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Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Thursday, April 2, 2015
About Smart911
Smart911 is a free service used by public safety agencies across the country to enhance communication and response for their community. It can be used by 9-1-1 agencies to quickly send first responders to the location of an emergency with more information, by emergency management to better plan for and respond to disasters, and by municipalities to send emergency notifications to their citizens.
By creating a Safety Profile for your family, you are providing potentially life-saving information to public safety officials at the time when they need it most.
The 9-1-1 service of Smart911 allows you to create a Safety Profile for your household which will proactively provide details on your family and home that 9-1-1 may need in order to send help in the event of an emergency.
The emergency management service of Smart911 allows you to answer questions about yourself, your family and your household that will help emergency management officials plan for and respond to disasters by being able to understand the needs of their community.
The emergency notification service of Smart911 allows you to opt-in to receive alerts from your community through a variety of communication channels including voice, text or email.
While every community may offer a different combination of services to their citizens, your Smart911 account will allow you to opt-in and manage all services available to you in one place. Smart911 is free, private and secure and endorsed by citizens, community groups and public safety officials. Smart911’s availability is constantly expanding as communities across the country are implementing one or all of the three services offered to enhance their public safety services.
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Why Should I Sign Up for Smart911?
Today over 70% of calls made to 9-1-1 in the U.S. are made from mobile phones, and these mobile phones relay limited information about the caller. Unlike a landline, a mobile phone does not link directly to an address or include a caller’s name. 9-1-1 call takers are trained to ask specific questions to determine the location of the emergency, who is in need of assistance and other specific details in order to send the correct response teams, tot he correct location, quickly.These questions can take time, and often during an emergency the caller may not be able to speak, or may be too panicked to effectively communication. When your Smart911 Safety Profile immediately appears to the call taker, the information you have provided can help the dispatcher obtain the information they need to help you quickly.
Hear the story of one Smart911 user:
How do I Sign Up?
This video walks you through the process to sign up for Smart911.To view more videos on the Sign Up process
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Smart911 is free, secure, used by thousands of 9-1-1 centers across the country, and our coverage area is growing every day.Want to find out if Smart911 is available in your neck of the woods?
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Friday, January 23, 2015
Monday, January 19, 2015
Your Child’s Health Care and the Affordable Care Act (ACA):
Habilitative Services
Do you have a child with a physical or developmental disability, or a
chronic (long-term) health problem? If so, you need to know:
Under the ACA, many health care services that can help
your child with the skills your child needs for everyday life
(called habilitative services) must be covered by insurance.
What are habilitative services?
Habilitative services help people of all ages develop new skills needed for
everyday life. They include things like occupational, physical, or speech
therapy — and hearing and vision services, too. Habilitative services may
also help people build mental, behavioral, or social skills. Certain devices, like
hearing aids, may also be considered habilitative.
Habilitative services are very important for children with disabilities who
need help from therapists and other professionals to learn to communicate,
get around, or take care of themselves.
What changed under the ACA?
Before the ACA became law, many individual and small employer health
insurance plans didn’t cover habilitative services. Now, these services are
included in the ACA as Essential Health Benefits (EHBs), which means that
individual and small group health insurance plans have to cover them.
This is a big step forward when it comes to helping children with disabilities
develop the skills they need to grow and learn.
What is the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?
The ACA is the federal health care reform law signed into law in 2010. (Some people
call the law Obamacare.) Most people know that the ACA is about health insurance,
but the law also includes many ways to improve health care in the United States.
Are all habilitative services covered by the ACA?
No. The law doesn’t say which specific services (or devices) are included.
It’s up to each state to decide the details. This means what’s covered under
habilitative services in one state might be different than what’s covered in
another state.
How do I know if the habilitative services my child needs will
be covered under my health plan?
If you already have an individual policy or small employer health plan, call
the customer service phone number for your health plan and ask for a list
of covered habilitative services.
If you’re shopping for a new health plan and need help understanding which
habilitative services are covered, go to localhelp.healthcare.gov. You can
type in your ZIP code or the name of your city or town to find a list of helpful
organizations who can work with you to choose the right plan for your family.
You can find another list of consumer assistance resources organized by
state at http://hdwg.org/catalyst/resources. Be sure to think about what
kinds of services your child needs before you choose a plan.
Where can I get more information?
To find out more about about EHBs like habilitative services, go to
www.healthcare.gov/glossary/essential-health-benefits
You can find more information about caring for children and youth with
special health care needs at www.medicalhomeinfo.org
You can find more information about health insurance for children and
youth with special health care needs at www.catalystctr.org
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CATALYST Children&Youth
C E N T E R
i m p r o v i n g f i n a n c i n g o f c a r e
for
with special health car e needs
Developed by the National Center for Medical Home Implementation at the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Catalyst
Center at the Boston University School of Public Health through cooperative agreements (U43MC09134; U41MC13618) with the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
Habilitative Services
Do you have a child with a physical or developmental disability, or a
chronic (long-term) health problem? If so, you need to know:
Under the ACA, many health care services that can help
your child with the skills your child needs for everyday life
(called habilitative services) must be covered by insurance.
What are habilitative services?
Habilitative services help people of all ages develop new skills needed for
everyday life. They include things like occupational, physical, or speech
therapy — and hearing and vision services, too. Habilitative services may
also help people build mental, behavioral, or social skills. Certain devices, like
hearing aids, may also be considered habilitative.
Habilitative services are very important for children with disabilities who
need help from therapists and other professionals to learn to communicate,
get around, or take care of themselves.
What changed under the ACA?
Before the ACA became law, many individual and small employer health
insurance plans didn’t cover habilitative services. Now, these services are
included in the ACA as Essential Health Benefits (EHBs), which means that
individual and small group health insurance plans have to cover them.
This is a big step forward when it comes to helping children with disabilities
develop the skills they need to grow and learn.
What is the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?
The ACA is the federal health care reform law signed into law in 2010. (Some people
call the law Obamacare.) Most people know that the ACA is about health insurance,
but the law also includes many ways to improve health care in the United States.
Are all habilitative services covered by the ACA?
No. The law doesn’t say which specific services (or devices) are included.
It’s up to each state to decide the details. This means what’s covered under
habilitative services in one state might be different than what’s covered in
another state.
How do I know if the habilitative services my child needs will
be covered under my health plan?
If you already have an individual policy or small employer health plan, call
the customer service phone number for your health plan and ask for a list
of covered habilitative services.
If you’re shopping for a new health plan and need help understanding which
habilitative services are covered, go to localhelp.healthcare.gov. You can
type in your ZIP code or the name of your city or town to find a list of helpful
organizations who can work with you to choose the right plan for your family.
You can find another list of consumer assistance resources organized by
state at http://hdwg.org/catalyst/resources. Be sure to think about what
kinds of services your child needs before you choose a plan.
Where can I get more information?
To find out more about about EHBs like habilitative services, go to
www.healthcare.gov/glossary/essential-health-benefits
You can find more information about caring for children and youth with
special health care needs at www.medicalhomeinfo.org
You can find more information about health insurance for children and
youth with special health care needs at www.catalystctr.org
((((--
CATALYST Children&Youth
C E N T E R
i m p r o v i n g f i n a n c i n g o f c a r e
for
with special health car e needs
Developed by the National Center for Medical Home Implementation at the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Catalyst
Center at the Boston University School of Public Health through cooperative agreements (U43MC09134; U41MC13618) with the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
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