Webinar: How the Affordable Care Act Helps Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Patients

This webinar will highlight how the Affordable Care Act has improved access to health care for transgender and gender non-conforming patients, best practices for navigating issues with insurance coverage and challenges that still face the community. The target audience is other HRSA grantees, healthcare providers, public health officials, and community advocates wanting to improve their competency in serving the needs of the transgender and gender non-conforming patients in their practices. Free registration in advance is required.

Date and Time: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 10:00 – 11:30 am (PST)

For more information, please contact Valerie Gallo at 415-437-8095 or vgallo@hrsa.gov.

Register online! 

Introduction
Valerie Gallo, MPH - Public Health Analyst
HRSA Region IX Office of Regional Operations - San Francisco, CA

Improving Access to Care Through Better Policy
Anand Kalra – Health Programs Administrator
Transgender Law Center – Oakland, CA

Boots on Ground Impact of ACA Coverage for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Primary Care Patients
Kelly Ducheny, Psy.D. – Senior Director of Behavioral Health Howard Brown Health Center- Chicago, IL

Helping our Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Primary Care Patients Navigate Insurance and ACA Coverage
Cassie Warren - Youth Health Benefits Counselor
Howard Brown Health Center’s Broadway Youth

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