Welcome to Health & Senior Law
Welcome to the Health/Senior Practice Area. This website provides resources to help advocates better serve Medicaid and low income Medicare beneficiaries and applicants, as well as other low income uninsured Floridians. This area is password protected. Membership and full access is available only to Florida legal services and legal aid advocates and national support centers, as well as members of the Health/Senior Umbrella Group.
Hot Topics:
Medicaid Reform:
AHCA link to extension application
Correspondence to/from CMS/AHCA
Federal Health Care Reform:
Law & Policy:
(Under Construction)
Medicaid
Medicare
Disability: ADA & Section 504
Children's Health
Immigrant Health
Florida Resources:
DCF Income Eligibility Guidelines for Family-related Medicaid
DCF Income Eligibility Guidelines for SSI-related Medicaid
Medicaid Provider Handbook Library
National Resources:
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CLASP Datafinder
CLASP Datafinder is a custom, easy-to-use tool developed to provide select demographic information as well as administrative data on programs that affect low-income people and families. Check it out.
NEW PRO BONO OPPORTUNITY
Help Support Persons With Disabilities
The Florida Legislature eliminated some services provided to Florida's disabled population and imposed strict new caps on other services. Until recently, individuals who wanted to challenge the denial of benefits or reduction of these services could tell their stories in informal agency hearings. Now the cases go before a judge in the Dept. of Administrative Hearings - DOAH.
FLS will provide training and access to training materials. Volunteers who sign up to take a case will also be covered by malpractice insurance through Florida Legal Services, Inc. Encourage attorneys in your area to help out. Send them to floridaprobono.org to sign up to volunteer!
