2015 Cover Montana Outreach & Enrollment Summit
Thursday, October 15th, 2015
Where:
Best Western Great Northern Hotel
22 North Last Chance Gulch
Helena, MT 59601
(406) 457-5500
Participants must make their own lodging arrangements. There is a imited room block at the Great Northern for the Summit.
The rooms are $130.00 plus tax for a double queen room. Call 457-5500 and ask for the room block for the Montana Primary Care Association. The room block will close on September 11th, but will likely fill up before that date.
Olivia Riutta
Montana Primary Care Association
info@covermt.org
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Registration now open!
What is the Summit? The Summit is a hands-on training opportunity for outreach and enrollment stakeholders throughout Montana. Cover Montana is a diverse network of organization committed to helping their communities understand and sign up for new affordable insurance options. Cover Montana is dedicated to growing and strengthening outreach and enrollment efforts throughout Montana.
Summit Agenda (updated October 5th)
Wednesday, October 14th:
9am --- Welcome
9:30am --- State of Enrollment, Mike Fierberg, Region VIII CMS
10:30am --- Breakout Sessions:
- Best practices for engaging justice-involved Montanans; David Young, Montana State University
- Health Insurance Literacy in Indian Country; Anna Whiting Sorrell, Director of Operations, Policy and Planning, Tribal Health Department, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes; Jody Guardipee, Benefits Coordinator, Blackfeet IHS
- Outreach and Enrollment 101; Ezra Watland, Enroll America; Jade Jagers, Care Coordinator Team Supervisor, RiverStone Health
12:45pm --- Looking ahead: Updates and changes for OE3; Christina Goe, General Counsel, Office of the Montana State Auditor, Office of the Commissioner of Securities and Insurance
2:15pm --- Digging into the details: a conversation with Montana carriers; Montana Health Co-op, PacificSource, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana
4pm --- Ask the expert: Q & A panel; Mike Fierberg, Region VII CMS, Christina Goe, Office of the Montana State Auditor, & Rhiannon Simon, Planned Parenthood
Thursday, October 15th:
8:30am --- Welcome back
9am --- State of Tribal Enrollment; Lesa Evers, Tribal Relations Manager, Office of the Director, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
10am --- Preparing for Medicaid expansion implementation; Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
- Medicaid expansion overview
- Eligibity requirements
- Plan benefits overview
- Enrollment process
- Q & A
Noon --- Lunch breakouts
1pm --- Preparing for Medicaid expansion implementation continued
2:15pm --- Preparing for OE3: Outreach and Communications Plans; Courtney Buys, Americorps VISTA, Montana Primary Care Association
3pm --- Next steps
Note: This is a draft agenda and will get updated periodically.
Who should attend?
- Navigators, Certified Application Counselors, and individuals and organizations who are interested in outreach and enrollment in the new Health Insurance Marketplace or Montana Medicaid.
- Enrollment assisters who have outstanding questions or who want to dig deeper into issues like health insurance literacy, best practices for doing outreach and enrollment in Indian Country, information about Medicaid expansion outreach and enrollment, and much more!
What is the cost to attend?
There is not a registration fee to attend and a limited number of scholarships are avaialble for travel and lodging. The scholarships cover up to $300 for travel and lodging. A link to the scholarship form will appear after your register for the Summit and you can also view it here.
Register today!
The 2015 Cover Montana Outreach and Enrollment Summit is generously sponsored by:
