Panelists:
Elizabeth Edwards, Staff Attorney, National Health Law Program (NHELP)
Tamar Heller, Department Head, Department of Disability and Human
Development, University of Illinois at Chicago
Tony Paulauski, Executive Director, The Arc of Illinois
Robert Currie, President of Community Care Alliance of Illinois
John Lipscomb, CEO, Keystone Alliance
Moderator: John Jansa, Community Advocate and former Director of Community
Engagement for Molina Healthcare of Illinois
Some of the issues the forum will cover include:
Is managed care an appropriate model for delivering services to people with
developmental disabilities? If not, what is better and why?
Are techniques for coordinating clinical, social, and long-term services and
supports for other populations replicable for people with developmental
disabilities?
What are the gaps and failures in the current system that reform, whether through
managed care or not, would seek to redress?
About The Chicago Forum for Justice in Health Policy:
Each policy forum in The Chicago Forum for Justice in Health Policy series will focus
on health reform efforts both in Illinois and in the Chicago area, including discussions
of best practices from around the country.
Tony Paulauski Executive Director
The Arc of Illinois
20901 S. LaGrange Rd. Suite 209
Frankfort, IL 60423
815-464-1832 (OFFICE)
815-464-1832 (CELL)
Tony@www.thearcofil.org
