MSHA’s Health Insurance Advocacy committee and ASHA are pleased to present the following workshop:
Advocating and Negotiating for
Speech, Language and Audiology Services
in Private Health Care Plans
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
at the Hearing and Speech Agency in Baltimore
Presented by
Steven C. White, Ph.D.
Director, Health Care Economics and Advocacy
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
and
Jan Peter Ozga, MPH
Director, Private Health Plan Advocacy
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
This workshop is an interactive three-hour session that includes a comprehensive workbook to help participants learn more about:
. Efforts to improve coverage of speech-language pathology and
audiology services by private health plans
. How to advocate for speech-language pathology and audiology services coverage with employers and health care plans
. The relationship of speech-language pathology and audiology procedures and their payment values
. How health insurance and managed care plans are regulated
. How to negotiate with health care plans
. New concepts in health care insurance and how they apply to our services
For further information and to register, please contact Marie Noplock by Friday, December 1st at 410-515-4900.
Lisa Oriolo
Association Manager
Maryland Speech-Language-Hearing Association
410-239-7770 (office)
410-239-7774 (fax)
Association Manager
Maryland Speech-Language-Hearing Association
410-239-7770 (office)
410-239-7774 (fax)
www.mdslha.org