NDNRC: New Resources for Disability Services Navigators

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ON HEALTH & DISABILITY

Dedicated to better health for children and adults with disabilities
through health promotion and wellness.

February 20, 2014

NEW FACT SHEETS FOR THE NATIONAL DISABILITY NAVIGATOR RESOURCE COLLABORATIVE (NDNRC): “Getting and Using Health Plan Evidence of Coverage” &“Using Health Plan Customer Service”

The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) is pleased to announce the publication of two new fact sheets for the National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative (NDNRC). “Getting and Using Health Plan Evidence of Coverage” is intended to help navigators answer specific questions that people with disabilities might ask about getting and using a health plans’ evidence of coverage documents. The fact sheet and 1 page executive summary can be found here: http://www.nationaldisabilitynavigator.org/ndnrc-materials/fact-sheets/fact-sheet-2/. “Using Health Plan Customer Service” is designed to help navigators answer specific questions that people with disabilities might ask about the role of health plan customer services. This fact sheet and one page executive summary can be found here: http://www.nationaldisabilitynavigator.org/ndnrc-materials/fact-sheets/fact-sheet-3/. Both of these should be a useful follow-up to the first fact sheet which addressed a health plans’ summary of benefits and coverage. The entire list of fact sheets (along with upcoming fact sheets) is also available at:

The NDNRC is an initiative aimed at providing cross-disability information and support to Navigators and other enrollment specialists thereby ensuring people with disabilities receive accurate information when selecting and enrolling in insurance through the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces. The NDNRC website (http://www.nationaldisabilitynavigator.org/) also has news and resources designed to support groups who are providing enrollment assistance to consumers with disabilities as they enroll for coverage through the marketplaces. The NDNRC has also published the “Guide to Disability for Healthcare Insurance Marketplace Navigators” which provides information on special considerations people with disabilities face as they shop for healthcare coverage and it can be found here: http://www.nationaldisabilitynavigator.org/ndnrc-materials/disability-guide/.

The NDNRC is comprised of seven national disability organizations which represent unique cross-disability experiences. Along with AAHD, the other six partner organizations are the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD); the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF); the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI); the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS); The Arc and United Spinal Association. Special thanks to DREDF for their role in authorship of the fact sheets. The NDNRC is funded through a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Roberta S. Carlin

 AAHD Executive Director

For further information please contact Karl Cooper, AAHD Project Associate at kcooper@aahd.us or (301) 545-6140 ext. 204

www.nationaldisabilitynavigator.org

AAHD is a national non-profit organization located in Rockville, MD dedicated to advancing health promotion and wellness initiatives for people with disabilities. 

AAHD

American Association on Health & Disability

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