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Friday January 26
2024
Medicaid Home Care 101 (Zoom Meeting)

Medicaid home care provides older adults and people with disabilities vital supports which allow them to age in place in their communities. In this training, you will learn what Medicaid home care is and how to apply for services. We will discuss the eligibility criteria for Medicaid home care services under New York State regulations and Department of Health policies. We will also provide an overview of activities of daily living and how to evaluate the merits of a home care case.

 

CLE Credits:

- Areas of Professional Practice: 2.0

 

CLE Suitability:

- Content appropriate for both experienced and new attorneys.

 

Instructors:

- Paula Arboleda - Director of Health Advocacy - Public Benefits Unit & LGBTQ Unit - Bronx Legal Services

- Mul Kim - Staff Attorney - Public Benefits Unit - Bronx Legal Services

  • When
    Friday, January 26, 2024
    10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • CLE Credits
    Areas of Professional Practice: 2.00
  • Format
    Fully Interactive Videoconference
  • Practice Area(s)
    Health
    Public Benefits
  • Price: $0

About the Faculty

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    Paula Arboleda (Speaker)

    Paula Arboleda (she, her, ella) is the Director of Public Benefits and LGBTQ Advocacy at Bronx Legal Services. She co-manages a team focused on providing legal services to vulnerable low-income Bronx residents who need assistance obtaining, retaining, or increasing vital public assistance benefits such as cash welfare, rental subsidies, WIC, and SNAP as well as public health insurance and home care services. She works with the LGBTQ Advocacy Project to provide comprehensive legal services to low-income LGBTQ people on a multitude of legal issues, such as immigration, public benefits, and name changes. Prior to joining Bronx Legal Services, Paula worked exclusively on health care and elder law issues as a senior advocate with the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG). While at NYLAG, she gained expertise working with Medicaid health insurance, Medicaid funded home care services, the Medicare Part D prescription drug program, and related health insurance programs for low-income seniors. She provided trainings for professionals and consumers, one-on-one counseling and direct advocacy to thousands of seniors and people with disabilities. Paula is a part-time instructor with the Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College in their Aging and Geriatric Care Management certificate program. She earned dual graduate degrees (a Masters of Social Services and a Masters in Law and Social Policy) in 2008 from Bryn Mawr College?s Graduate School of Social Work, and her B.A., Magna cum laude, in 2005 from Bryn Mawr College.
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    Mul Kim (Speaker)

    Mul (she, her) is the staff attorney at Bronx Legal Services? Public Benefits Unit and LGBTQ Advocacy Project. Her work focuses on providing advice and representation to clients aged 50 and older on issues related to health advocacy such as Medicaid/Medicare Savings Program, and home care services and appeals. She will also provide advice and representation on public benefits like Cash Assistance and SNAP. Mul previously worked as a health care advocate at the Center for the Independence of the Disabled New York (CIDNY) representing Medicaid recipients in home care appeals as part of New York State?s Ombudsprogram, the Independent Consumer Advocacy Network (ICAN). She was also an associate attorney at the Law Office of Patricia A. Powis focused on Article 81 guardianships. She received her J.D. from the CUNY School of Law in 2008 and B.A. at Stony Brook University in 2005.