8am-12:30pm PT | 10am-2:30pm CT | 11am-3:30pm ET
(Attendees are asked to log on 10 minutes prior to the start time)
Content Level: Beginner
Audience: Community Health Workers
Triage Health, a program of Triage Cancer, is providing a free training for community health workers (CHW), promotores, patient navigators, and other front line public health workers. This training provides and introduction to choosing and using health insurance, workplace rights to take time off to access health care, disability insurance, and strategies for managing medical bills. Your registration does not guarantee your acceptance. You must respond to the acceptance email in order to receive the Zoom link.
Meet Our Experts
Presenting the Community Health Worker Training are Triage Cancer CEO, Joanna Doran, Esq., CMO, Monica Bryant, Esq., and Staff Attorney, Laura Beilke, Esq.
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Practical Things to Consider When Registering
- Please register with the email address that you will have access to on the day of the event. Occasionally, emails from Triage Cancer get blocked by hospital or work servers. If you think this will be a problem, please use your personal email address to register.
- Please enter the mailing address that you have access to and can receive packages from the USPS. Make sure the address provided is correct and complete (e.g., Suite or floor number).
If you are having difficulty accessing the embedded registration form, please follow this link to register instead.
Participants who need accommodations for a disability should email sw@triagecancer.org.
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Experts
Presenting the Insurance & Finance Intensive are Triage Cancer CEO, Joanna Doran, Esq., CMO, Monica Bryant, Esq. Throughout their careers, they have presented more than one thousand educational seminars on cancer-related legal and practical issues.
Agenda
- Introduction to Triaging Health
- Choosing & Using Health Insurance
- Break
- Decisions About Work
Accreditation Information
Community Health Workers
During this live and interactive training, Community Health Workers in attendance will learn about choosing and using health insurance, workplace rights to take time off work to access health care, disability insurance, and strategies for managing medical bills.
This training will provide CHW's with a foundation to help patients make decisions about health & disability insurance, work, and medical bills. All attendees will have the opportunity to ask the speakers questions in real-time via a Q&A box.
If you would like a certificate of completion, you must indicate that when completing the Community Health Worker Training evaluation form. You must attend the entire event.
The evaluation and post-test are emailed after the event and are required for a certificate. Certificates of attendance can be submitted to accrediting agencies.
Objectives
- Attendees will be able to outline how community health workers can engage in various types of advocacy and encourage their community members to be advocates
- Attendees will be able to outline the various health insurance options and consumer protections available to community members
- Attendees will be able to outline how the ADA and FMLA can be useful to employees dealing with a serious medical condition, or acting as a caregiver for a loved one
Requirements to Receive Credit
Attendance
In order to receive a certificate of attendance, attendees must register individually. Participants who “listen in” on another participant’s phone/computer will not be eligible for credit. Participants must attend the entire event. No partial credit will be given.
Post-test & Evaluation
Participants will be emailed a link to the online evaluation and post-test after the completion of the Community Health Worker Training and will have one week to complete both.
Certificates
The relevant certificates will be emailed to eligible attendees within 4 weeks of the event.
Accreditation Questions or Grievances
Questions about Triage Cancer’s accreditation can be made by phone at 424.456.4628 or via email at CEU@TriageCancer.org. Complaints may be filed via fax (424) 258-7064, email CEU@TriageCancer.org or by mail to 6348 N. Milwaukee Ave., #136, Chicago, IL 60646.
Technology Requirements
Triage Cancer uses the Zoom platform to host its webinars. Please see Zoom's system requirements for more information.
Web camera
It is preferred that attendees have a functional web camera to join this program.
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