About this Event
This year’s MA SMP Program’s Statewide Conference will highlight and explore the vital importance of engaging and including diverse perspectives and amplifying the voices of older consumers, to address the primary care challenges in the Commonwealth. Only through deliberate inclusion can equitable healthcare be achieved and costs contained.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Julita Mir is an Internist and Infectious Diseases physician graduate of the Boston University School of Medicine. She completed her medical degree at the Universidad Central de Venezuela where she developed a passion for community health and serving the most vulnerable populations. She has a 20+ year career working as a clinician in Boston’s federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). Over the years Dr. Mir has held multiple leadership positions, including being the Chief Medical Officer for DotHouse Health in Dorchester, MA, and most recently the Chief Medical Officer of Community Care Cooperative (C3), a Massachusetts Medicaid Accountable Care Organization where she led FQHCs on their journey toward value-based models of care.
The conference workshops will offer a comprehensive understanding of the following:
• How to detect, protect, and report healthcare errors, fraud, and abuse and spot scams
• How to navigate the health benefits eligibility maze and cost-saving programs for Medicare beneficiaries
• Consumers’ rights to accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Challenges associated with Electronic Medical Records and using Patient Portals
• Demographic disparities in the patient experience and how to address them through a culturally sensitive lens
For more information, contact Sara Sturdivant at 800-892-0890 ext.1478 or [email protected].
The mission of the Massachusetts Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) Program is to raise awareness about the importance of engaging older adults, family members, caregivers, and professionals to prevent, detect, and report healthcare errors, fraud, and abuse. Together we can achieve equitable healthcare and cost containment.
This conference is supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $613,506.00 with 100 percent funding by ACL/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by ACL/HHS, or the U.S. Government.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center, 181 Boston Post Road West, Marlborough, United States
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