tbd Anchorage | Free to Attend
Registration: 8:30am – 9:00am AKST | Program: 9:00am – 5:30pm AKST
Participants must follow COVID-19 protocols set forth by the venue.
Content Level: Beginner
Audience: Advocates and oncology health care professionals
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Participants who need accommodations for a disability should email info@triagecancer.org.
Presenting the Insurance & Finance Intensive are Triage Cancer CEO, Joanna Doran, Esq., and COO, Monica Bryant, Esq. Throughout their careers, they have presented more than one thousand educational seminars on cancer-related legal and practical issues.
| Time | Session | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00am – 10:00am AKST | 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 AKST | 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 AKST | Break | |
| 11:10am – 12:25pm AKST | 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 AKST | Lunch | |
| 1:00pm – 2:10pm AKST | Employer-Sponsored & Individual Health Insurance (Continued) | See above. |
| 2:10pm – 3:10pm AKST | 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 AKST | Break | |
| 3:25pm - 5:25pm AKST | 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 AKST | Closing |
Anchorage, AK
We will continue to follow COVID-19 recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the local County Public Health Department. If you are sick or have been in contact with someone who is sick, please stay home.
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
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: 08/26/2023 to 08/26/2026. 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.
This course, Insurance & Finance Intensive, Approval #220903-1113, provided by Triage Cancer is approved for continuing education by the New Jersey Social Work Continuing Education Approval Collaborative, which is administered by NASW-NJ. CE Approval Collaborative Approval Period: Friday, April 8, 2022 through August 31, 2024. New Jersey social workers will receive 6 Non-clinical CE credits for participating in this course.
Board Certified Patient Advocates (BCPA) Program Approval Code: BCPA-ACE2006.20240927
Triage Cancer is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.
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.
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.
Participants will be emailed a link to the online evaluation and post-test one day 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 only required for social workers and nurses). 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.
The relevant certificates will be emailed to eligible attendees within 4 weeks of the event.
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.
