2024 Nebraska AAP Fall Conference
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NEAAP Award Nominations
Nominations are now open for two NEAAP Awards:
Outstanding Child Advocate of the Year
- Recognize a NEAAP member who has contributed to the improvement of child health care at the chapter level. It can also be given for either a special project or for years of service on behalf of children.
- Nominee must be a current Nebraska Chapter AAP member.
- Nomination must be submitted from a current Nebraska Chapter AAP member.
- Consideration Criteria: active involvement in Chapter service or initiatives, involvement in advocacy or community awareness on behalf of child health, involvement in special projects, committees or activities that serve the needs of Nebraska children.
Friend of Child Health
- Non-medical or medical provider outside of pediatrics (i.e. community leader, lawmaker, provider in a non-pediatric related field)
- Nomination must be submitted from a current Nebraska Chapter AAP member.
- Consideration Criteria: performs outstanding service to the betterment of the health of the children and adolescents of the state of Nebraska.
Please note the following restrictions:
- Individuals may only nominate one person for each individual award.
- Current members of the NEAAP Executive Committee are ineligible to receive these awards.
Deadline for Nominations: Friday, September 10, 2024
Award recipients will be determined by the NEAAP Executive Committee and will be announced at the NEAAP Fall Conference on Friday, October 18, 2024.
Medicaid Coverage Resources
Families who are no longer eligible for Medicaid may still be eligible for other types of free or low-cost coverage.
Nebraska DHHS: Preparing to Renew Medicaid Coverage
ACCESSNebraska : The Department of Health and Human Services administers and manages eligibility for Medicaid and Economic Assistance programs through ACCESSNebraska.
How Pediatricians Can Help Children Stay Covered
From AAP President Sandy Chung, MD, FAAP:
“…A change is coming to Medicaid coverage: a policy that kept millions of children continuously enrolled in Medicaid during the COVID-19 public health emergency will end on March 31.
What can you do?
Families who are no longer eligible for Medicaid may lose their coverage, but they may still be eligible for other types of free or low-cost coverage. This process of redetermining the eligibility of everyone enrolled in Medicaid is being called the “unwinding.”
When is this change actually happening?
Over the next 14 months, states must check whether every person currently enrolled in Medicaid is still eligible, then either renew or terminate that person’s coverage. Every state decides their own timeline for eligibility redeterminations; while some will come now, others won’t get them for months. April 1 is the first day that states may begin disenrolling individuals who are no longer eligible for Medicaid. At least five states are already sending renewal applications, and more states will begin sending notices and renewal applications in April and May. I hope these resources help you prepare.”