Insurance 101: Confidently Navigate the Complex World of Health Insurance

Insurance 101: Confidently Navigate the Complex World of Health Insurance

Health insurance is a complex subject and our student body often depends on us to educate them on insurance. This session will provide an overview of health insurance fundamentals and then build upon those to discuss the strategies Iowa State University has put in to place to help students and parents, such as: access and networks; uninsured and underinsured students; Medicaid; transparency efforts; sliding fee scales; and tools and resources the university offers to students and parents.

Session Information

Format: Self-paced, recorded webinar
Original Recording Date: August 13, 2020

Release Date: August 13, 2020
Expiration Date: May 19, 2022
After the expiration date, this webinar will no longer be accessible for viewing or downloading.
CE Credit must be requested by the expiration date.

Cost: 
$25 for ACHA individual members
$50 for nonmembers

Fees are nonrefundable.

Speaker(s)

Sara Parris, MHA, CHWP
Iowa State University

Jamie Wingert, BA
Iowa State University

Intended Audience

• Administrator 
• Health Information Management Professional
• Nurse
• Physician

Learning Objectives

After this session, participants should be able to:

1. Discuss insurance terms and what they mean to your school and your patient.
2. Describe what a Provider-Hospital Organization is and why you might want to join one.
3. List strategies to ensure that cost isn’t a barrier for uninsured or underinsured students.
4. List 2-3 strategies/tools you can implement immediately to teach students and parents about insurance.

Program Planning Committee

Resolution of Potential Conflicts of Interest — Program Planning Committee
Committee members have completed conflict of interest statements regarding relationships with commercial entities.

• Melanie Trost, MD, has disclosed that her spouse owns general stock in Gilead Sciences.
• Ryan Patel has disclosed that he owns stock in Pfizer, GSK, Celgene, and Abbvie.

All other Program Planning Committee members have reported no relevant conflicts of interest.

• Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee Roster

Credit and Disclosures

Types of Credit Available

Refer to the Continuing Education Key.

• CME: 1.0 
• CNE: 1.0
• CPEU: 1.0
• CHWP: This activity counts as one elective towards completion of the CHWP certification program.

Instructions for Obtaining Credit (or certificate of attendance)

Select the "Contents" tab above (registered users only) for access to the following components. It is estimated that it will require one hour to view the webinar and complete the post-test. Credit must be requested by the program expiration date (see "Overview" tab above).

Step 1:  View the webinar video in its entirety.

Step 2:  Complete the mandatory Post-test for CE Credit.

Step 3:  Select the certificate for the type of credit you are requesting. Select "Certificate of Attendance" if no credit is being requested. 

Statements and Disclosures

Continuing Education

The American College Health Association (ACHA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

ACHA designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Approver Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This activity has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration for 1.0 CPEUs. 

Successful Completion/Post Test

It is the policy of the American College Health Association that when a post-test is required upon completion of a continuing education activity, participants must receive a passing grade of 80%. If participants receive a grade lower than 80%, they will be given the opportunity to re-take the post-test one time. If they receive 80% or higher the second time, they will be awarded continuing education credits/contact hours for the activity. We encourage participants to complete the post-test immediately after viewing the download.

Conflicts of Interest
A conflict of interest occurs when an individual has an opportunity to affect educational content about health-care products or services of a commercial company with which she/he has a financial relationship.

All planners and presenters of this activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with any commercial companies pertaining to this activity.

Off-Label Product Use
This educational activity does not include any unannounced information about off-label use of a product for a purpose other than that for which it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).