Fw: Workshop - Getting the Most from Your Private Health Insurance Plan

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From: Kresnye <lkresnye@...>Subject: Workshop - Getting the Most from Your Private Health Insurance Plan" Kresnye" <lkresnye@...>Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 2:05 PM

TOPIC: What to look for in a private health insurance plan if you have a child with a chronic illness and/or disability

How to get the most out of your health plan

Your responsibilities

The insurer’s responsibilities

The role of a case manager and how to request one

How to handle denials

What is “medically necessary care?”

What is the process for making appeals?

Tips for making appeals

Special Situations

Pre-existing conditions

Job change or loss, divorce, family medical leave

Q & A workshop participants may bring one EOB they are having problems with or do not understand, and their insurance card

SPEAKER: Pat O’Sullivan, President of O’Sullivan Consulting Group Health Care Specialists

O’Sullivan Consulting Group incorporates the talents of specialists in areas of billing, credentialing, practice management

and contract negotiations, assisting healthcare industry clients to be current on many changes within their profession.

DATE: Wednesday, March 4, 2009

TIME: Check in 6:15-6:30 pm

Program 6:30-8:30 pm

LOCATION: Cuyahoga Valley Career Center

8001 Brecksville Road

Brecksville, OH 44141

COST: $10.00

For more information or to register, call Kresnye at 216-229-5757, Ext. 126.

Please forward this email to anyone you know who may benefit from attending. Thank you.

Information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to provide professional advice or guidance for individual issues. For individual issues, consult with a qualified professional of your choice.

Kresnye

Program Manager

Tools for Today and Tomorrow

Mc House of Cleveland, Inc.

10415 Euclid Avenue

Cleveland, OH 44106-4709

www.toolsfortoday.org

216-229-5757, Ext. 126

The mission of the Tools for Today and Tomorrow Program is to improve life's journey for children with chronic illnesses or disabilities by providing information and support to the people who care for them.