With new coverage options available under the Affordable Care Act including the expansion of Medicaid in Ohio more Ohioans now have the opportunity to maintain continuous health coverage. UHCAN Ohio wants to ensure that coverage leads to better health and a reduction of racial and ethnic health disparities. Thus, for the past several years, we
UHCAN Ohio’s approach to outreach and enrollment is based on creating an infrastructure of sustainable faith and community-based sites in communities of color and using trusted people and organizations to provide outreach, education, enrollment assistance, follow-up, and health literacy information. We recruit persons from the communities to become trained Certified Application Counselors (CACs) and provide
The Ohio Consumer Voice for Integrated Care (OCVIC) is a coalition led by UHCAN Ohio to assure that the managed care plans meets the needs of the adults on the MyCare Ohio Plan. MyCare Ohio is a demonstration program that coordinates physical, behavioral, and long-term care services for individuals over the age of 18 who
UHCAN Ohio is working to preserve Medicaid. In 2013 and 2014 UHCAN Ohio helped to lead the charge to expand Medicaid. We worked with organizations across the state to urge our state legislators to approve Medicaid expansion in Ohio. As a result, since January 2014, when Medicaid Expansion was implemented, over 650,000 more Ohioans have
The Problem: In 2000 the Ohio Department of Health declared that dental care was the number one unmet health need for children and low-income adults in our state. To this day affordable care has been out of reach for too many Ohioans. More than 1.5 million Ohioans live in Ohio’s 84 Dental Health Professional Shortage
Last week we delivered a Lawmaker Letter which provided state lawmakers with details about the safety, quality care, education, and training of the dental therapist just days before the professional dental lobby group held its “day at the statehouse.” We wanted to let legislators know that they do not speak for all dentists or the
