Improving Accessibility in Provider Settings

Event Start Date: February 21, 2018 - 7:00 PM EDT
Event End Date: February 21, 2018 - 8:00 PM EDT

Supporting documents such as webinar slides, transcript, and additional resources are available to download by scrolling to the attachments section below.


Podcast:

This webinar is also available as podcasts on SoundCloud and iTunes.

This webinar focuses on medical office accessibility, including physical and communication barriers that may impede participants with disabilities from receiving care. Representatives from the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing and CMS Office of Minority Health discuss issues related to the ADA and provider accessibility, and the experience of developing and implementing a primary care clinic site survey. Finally, Inland Empire Health Plan presents their approach to supporting provider accessibility, tracking provider setting accessibility, and making the information available to participants and care managers.

Featured Speakers:

  • Chris Duff, Disability Practice and Policy Consultant
  • Sonya Bowen, CMS Office of Minority Health
  • Patrick Going, ADA Consultant
  • Van Wilson, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
  • Gabriel Uribe, Inland Empire Health Plan Representative

Intended Audience:

This series is intended for providers and health care professionals, front-line staff with health plans and provider practices, and other stakeholders interested in improving their ability to meet the needs of adults with functional limitations.

 

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