Online Insurance & Finance Intensive Registration
7am-3pm PT | 9am-5pm CT | 10am-6pm ET
(Attendees are asked to log on 10 minutes prior to the start time)
Content Level: Beginner
Audience: Advocates and oncology health care professionals
Space for the Insurance & Finance Intensive is limited and priority will go to individuals who have not attended this training previously. Your registration does not guarantee your acceptance. You must respond to the acceptance email in order to receive the Zoom link and materials.
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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. Make sure the address provided is correct.
- Please check your spam folder for emails from Triage Cancer. Some hospital or external servers have been known to block our emails.
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 info@triagecancer.org.
Experts
Presenting the Insurance & Finance Intensive are Triage Cancer CEO, Joanna Doran, Esq., COO, Monica Bryant, Esq., Staff Attorney Lindsey Tyndall, Esq., and Staff Attorney Amanda Goodstadt, Esq. Throughout their careers, they have presented more than one thousand educational seminars on cancer-related legal and practical issues.
Agenda
| Time | Session | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00am – 10:00am CT | Introduction to Cancer-Related Legal Issues, Cancer Survivorship, & Advocacy | 1) Outline how health care professionals can engage in various types of advocacy and encourage patients to be advocates. |
| 10:00am – 10:55am CT | An Overview of the U.S. Health Care System | 1) Outline the different theories of health care systems. 2) Explain the various elements of a health insurance policy. 3) Define terms used in a health insurance policy. |
| 10:55am – 11:10am CT | Break | |
| 11:10am – 12:25pm CT | Employer-Sponsored & Individual Health Insurance | 1) Outline the various individual and employer-sponsored health insurance options available to patients. 2) Describe the consumer protections included in various federal and state laws. 3) Explain the health insurance appeals process. |
| 12:25pm – 1:00pm CT | Lunch | |
| 1:00pm – 2:10pm CT | Employer-Sponsored & Individual Health Insurance (Continued) | See above. |
| 2:10pm – 3:10pm CT | Government Sponsored Health Insurance | 1) Describe the eligibility differences for Medicare and Medicaid. 2) Outline steps patients can take to appeal a claim denial for Medicare and Medicaid. 3) Identify resources for patients to learn more about accessing Medicare and Medicaid. |
| 3:10pm – 3:25pm CT | Break | |
| 3:25pm - 5:25pm CT | Navigating Disability Insurance & Appeals | 1) Outline how the ADA and FMLA can be useful to patients. 2) Articulate how disability insurance can be useful to someone who can no longer work, temporarily or permanently, as a result of a cancer diagnosis. 3) Explain how disability insurance works with other leave laws. |
| 5:25pm – 5:30pm CT | Closing |
Accreditation Information
Nurses
Triage Cancer is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Nurses who meet the requirements will be awarded 6 contact hours.
360 minutes of instruction/60 minutes = 6 contact hours
Social Workers
Triage Cancer, #1689, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Triage Cancer maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 08/26/2020 to 08/26/2023. Social workers completing this course receive 6 continuing education credit.
Triage Cancer is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0626. Social Workers completing this course will receive 6 contact hours.
Application pending for Social Work through NASW-NJ.
Board Certified Patient Advocates
Board Certified Patient Advocates (BCPA) Program Approval Code: BCPA-ACE2006.20241107
Human Resources Professionals
Triage Cancer is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.
Other Professionals
If you would like a general certificate of completion, you must indicate that when completing the Insurance & Finance Intensive evaluation form. You must attend the entire event.
Evaluation forms are emailed after the event and are required for a certificate. You will also receive a post-test, which is not mandatory, but strongly encouraged.
Requirements to Receive Credit (all professionals)
Attendance
In order to receive CE/contact hour/PDC, 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 Insurance & Finance Intensive and will have one week to complete both. Participants must receive a passing grade (80%) on the post-test to receive CEs/Contact Hours (please note: this is not required for patient advocates and HR professionals). Participants who do not pass the post-test will be given one opportunity to re-take the test. Instructions and a link to re-take the exam will be emailed to every participant who does not receive a passing grade on the post-test. If participants do not pass the post-test on the second attempt they will not receive credit.
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
Attendees are required to have a functional web camera to join this program. If you do not have a web camera please email info@triagecancer.org.
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