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		<title>Webinar &#8211; Dual Eligible Demonstrations: An Update for Advocates</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past year, the conversation among advocates working on the dual eligible demonstrations has shifted from proposals and design to memorandum of understandings (MOUs) and implementation. With three state MOUs signed, a few states withdrawing, and several continuing to &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/webinar-dual-eligible-demonstrations-an-update-for-advocates/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Advocates&#8217; Guide Presents Recommendations for LTSS Quality Improvement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Improving quality in long-term services and supports (LTSS) is vital for Medicaid beneficiaries relying upon such services, particularly given current proposals by many states to implement managed care programs to deliver LTSS. A new advocates&#8217; guide provides information and recommendations &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Webinar: Medicare Part D in 2013: Addressing Client Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(2/6/13) Now that the Medicare Part D annual enrollment period is over, beneficiaries are learning whether their plans really work for them. This webinar for advocates who serve seniors and persons with disabilities will discuss: What is new in 2013 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/webinar-medicare-part-d-in-2013-addressing-client-issues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio MOU Incorporates Ombuds Program for Duals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 12, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ohio Office of Medical Assistance to create an &#8216;Integrated Care Delivery System&#8217; for dual eligibles (people eligible for Medicare and &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Social Security Notifies Clark Class Members</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Income Network Alert]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Social Security Administration (SSA) reports that in December it sent informational notices to 30,704 of the approximately 140,000 members of the plaintiff class in Clark v. Astrue.]]></description>
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		<title>SSI Fact Sheet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) What is SSI?  Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which was signed into law 40 years ago, provides subsistence-level income to people with extremely low income who are over age 65 or have severe disabilities.  SSI also acts &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/ssi-fact-sheet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Policy Issue Brief: SSI Modernization Improvements Long Overdue (2013)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 09:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Supplemental Security Income]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(1/17/2013) A basic problem is that Supplemental Security Income is still designed for 1972, the year it was signed into law by President Nixon. A policy issue brief, recommendations and a fact sheet can all be found here. Read the Policy &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/policy-issue-brief-ssi-modernization-improvements-long-overdue/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Health Network Alert: 2013 Transition Policies for Medicare Part D</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Part D]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[2013 Transition Policies for Part D]]></description>
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		<title>2013 Transition Rights to Medications Under Part D</title>
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		<comments>http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/2013-transition-rights-to-medications-under-part-d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2013 Transition Rights to Medications Under Medicare Part D Transition Policy: A Critical Protection. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires that sponsors of Medicare Part D prescription drug plans provide beneficiaries with access to transition supplies of &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/2013-transition-rights-to-medications-under-part-d/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>2013 Transition Policies for Medicare Part D</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new plan year for Medicare Part D began January 1 and many beneficiaries, particularly low-income subsidy individuals who were reassigned, are adjusting to new plans or to new rules in their current plans.]]></description>
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