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Cost: $30 – Includes lunch, training & resource materials, and *Continuing Education Units and *Continuing Medical Education
Parking is free
* This activity has been approved for 2.5 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.
- This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Tennessee Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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This activity has been approved by the National Association of Social Workers for 2.5 hours.
This workshop is designed to help you…
Increase your success rates!
Receive approval the first time you submit!
Increase the number of applications you file!
Learn how to provide documentation for all public disability programs!
This workshop is especially geared towards Physicians, Psychiatrists, Physician Assistants, and Nurse Practitioners.
Simple enhancements on how you document progress notes can make a big impact on SSI/MediCal approval rates. Getting more applications approved increases the reimbursements for services for you and/or your health care facility.
Workshop Topics and Speakers
Documenting Disability: Simple Strategies for Medical Providers
Barry Zevin, M.D., Tom Waddell Health Center, San Francisco Department of Public Health
What Makes a Good Application?
Vianka A. Chavarria, State of California Disability Determination Service
Tricks of the Trade & Who Can Help
Cindy Callado, R.N., Department of Health Services
Sherrill Martin, Benefits Specialist, Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc.
Andrew Posner, Executive Director, BAC UP
Engagement – Difficult Cases Discussion
Linda Rodriguez, LCSW, Director of Discharge Planning, Homeless Health Care Los Angeles
Legal Recourse for Clients Who Are Denied
Abby McClelland, JD, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County
Cognitive Impairment among Homeless Persons: Prevalence, Assessment and Documentation of Disability
Jennifer Highley, PMHNP-BC, Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry, Columbia University School of Nursing
Purpose of the training:
This workshop offers a special opportunity for medical providers to learn how they can expedite Federal disability benefits (SSI/SSDI) for individuals with severe medical impairments. Participants will also learn why it is especially important for clinicians to support homeless patients’ disability claims and how they can do so efficiently and effectively. The training will include discussion of the disability determination process and basic strategies to assure that the medical evidence that clinicians provide is relevant and as complete as possible,
United Homeless Healthcare Partners (UHHP)
Homeless Health Care Los Angeles
is a network of homeless healthcare service providers, social service organizations, private health providers, professional associations, city, county, and federal officials, and other key stakeholders. The network is focused on issues and practices surrounding the delivery of healthcare services to the homeless residents of Los Angeles County. Member institutions are involved in the policies, funding, planning, and delivery of healthcare services to homeless residents.
is a non-profit community based organization established in 1985 dedicated to meet the growing health care needs of homeless individuals and their families in Los Angeles. HHCLA has served and educated the community about the connections between health and homelessness since the crisis of homelessness surged in the 1980’s.