NIC Web Series on the Affordable Care Act
Health Literacy: Enhancing Access to Health Care for Justice-Involved Individuals [Webinar]
This webinar explains:
- what health literacy has to do with accessing health care;
- what literacy is;
- what health literacy is;
- the five steps of health literacy-find health information, understand it, evaluate it, communicate it, and use it;
- the health literacy of U.S. adults;
- health literacy is disproportionate;
- barriers to good health literacy;
- what needs to be done;
- prevalence of disease;
- health risks following release;
- transitional care-continuity of care;
- barriers to care;
- Transitions Clinic Program-patient centered and culturally competent care for returning prisoners;
- strategies to successful engagement post-release;
- the need for referrals to the community by criminal justice providers;
- how to make connections between criminal justice providers and the community;
- referrals to the community from the jail or prison;
- referrals to the community;
- and electronic linkages.
Medicaid Administrative Claiming and Targeted Case Management: Opportunities for Public Safety [Webinar]
This webinar will: define roles that criminal justice professionals play in Medicaid Administrative Claiming (MAC) and Targeted Case Management (TCM); define service needs of justice involved individuals; highlight community corrections and criminal justice agency examples of resource utilization; explain strategies for meeting increased demand for healthcare services under the Affordable Care Act; and differentiate between MAC and TCM. The webinar aims to: demonstrate that MAC and TCM are excellent fits with day to day activities that Probation Officers and Parole Agents provide; and walk through the process to assist interested individuals in getting MAC/TCM up and running in their locales.