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Florida Poverty Health Law Conference Materials

Materials related to our Conference

Please take advantage of this collection of advocate and consumer resources, Powerpoint presentations, and CLEs from the 2025 Florida Poverty Health Law Conference. Recordings for each conference session will be added in the coming days.

Plenary & Keynote

Statewide Poverty Health Law Programs: Necessary to a Legal Aid Delivery System | MIE

Helping Clients with Disabilities Obtain Medicaid

Helping Clients with Disabilities Obtain Medicaid | Daniel Rowinsky Quintian, Legal Services of Greater Miami & Kate Lang, Justice in Aging

Motion for Continuance of DCF Fair Hearing

Pre-Hearing Stipulation Re: DCF Disability Hearing

What if my DCF notice says my Medicaid is ending, but I am disabled? | FHJP

Joint Pre-Hearing Stipulation

In-Person CLE | Helping Clients with Disabilities Obtain Medicaid

Online CLE | Helping Clients with Disabilities Obtain Medicaid

Florida Medicaid Eligibility 101

Florida Medicaid 101 | Katy DeBriere, NHeLP & Lynn Hearn, FHJP

DCF Office of the General Counsel Statewide Telephone Directory (7/15/25)

Webinar: How to Appeal Medicaid Terminations in Florida | FHJP

Portal MyACCESS: Crear una Cuenta (Guía Paso a Paso) | FHJP

What can I do if my DCF notice says Medicaid benefits are ending, or my Medicaid ended with no advance notice? | FHJP

Hot Topics in Medicaid Eligibility & Appeals | FHJP

Florida Medicaid Appeals Toolkit | FHJP

What can I do if my DCF notice says Medicaid benefits are ending, or my Medicaid ended with no advance notice? | FHJP

¿Qué puedo hacer si mi aviso del DCF dice que los beneficios de Medicaid están por terminar o si mi Medicaid terminó sin previo aviso? | FHJP

What if my DCF notice says my Medicaid is ending, but I am disabled? | FHJP

How to File a Complaint Regarding Reinstatement to My Managed Care Plan After My Medicaid Was Terminated In Error | FHJP

Advocate’s Guide to the Florida Medicaid Program | FHJP

ESS Program Policy Manual | DCF

Appendix A-7: Family-Related Medicaid Income Limit Chart | DCF

Appendix A-9 SSI-Related Programs: Financial Eligibility Standards | DCF

Appendix A-9.1: Medicare Savings Programs and Low-Income Subsidy Coverage Groups Financial Standards | DCF

In-Person CLE | Florida Medicaid Eligibility 101

Online CLE | Florida Medicaid Eligibility 101

Florida's Long-Term Care (LTC) Waiver: Navigating Appeals, Denials, Reductions, and Terminations

Advocating for Clients in Medicaid Long-Term Care and HCBS Appeals | Jocelyn Armand, Legal Services of Greater Miami & Jodi Siegel, Southern Legal Counsel

Medicaid Long-Term Care Managed Care Enrollees: The Right to Participant Directed Care | FHJP

Advocate’s Guide to the Florida Long-Term Care Medicaid Waiver | FHJP

Medicaid Home & Community Services (HCBS): ¡Conozca sus derechos! | FHJP

Medicaid Home & Community Services (HCBS): Know Your Rights! | FHJP

AHCA/MCO Contract – Exhibit II-B: Long-Term Care (LTC) Program (October 2025)

Case Documents, Redacted

Final Orders Collection | FHJP

In-Person CLE | Florida’s Long-Term Care (LTC) Waiver: Navigating Appeals, Denials, Reductions, and Terminations

Online CLE | Florida’s Long-Term Care (LTC) Waiver: Navigating Appeals, Denials, Reductions, and Terminations

Medicaid Services & Appeals

Medicaid Services & Appeals | Sarah Somers, NHeLP & Maria Santi, Health and Medicine Law Firm

Florida Maternal Health Guide | FHJP & Southern Birth Justice Network

Important Change To Behavior Analysis (BA) Therapies for Medicaid Enrolled Children | FHJP

Important Change to Medicaid Managed Care in Florida and Continuity of Care Requirements | FHJP

How to Change or Opt Out of Your Medicaid Managed Care Plan | FHJP

How to File an Appeal with Your Medicaid Managed Care Plan | FHJP

Florida’s Medicaid Long-Term Care – Home and Community Based Services (HCBS): Navigating the Program | FHJP

How to File a Medicaid Managed Care Complaint | FHJP

Advocate’s Guide to the Florida Medicaid Program July 2022 (2ND EDITION) | FHJP

Advocate’s Guide to the Florida Long-Term Care Medicaid Waiver | FHJP

Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) New Program Highlight: The Individual Budgeting (iBudget) Waiver | AHCA

AHCA/MCO Contract – Attachment II: Scope of Services – Core Provisions (February 1, 2025)

AHCA/MCO Contract – Exhibit II-A: Managed Medical Assistance Program (February 2025)

In-Person CLE | Medicaid Services & Appeals

Online CLE | Medicaid Services & Appeals

Two Hot Medicare Topics: Helping Low-Income Florida Medicare Recipients with Coverage Denial Appeals and Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs) Eligibility Issues

Medicare Savings Programs in Florida | Lynn Hearn, FHJP

Medicare Coverage Appeals | Ali Bers, Massachusetts Medicare Advocacy Project

Medina v. Planned Parenthood Opinion

DCF Office of the General Counsel Statewide Telephone Directory (7/15/25)

Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Appeals | MRC, SHIP, SMP

Medicare Coverage of Home Health Care | CMA

Medicare Coverage of Home Health Aides | CMA

Case Study: Medicare Home Health Aide Care | CMA

Expedited Home Health Appeals in Traditional Medicare | CMA

Self-Help Packet for Medicare Home Health Appeals | CMA

Expedited versus Standard Medicare Appeals | CMA

How to Request Social Security Reimbursement for Medicare Premiums Post-Medicaid Termination | FHJP

Empowering Advocates: Essential Trainings on Medicare, D-SNPs, and Nursing Facility Care | FHJP

Hot Topics in Medicaid Eligibility & Appeals | FHJP

Important Change To Family Size Under Florida’s Medicare Savings Programs

Transmittal: Changes in the Standard Filing Unit for the Medicare Savings Programs | DCF

Medicare 101: Where to Begin and How to Make the Most of Medicare | CMA

Medicare Self Help Materials | CMA

“Big Beautiful Bill” Would Strip Medicare from Some Lawfully Present Immigrants, Threatening Health and Economic Security | CMA

In-Person CLE | Two Hot Medicare Topics: Helping Low-Income Florida Medicare Recipients with Coverage Denial Appeals and Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs) Eligibility Issues

Online CLE | Two Hot Medicare Topics: Helping Low-Income Florida Medicare Recipients with Coverage Denial Appeals and Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs) Eligibility Issues

ACA Marketplace: Overview, Updates, and Tax Issues

Health Insurance Marketplace Overview and Updates | Margaret Kosyk, FHJP

Tax Consequences of the Affordable Care Act | Mary Ann David, Legal Services of Greater Miami

Webinars | Beyond the Basics

USF Covering Florida Navigator Team

Timeline of Health Insurance Marketplace Changes Due to New Rule and Legislation | FHJP

Connect with a Navigator | Covering Florida

See Plans & Prices | HealthCare.gov

Advocate’s Guide to MAGI | NHeLP

MAGI 2.0: Building MAGI Knowledge; Part 1 | CMS

MAGI 2.0: Building MAGI Knowledge; Part 2 | CMS

Form 8962, Premium Tax Credit Instructions | IRS

Marketplace Casework, Complaints and Appeals | NHeLP

Marketplace Casework Overview | CMS

Internal Claims and Appeals | CMS

How to Appeal a Marketplace Decision | HealthCare.gov

Marketplace Eligibility Appeals | CMS

In-Person CLE | ACA Marketplace: Overview, Updates, and Tax Issues

Online CLE | ACA Marketplace: Overview, Updates, and Tax Issues

Children’s Medicaid Services: Practical Tools for Helping Children

Children’s Medicaid Services: Practical Tools for Helping Children | Sarah Somers, NHeLP; Jerron Wheeler, FHJP; Leigh Markowitz, DRF; Stephen Pitel, DRF

Best Practices for Adhering to Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) Requirements | CMS

Letter to AHCA Re: Denial of PDN | JALA

AHCA Complaint Hub FFS Enrollee | JALA

Re: Grievance & AHCA Complaint | JALA

2025 Florida Healthy Kids Eligibility Levels – Estimated | FHJP

Important Change To Behavior Analysis (BA) Therapies for Medicaid Enrolled Children | FHJP

KidCare Expansion Status | November 2024: What’s the Holdup and Who is Affected? | FHJP

How to File an Appeal with Your Medicaid Managed Care Plan | FHJP

How to File a Medicaid Managed Care Complaint | FHJP

Medicaid Managed Care Regulations: Grievances and Appeals | NHeLP

In-Person CLE | Children’s Medicaid Services: Practical Tools for Helping Children

Online CLE | Children’s Medicaid Services: Practical Tools for Helping Children

Veterans’ Health Care Access Issues and Advocacy Tools

Health Care Navigation Compass Q4 2025

COMPACT Act – VAMC Veteran and Eligible Individual FAQs | Dept. of Veteran Affairs

Basic Eligibility for VA Health Care

How to Talk with a Veteran in Crisis | Dept. of Veteran Affairs

How to Help Veterans Access VA Health Care | FLS

SSVF Health Care Navigator Overview

VA Resource Navigator | Dept. of Veteran Affairs

In-Person CLE | Veterans’ Health Care Access Issues and Advocacy Tools

Online CLE | Veterans’ Health Care Access Issues and Advocacy Tools

Medicaid Estate Planning

Elder Law Medicaid Planning 101 | Jason Neufeld, Elder Needs Law

Overview of Medicaid Estate Recovery | Natalie Kean, Justice in Aging

Medicaid Planning | Elder Needs Law

Mitigating the Harmful Effects of Medicaid Estate Recovery: Strategies for State Advocates

Explaining Qualified Income Trusts | Elder Needs Law

Guide to What You Can Spend Through a QIT | Elder Needs Law

In-Person CLE | Medicaid Estate Planning

Online CLE | Medicaid Estate Planning

Local Indigent Care

Social Work and Access to Care in Florida | Nicole Licairac, FHJP

Uninsured Indigent Floridians: Legal Authority, Advocacy, and Creating Local Resource | Miriam Harmatz, FHJP

Preventing & Addressing Medical Debt | Aidil Oscariz, Catalyst Miami

Medical Debt Presentation | Annie Rodriguez/JALA

Re: Consideration of Charity Care Application | JALA

Appeal from Denial of Financial Assistance Program | JALA

ACA – IRS Complaint | FLS & NHeLP

Exhibit to IRS Complaint | FLS & NHeLP

Hill-Burton Complaint | FLS & NHeLP

Excessive Co-Payment Charges | FHJP

Summary of Policies Received Pursuant to PRR | FHJP

Hospital Public Records Request | FHJP

Where Can I Get Help If I Am Uninsured in Miami-Dade County? | FHJP

Know Your Rights: 2024 Medical Debt Law (English)

Know Your Rights: 2024 Medical Debt Law (Spanish)

Advocate’s Guide: Helping Uninsured Indigent Floridians | FHJP

Defensive Strategies to Medical Debt

Engaging Allied Legal Professionals to Enhance Services to Clients: Current and Emerging Practices from the Field

Affidavit in Proof of Plaintiff’S Claim with Costs

Charity Care Letter

Consent to Treatment

2024 Florida Defensive Strategies to Medical Debt

2024 Florida Defensive Strategies Medical Debt

Defenses and Declaratory Relief

Expanding Legal Practitioner Models

In-Person CLE | Local Indigent Care

Online CLE | Local Indigent Care

Legal Aid and Pro Bono Perspectives on Elder Law and Client Care

In-Person CLE | Legal Aid and Pro Bono Perspectives on Elder Law and Client Care

Online CLE | Legal Aid and Pro Bono Perspectives on Elder Law and Client Care

Issues Impacting Long-Term Care Residents: Practical Tools Enhanced by the Collaboration between Legal Aid Advocates and the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

Issues Impacting Long-Term Care Residents: Practical Tools Enhanced By The Collaboration Between Legal Aid Advocates and the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program | Ellen Cheek & Maria Carruba-Fuentes, BALS; Tracie Rayfield & Erica Hill, Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

Exploring Long-Term Care Residents’ Rights: In Theory and In Practice | FHJP

Florida Nursing Home Discharges | FHJP

Transition from a Florida Nursing Facility into the Community | FHJP

Medicaid Long-Term Care Managed Care Enrollees: The Right to Participant Directed Care | FHJP

What if a resident is told they cannot leave a nursing facility while on Medicaid or Medicare? | FHJP

Defending Evictions from Florida Nursing Facilities | FHJP

Protecting long-term care residents’ rights in Florida: Statutory and practical tools | FHJP

Know Your Rights: Avoiding Misuse of Psychotropics for Nursing Home Residents | FHJP

Long-Term Care Quick Reference Guide

Collaboration Practice Tips & Other Things to Know

Final Orders Collection | FHJP

In-Person CLE | Issues Impacting Long-Term Care Residents

Online CLE | Issues Impacting Long-Term Care Residents

Rapid Fire Panel

Florida KidCare | Lynn Hearn, FHJP

Pro Bono Is Now CLE: A Game-Changer for Volunteer Capacity | Ronnie Graham, FHJP

The Public Charge Rule in U.S. Immigration Policy | Alekssandra Lopez, AIJ

Disaster Public Benefits – Medicaid | Eunice Maling, Legal Services of North Florida

Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) iBudget Waiver | Leigh Markowitz, DRF

Healthcare Access After 18: Guardian Advocacy and Alternatives for Youth with Disabilities | Glorian Maziarka, Florida Legal Services

Rights Restoration | Leigh Markowitz, DRF

Key tools for Florida Healthcare Advocates | Haley Brown, FHJP

SSA-1696 – Claimant Appointment of a Representative

Healthcare Access After 18: Guardian Advocacy and Alternatives for Youth with Disabilities – Important Links | FLS

HIPAA Release Template

Forms for Guardian Advocacy

FERPA Release Template

Supported Decision-Making Agreement Template | DRF

Designation of Health Care Surrogate For Minor Form

Designation of Health Care Surrogate Form

A Guide for Representative Payees | SSA

Public Charge: What Advocates Need to Know (1/22/25) | PIF

Explainer: Public Charge Memo September 2025 | PIF

Public Charge: Things You Need To Know (English) | PIF

Public Charge: Things You Need To Know (Haitian) | PIF

Public Charge: Things You Need To Know (Spanish) | PIF

Advocacy 101: DOAH Hearings | DRF

Helpful Links for ABA Services & Fair Hearings | DRF

2025 Florida Healthy Kids Eligibility Levels – Estimated | FHJP

Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) New Program Highlight: The Individual Budgeting (iBudget) Waiver | AHCA

Florida KidCare Expansion Background & Timeline | FHJP

In-Person CLE | Rapid Fire Panel

Online CLE | Rapid Fire Panel