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Session Resources March 22, 2000 1:30pm CST
Topic: Understanding, Accessing, & Appealing Your
Healthcare Benefits PowerPoint Presentation (115kb): A summary of the key points of the webcast session. Download or view the original PPT file. To move through the slides, simply press the Page Up or Page Down button on your computer keyboard. To return to this web page, click the Back button on the toolbar on the upper, left corner of your computer screen. You will need PowerPoint 95 to view this presention. If you don't have either version of PowerPoint, click the HTML Version to view a slideshow version of the presentation. To return to this page, select the home button (second from the left) from among the round slide navigation buttons. Frontline
Online: This is part of a PBS site on Health
Maintenance Organizations. "How to Challenge Your
Plan's Decisions" describes specific steps for the
consumer to take. (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline Washington Assistive Techology Alliance: Discusses a variety of techniques that can be used to get funding for assistive technology. This process applies to all appeals of insurance denials. (http://www.wata.org) dr.koop.com:
Details how to challenge an HMO decision and how to file
a complaint. (http://www.drkoop.com/hcr/ Defining Medical Necessity- A manual on Strategies for Promoting Access to Quality Care for Persons With Developmental Disabilities, Mental Retardation, and other Special Health Care Needs. Available in print only for no cost from the National Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse in Vienna, VA. (703) 356-1964. http://www.nmchc.org Let us know what you think of the webcast session, as well as your suggestions for future shows, by sending us a message at kmco@uic.edu. |