Insurance for Individuals with Disabilities

Please join Southwest ADA Center at ILRU for a webcast on "Insurance Coverage: Issues, Strategies and Solutions". Beth Sufian, J.D., will present the webcast on "Insurance Coverage: Issues, Strategies and Solutions" Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 2:00pm Central.

Beth's presentation will provide information on options for health insurance coverage or government benefits. The presentation will also provide information on COBRA, FMLA and address issues faced by parents of children with disabilities. Beth Sufian is an attorney with Sufian & Passamano in Houston, Texas. She has a civil litigation practice focusing on health insurance appeals, long term disability appeals, Medicaid and Medicare appeals, employee benefits, and cases arising under the Social Security Act. She represents employers and healthcare entities with matters related to insurance and employee benefits. She is the director of the Cystic Fibrosis Legal Information Hotline and Cystic Fibrosis Social Security Project and serves on the boards of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and United States Adult Cystic Fibrosis Association. She was recognized as a Time Magazine Local Hero.

To link to this webcast and download accompanying materials visit our webcast calendar at http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/calendar.html For instructions on how to access a webcast visit:http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/instructions.html Please visit this site ahead of time to test and ensure your computer is configured and updated to participate in the webcast. For technical assistance, please check out our FAQs (frequently asked questions) at: http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/FAQ.html or contact a webcast team member at webcast@ilru.org or 713.520.0232 (v/tty). This webcast is supported through the DBTAC - Southwest ADA Center, a project of ILRU. Southwest ADA Center (www.SouthwestADA.org) is one of ten Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs) funded to provide training, technical assistance and materials dissemination on the ADA and other disability-related laws.