PPT-Medical Issues and Healthcare Advocacy for People with I/DD

Presenter Dr Lisa Weisinger Contact The Arc Connecticut at sjacovinothearcctorg Patients with Intellectual Disabilities Lisa Weisinger MD Similar for all adults Vaccinations review and update. Advocacy. What is Advocacy?. Actions and processes which seek to influence other people, often people in powerful positions. Aims to bring about change to things like laws, policies and allocation of resources that affect people’s lives. Training, Mentoring & Support in the ‘Art’ of Advocacy. Cathriona. . Molloy. May 11 2017. TMS Advocacy. Training, Mentoring & Support in the ‘Art’ of Advocacy. . tms@advocacy@gmail.com. ,. . Statutory Advocacy always involves a 1 to 1 relationship where an independent advocate provides support to a person on a specific issue. This is mostly referred to as issue based advocacy – because the focus is usually given to supporting a person achieve specific outcomes (or represent them through a specific decision like in IMCA).. 24. %. Only 4. %. of employees are enrolled in high-deductible health plan.. Studies show employees transitioning to HDHPs reduced their use of preventive care, setting up potentially bigger and costlier issues later on.. Katelyn Carey BUSM ‘17 Molly Zielenbach BUSM ‘16 MD MPH. Karen Foo BUSM ‘17 Johnna Murphy MPH. Genevieve Guyol BUSM ‘17 Megan Sandel MD MPH. Jawad Husain BUSM ‘17. Janine Petito BUSM ‘17. Fenley. Kathy Bates. Is a teacher, advocate and writer. Has a BA degree in Elementary Education from St. Andrews University in NC. Has worked extensively with both children and adults with disabilities. Facebook.com/. icstlouis. @. IndpndncCntr. * 4245 Forest Park Avenue * St. Louis, MO 63108 * www.independencecenter.org *. Our Mission. Independence Center is committed to providing a comprehensive system of high quality programs and services that assists adults in the St. Louis metropolitan area with serious and persistent mental illnesses to live and work in the community, independently and with . Fenley. Kathy Bates. Is a teacher, advocate and writer. Has a BA degree in Elementary Education from St. Andrews University in NC. Has worked extensively with both children and adults with disabilities. August 18, 2015. Allegra Stout. astout@bostoncil.org, 617-338-6665. Community Organizer, . Boston Center for Independent Living. Example:. Affordable Housing for People with Disabilities in Massachusetts. The Autistic Self Advocacy Network. 2013 H St. 7. th. Floor • Washington, DC 20035. Voice: (202) 596-1056. www.autisticadvocacy.org. About the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. Advocacy group run by and for Autistic people and people with other I/DD. History. Support. Future. Told by Tia . Nelis. Current Landscape. The . self-advocacy movement . in the US is a human rights movement of and by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).. Today’s Agenda . 3. Introduction of chapter leadership. What is advocacy?. How does organized medicine impact advocacy?. How do I get involved in advocacy?. 4. Meet your . AMA Leadership. at . <School> . In today\'s complex healthcare landscape, one aspect that often adds to patients\' stress is dealing with medical bills. The intricacies of medical billing and coding can lead to confusion and sometimes even fraudulent practices. Source: NIH 2008b. Photo by Peter Anthamatten. An Introduction to the Geography of Health. 2. An Introduction to the Geography of Health. Anthamatten and Hazen. Chapter 8. The practice of medicine originated over 4000 years ago when people began to systematically address symptoms of disease..