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June. 50+ Attendees gathered at the Delaware County Bar Association’s Elder Law Committee CLE Round Table Coffee Hour with President Judge Kenney. The seminar, a MUST for any lawyer that assists those 60+ with financing longterm care, featured guest presenter David Gates, Director of Policy and Senior Attorney in the Harrisburg Office for the Pennsylvania Health Law Project.
You may not know what MLTSS stands for YET, but rest assured there are huge changes coming to Medicaid and longterm care for PA residents. “Alert: Managed Care for Long-Term Care Services is Coming to Pennsylvania” Offered: 1.0 Substantive Law CLE Credit Hour Managed care begins with the introduction of a Managed Care Organization (MCO) into our long-term care delivery system. The seminar provided attendees with valuable information regarding: what role the MCO will play in terms of intake, assessment of level of care and case management for accessing Medicaid; what procedural steps will be changed to apply for Medicaid and whether these steps create any barriers to accessing the services; how COSA’s role (as our AAA) will change once we are under the managed care system; and with regards to nursing home Medicaid, how the new managed care system will work. All these issues, as well as others, fall under the new system of Managed Care for LongTerm Care Services (MLTSS) and as of April 1st of this year, there was already a significant change. Panel: President Judge Chad F. Kenney, Linda M. Anderson, Esquire, & Elizabeth T. Stefanide, Esquire Organizers: Linda M. Anderson, CELA, & Beth Stefanide, Esquire BIO- David Gates, Esq. PA Health Law Project David Gates, Esq., has been representing families and adult consumers in efforts to access services and supports under Medical Assistance and other forms of health insurance and public funding since 1976. He previously worked for the Bucks County Welfare Rights Organization, Bucks County Legal Aid, State Sen.
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Roxanne Jones, and the National Health Law Program in Washington, DC. Mr. Gates is currently a Senior Attorney with the Pennsylvania Health Law Project where he has worked since 1991. He has represented children and adults with disabilities in appeals before the Department of Public Welfare/Department of Human Services, the PA Insurance Department, Common Pleas Court, Commonwealth Court, Superior Court, the Federal District Courts for the Eastern & Middle Districts, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the PA Supreme Court. Membership, Affiliations, Training: He was a member of the Dept. of Public Welfare’s Autism Task Force, DPW’s Bureau of Autism Services’ Advisory Board, the Autism Waiver External Advisory Committee as well as the DPW’s Children’s Behavioral Health Task Force, DPW’s Home and Community Based Services Stakeholder Planning Team (“SPT”), DPW’s Advisory Committee on Employment of Persons with Disabilities and the Housing Alternatives Workgroup of the Intergovernmental Council on Long Term Care. He is currently a member of the ISAC Autism Subcommitee and the Autism Insurance Advisory Committee. He testified before the PA Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on HB 1150 which became the Autism Insurance Law and twice before the PA House Human Services Committee in 2013. After the enactment of the Autism Insurance Law, he served as a consultant to DPW on the implementation of the Act as well as serving on the DPW External Workgroup. Since 2009, Mr. Gates has done 100 trainings throughout the state, training 4500 persons, and many more before 2009. Those trainings have included certified Continuing Legal Education courses presented by the PA Bar Institute on autism, managed care and behavioral health services. He is on the Board of Autism Living and Working, a non-profit serving adults on the autism spectrum. Recognition & Awards: David Gates, Esquire, won the Rose Rosa Advocacy Award from the Mont-
gomery Co. ARC in 1996; the Striving for Excellence Award from PA Legal Services in 1999; the PA Initiative on Assistive Technology’s annual Advocacy Award in 1999 and the Philadelphia Alliance of MH/MR Provider’s annual award, also in 1999. In 2009, he received an Excellence Award from PA Legal Aid Network for his work with Homeworks, an independent living homeownership project for three individuals with disabilities. In 2016 he won an advocacy award from the ABA in PA Initiative. Our thanks to Mr. Gates for the opportunity to have him present before the Delaware County Bar Association; his many achievements are to be admired. Register at www.delcobar.org for future Round Table Coffee Hour/CLE with President Judge Kenney & The Delaware County Bar Association’s Elder Law Committee September 14, 2016 – CLE Roundtable – Coffee Hour with Judge Kenney Topic: “Elder Law Work & Banks: Why can’t we all get along?” Presenter: President Judge Chad F. Kenney, Brian Laniak & Hollie McDonald of M&T Bank, facilitated by Linda Anderson, Esquire. Time 7:45 – 8:00 Registration; 8:00 – 9:00 Seminar Cost: $5 to $35 (See registration form on-line or in your Legal Journal for details) December 14, 2016 – CLE Roundtable – Coffee Hour with Judge Kenney Topic: Elder Abuse Task Force Update Presenter: President Judge Chad F. Kenney and other invited guests, facilitated by Beth Stefanide, Esquire. Time: 7:45 – 8:00 Registration; 8:00 – 9:00 Seminar Cost: $5 to $35 (See registration form on-line or in your Legal Journal for details) n