You Are Invited: Webinars on the Health Care Law, Medicaid and CHIP; Twitter Chat, Grant Opportunity

You Are Invited: Webinars on the Health Care Law, Medicaid and CHIP; Twitter Chat, Grant Opportunity

You Are Invited: Webinars on the Health Care Law, Medicaid and CHIP; Twitter Chat, Grant Opportunity

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services sent this bulletin at 01/29/2013 03:58 PM EST

HHS Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

February and March 2013 Webinars

The HHS Partnership Center continues to host a series of webinars for faith and community leaders. All webinars are open to the public and include a question and answer session where you can ask HHS staff any questions you may have. We also encourage you to submit questions you would like to have answered on the webinars to ACA101@hhs.gov.

To participate in one of the webinars, please select your preferred topic from the list below and submit the necessary information. Please click on the title of the webinar and fill out the registration form. After registering you will receive an e-mail confirmation containing information about joining the webinar. Please contact us at ACA101@hhs.gov if you have problems registering or if you have any questions about the health care law.

The Health Care Law 101

February 12 at 2:00 p.m. ET

A presentation on the main provisions in the Affordable Care Act, the health care law, and how to access care in your community.

Tour of HealthCare.gov

February 21 at 12:30 pm ET

An online tour of www.HealthCare.gov that will help you and those in your congregation and community access health care, provide information on the Health Insurance Marketplace (Exchanges and Medicaid Expansion) and understand the main provisions of the health care law.

The Health Care Law 101 (in Spanish)

February 26 at 3:00 p.m. ET

A presentation on the main provisions in the Affordable Care Act, the health care law, and how to access care in your community in Spanish.

The Connecting Kids to Coverage National Outreach and Enrollment Campaign

February 27 at 2:00 pm ET

Learn about the nationwide effort to identify children eligible for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and get them enrolled.

The Health Care Law 101  

March 7 at 1:00 p.m. ET

A presentation on the main provisions in the Affordable Care Act, the health care law, and how to access care in your community.

The Health Care Law 101 (in Spanish)

March 19 at 3:00 p.m. ET

A presentation on the main provisions in the Affordable Care Act, the health care law, and how to access care in your community in Spanish.

Twitter Chat with Dr. Howard Koh on Leading Health Indicators, Access to Health Services

January 30 at Noon ET

The HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health invites you to join the Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators project on a Twitter Chat. The focus of this Twitter Chat is Access to Health Services. They will be joined by Dr. Howard Koh (@HHS_DrKoh), and representatives from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (@AHRQNews), the Children’s Defense Fund – Texas (@CDFTexas), and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (@CMSGov).  To participate, simply tweet a question or resource with the hashtag “#LHI”.  More information can be found here: http://www.symplur.com/healthcare-hashtags/lhi.

For more information on Healthy People 2020 and Leading Health Indicators view and listen to the Access to Health Care webinar recording using this link: https://hhs-faca.webex.com/hhs-faca/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=22278&rKey=8fdf98df1c8c39eb.  You can also view this month’s Healthy People bulletin here: http://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/USOPHSODPHPHF-68b5b0#.UQaqwYispOw.email.

Reminder: Children’s Health Insurance Program and Medicaid Outreach Grant Opportunity

If your organization or agency is interested in enrolling eligible children in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid, CMS is currently soliciting proposals until February 21, 2013 for Connecting Kids to Coverage Outreach and Enrollment Grants.  States, local governments, community-based and non-profit organizations, Indian health care providers, and tribal entities are all eligible to apply.  For more information, please follow this link: http://www.insurekidsnow.gov/professionals/index.html.