Legal Assistance
Triage Cancer Legal Assistance Quick Guide
American Bar Association Lawyer Referral Programs
LawHelp
www.lawhelp.org/find-help
American Bar Association Free Legal Answers
www.freelegalanswers.org
Medical-Legal Partnerships
http://medical-legalpartnership.org/partnerships/
State Cancer Information
State Comprehensive Cancer Control Program
State Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan
State Health Care Coverage Facts
Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
https://ccf.georgetown.edu/state-childrens-health-facts/
Disability Insurance
Federal Disability Insurance (SSDI & SSI)
Social Security Administration
800.772.1213
www.ssa.gov
To find your local SSA office:
https://secure.ssa.gov/ICON/main.jsp
Estate Planning & Medical Decision Making
Triage Cancer Quick Guide to Estate Planning
Triage Cancer Checklist: Getting Organized
Wisconsin Advanced Health Care Directives
Wills & Trusts
State Laws on Creating Wills
Wisconsin Basic Will
Trusts and Wills
Employment
Federal Fair Employment Agency
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
800.669.4000
info@eeoc.gov
www.eeoc.gov
Reasonable Accommodations
Job Accommodation Network
800.526.7234
jan@AskJAN.org
www.AskJAN.org
Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
U.S. Department of Labor
Wage & Hour Division
866.487.9243
www.dol.gov/whd
State Fair Employment Agency
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Equal Rights Division
608.266.6860
www.dwd.wisconsin.gov/er/
Vocational Rehabilitation
Wisconsin's Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
608.261.0050
www.dwd.wisconsin.gov/dvr/
Health Insurance
Wisconsin Health Insurance Marketplace (a.k.a Exchange)
800.318.2596
www.healthcare.gov/get-coverage/
Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
800.236.8517 or 606.266.3585
www.oci.wi.gov
COBRA
U.S. Department of Labor
Employee Benefits Security Administration
866.444.3272
www.dol.gov/ebsa
COBRA-Wisconsin
Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
800.236.8517 or 606.266.3585
www.oci.wi.gov
State Children’s Health Insurance Program
BadgerCare Plus
800.362.3002
www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/badgercareplus/index.htm
Find Health & Dental Coverage For Your Family
InsureKids.gov
https://www.insurekidsnow.gov/coverage/wi/index.html
Medicaid Programs
Triage Cancer Guide to Medicaid Expansion
ForwardHealth
800.362.3002
www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/medicaid
State Medicaid Program for In-Home Care
Family Care Partnership Program
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/familycare/fcp-index.htm
Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) Program
800.362.3002
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/badgercareplus/p-10095.htm
Medicare
Medicare
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
800.MEDICARE (633.4227)
www.medicare.gov
Medicare Assistance
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
800.472.1638
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/benefit-specialists/medicare-counseling.htm
Health Care Programs & Laws
Women’s Health & Cancer Rights Act (WHCRA)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Sharing Medical Information with Family & Friends
https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ocr/privacy/hipaa
/understanding/consumers/sharing-family-friends.pdf
Hill Burton Federally-Funded Health Centers
Federally Qualified Health Centers
National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP)
Unemployment Resources
Unemployment Agency
Department of Workforce Development
www.dwd.wisconsin.gov
Agency: Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Information and filing available at https://www.dwd.wisconsin.gov/uiben/. The maximum weekly benefit amount available is $370. Benefits can be claimed for a maximum of 26 weeks. Payments can be made via debit card or direct deposit. Most claimants must register with the Wisconsin Job Service online while claiming unemployment benefits. Most claimants must conduct at least four job search activities per week, and record these activities in a verifiable way, in order to maintain eligibility for benefits. There are reemployment resources available for claimants on the main website. Frequently asked questions are answered here: https://www.dwd.wisconsin.gov/uiben/faqs/. There is a comprehensive guidebook available at: https://www.dwd.wisconsin.gov/uiben/handbook/. Customer service can be reached by phone: (414) 435-7069 or toll-free (844) 910-3661.
Updates related to Wisconsin unemployment benefits and Covid-19: https://www.dwd.wisconsin.gov/covid19/public/ui.htm
State Clinical Trials Law
The ACA requires that most, non-grandfathered, group health plans provide coverage for the routine costs when participating in clinical trials. Some states have more consumer protections. Click here for more information about clinical trials.
Coverage of Clinical Trials W.S.A. 632.87 (6):
No policy, plan, or contract may exclude coverage for the cost of any routine patient care that is administered to an insured in a cancer clinical trial satisfying the criteria that it would be covered under the policy, plan, or contract if the insured were not enrolled in a cancer clinical trial, and must satisfy all of the following criteria:
It’s designed and the treatment is intended to improve the health outcomes of the patient, it is not designed exclusively to test toxicity or disease pathophysiology and the trial does one of the following: (a) Tests how to administer a health care service, item, or drug for the treatment of cancer. (b) Tests responses to a health care service, item, or drug for the treatment of cancer. (c) Compares the effectiveness of health care services, items, or drugs for the treatment of cancer with that of other health care services, items, or drugs for the treatment of cancer. (d) Studies new uses of health care services, items, or drugs for the treatment of cancer. The trial is approved by one of the following: (a) NIH, or one of its cooperative groups or centers, under the federal department of health and human services. (b) The FDA (c) The federal department of defense. (d) The VA
The coverage that may not be excluded under this subsection shall apply to all phases of a cancer clinical trial. The coverage that may not be excluded under this subsection is subject to all terms, conditions, restrictions, exclusions, and limitations that apply to any other coverage under the policy, plan, or contract, including the treatment under the policy, plan, or contract of services performed by participating and nonparticipating providers. Nothing in the subsection requires a policy, plan, or contract to offer; or prohibits a policy, plan, or contract from offering; cancer clinical trial services by a participating provider. Nothing in this subsection requires services that are performed in a cancer clinical trial by a nonparticipating provider of a policy, plan, or contract to be reimbursed at the same rate as a participating provider of the policy, plan, or contract. (current as of 7/11)
http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2005/related/proposals/ab617.pdf