Free Webcast: Unwinding the Public Health Emergency: Strategies for Advocates to Protect Beneficiaries
Free Webcast: Unwinding the Public Health Emergency: Strategies for Advocates to Protect Beneficiaries
When: Thursday, May 19, 2022, at 11:00-12:00 P.T./2:00-3:00 E.T.
The Public Health Emergency (PHE) declaration in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic enabled thousands of older adults and people with disabilities to gain crucial Medicaid services without disruptive or extraneous administrative burden. The unwinding of the PHE would remove many of the flexibilities beneficiaries have relied on and reinstitute the regular redetermination process that states use to determine financial eligibility. The re-determination process can cause confusion for beneficiaries, providers, and caseworkers and millions of redeterminations are expected during the unwinding.
This training will review the anticipated challenges of the unwinding of the PHE and provide advocates with tools and strategies to support Medicaid beneficiaries during this process.
Presenters:
• Gelila Selassie, Staff Attorney, Justice in Aging
• Bethany Lily, Senior Director of Income Policy, The ARC
Closed captioning will be available on this webcast. A link with access to the captions will be shared through GoToWebinar’s chat box shortly before the webcast start time.
This training will be presented in a WEBCAST format to accommodate more participants. Due to the high volume of participants, computer audio will be the only option to listen to the presentation. No telephone call-in number will be provided. Please plan accordingly. Thank you.
This webcast will be recorded and available on our website shortly after the presentation. The recording and training materials will also be emailed to all registrants within a few days after the training.
The webcast will take place on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET and will run for one hour.
