Welcome to the Community Health Advocates portal for Health Advocates. This portal highlights sections of the website that may be most useful to advocates who work to help their communities get, keep and use health coverage.
Advocate Resources
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Materials for Advocates
Community Health Advocates create a range of publications to educate consumers and advocates on how to get, keep and use health coverage. Please find below a full list of Community Health Advocate's publications, intended for use by advocates.
- Advocate's Guide to Managed Health Care
- CHA 2011 Annual Report
- CHA Network Map and Agency Listing
- Community Health Advocates (CHA) 2010 Annual Report
- Consumer Rights and Responsibilities Script
- Eligibility & Enrollment Flowchart
- Eligibility & Enrollment Script
- Guide to Complete a Recertification Form
- Health Care Reform Explained
- HIV+ Script
- Making Health Reform Work: State Consumer Assistance Programs
- Medicare Basics Script
- Out-of-Network Emergency Care and Health Care Reform
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If you would like to see the full list of publications available for advocates AND consumers, please click here.
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Information Sessions
Community Health Advocates offer free Information Sessions to educate advocates on all aspects of managed care and public health insurance. These sessions are offered to human service providers to raise awareness of these issues and ensure that as many people as possible are enrolled in and educated about the health insurance programs available in New York City. Current Community Health Advocates Information Sessions include:
- Eligibility and Enrollment
- Consumer Rights and Responsibilities
- Medicare Basics
- HIV+ Options
- Options for the Uninsured (currently in creation)
Please contact Community Health Advocates if you are interested in scheduling an Information Session.
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Advocate's Guide
The Advocate’s Guide provides in-depth explanation of the workings of managed care in New York. The information is tailored to meet the needs of community-based organizations that directly assist consumers with managed care issues. The guide is for social workers, case workers or anyone providing consumer assistance to their clients. The guide was prepared by the Community Service Society of New York (CSS), and is intended for use as an educational resource; it is not intended as legal or medical advice, and should not be relied on in that respect.
Disclaimer: This Advocate's Guide was last updated in April 2007. Managed health care information and details change frequently, and the information contained within this guide should only be used to provide a general overview on the topic. All information contained within this guide should be verified for accuracy. Please contact Community Health Advocates for further information.
Email: cha@cssny.org
Telephone: (888) 614-5400
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Community Health Advocates is a program of Community Service Society of New York
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New York, N.Y. 10010