This webinar will be held on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET.
Sponsors: Florida Department of Elder Affairs, Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program and Florida Health Justice Project
This webinar will cover Medicaid eligibility and appeal basics, focusing on the impact of the Public Health Emergency Medicaid Unwind, the ex parte process, including the transition from Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to other Medicaid eligibility categories, and recent changes to Medicare Savings Program (MSP) eligibility.
Presenters:
Katy Debriere, Legal Director, Florida Health Justice Project
Nicole La Roque, Borchard Fellow, Florida Health Justice Project
Resources:
Ending The Continuous Medicaid Coverage Requirement
Advocate’s Guide: Florida Medicaid Program
Advocate’s Guide: Florida Long-Term Care Medicaid Waiver
Florida Medicaid Appeals Toolkit
My DCF notice says Medicaid benefits are ending, what can I do?
How to File a Medicaid Managed Care Complaint
How to File a Complaint Regarding Reinstatement to My Managed Care Plan After My Medicaid Was Terminated in Error
Unretained Counsel Continuance Template
MEDS AD Recipients now on Medicare
DCF Economic Self-Sufficiency Manual
DCF Transmittal re: Changes in the Standard Filing Unit for the Medicare Savings Programs
Participants will have the option of accessing each webinar session by computer or phone.
Participants’ audio and video will be disabled, but questions can be asked using the Q&A
function.
This webinar series will be recorded and available on our website after the presentations.