Objective: To increase enrollment of American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) children in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) or Medicaid through education and events. Description: United American Indian Involvement (UAII) was awarded the Children’s Health Insurance Program in April 2010 to provide enrollment assistance to uninsured AI/AN children and their families residing in Los Angeles […]
Public awareness
Social Service Specialist Position for Medicaid Enrollment Assistance for Urban Indians
Objective: To increase Medicaid enrollment, insurance enrollment, and enrollment in community patient assistance programs in order to help Urban Indians attain optimal health and coverage. Description: Many Urban Indians work and are not eligible for Medicaid, yet they still cannot afford medical insurance or medical bills. Some people are not aware of the programs that are […]
Na Niahe (Bridging the Gap): Assistance for Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment
Objective: To enroll 100 patients in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in the first year of the program (which was exceeded by enrolling 364 children the first year). Description: Prior to 2011, the clinic only provided individuals with Medicaid applications along with required documents to be filled out personally by individuals. This proved […]
Benefits Coordination Program
Objective: To promote and elevate the health status of American Indians to the highest level possible by employing qualified, culturally sensitive health professionals to provide affordable and accessible healthcare. Description: A Mental Health Counselor created the Benefits Coordination Form to streamline client benefit enrollment. Before the formation of the Benefits Coordination form in spring of 2012, there […]
Feria de Salud: Behavioral Health Fair on the Affordable Care Act & Health Exchanges
Objective: To support, connect and assist consumers to live healthy and improve their quality of life through community resources or services; to help consumers understand the Affordable Care Act Description: Albuquerque Center for Hope & Recovery (ACHR) organized and hosted the first Feria de Salud (behavioral health fair) in New Mexico centered on healthcare reform […]
HIV/AIDS Guide for Gay and Bisexual Men
Greater Than AIDS has teamed up with OUT Magazine on an in-book, 8-page HIV/AIDS guide for gay and bisexual men. The guide, which appears in the Dec/Jan special issue of the magazine as a removable insert, includes practical and vital information on how to be safe and healthy, whether HIV positive or negative. Population of […]