274768 Preparing to Operate in the Exchange: A Case Study from Nevada

Monday, October 29, 2012 : 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM

Bobbette Bond, MPH , Director, Public Policy, Culinary Health Fund, Las Vegas, NV
The Culinary Health Fund provides health care benefits to about 140,000 participants in the Las Vegas area. Hospitality Health, co-sponsored by the Culinary Health Fund, has been awarded the Nevada Co-Op created under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Hospitality Health is the only fund to sponsor one of the ACA Co-Ops, which will be ready to operate on the exchange in October 2013.

Learning Areas:
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Describe how Hospitality Health prepared to operate on the exchange.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have worked in public health, health care coverage, and health care quality and advocacy for 27 years. I worked at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, and in Washington DC. I have worked for the Southern Nevada Health District on community health initiatives before joining the Culinary Health Fund as their communications and patient advocacy director.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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