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Transg sgen ender er Ser ervices es Benefit s Collabora rat ive 11/9/2015 Kimberley Smith Benefits Collaborative Coordinator Our M r Mis ission ion I mproving health care access and outcomes for the people we serve while demonstrating

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Transg sgen ender er Ser ervices es Benefit s Collabora rat ive

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Kimberley Smith Benefits Collaborative Coordinator

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Our M r Mis ission ion

I mproving health care access and

  • utcomes for the people we serve

while demonstrating sound stewardship of financial resources

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Wha hat i t is t he t he B Bene nefit s t s Collab

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ive Proc rocess?

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  • Identifies what services are covered by Colorado

Medicaid.

  • Defines the appropriate amount, scope and duration of a

covered service.

  • States determination of whether a given service is

medically necessary.

  • Describes the service.
  • Lists who is eligible to provide and receive said service

and where.

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What ’s My R Role Here Tod

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Your Role

Participants Are Consultants

Your role is to provide suggestions for policy improvement based on:

  • Evidence based research and data
  • Peer reviewed literature
  • Knowledge of the population we serve
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Guiding Principles

Policy Suggestions Adopted Will:

  • Be guided by recent clinical research and

evidence based best practices, wherever possible.

  • Be cost effective and establish reasonable

limits upon services.

  • Promote the health and functioning of

Medicaid clients.

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Guiding Principles

What is meant by “recent clinical research” ?

  • A body of research based on consistent

clinical results that speaks to the efficacy of a treatment.

  • Fields of medicine evolve at different rates.

Generally, research is considered “recent” when within the last three years.

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Guiding Principles

What is meant by “evidence based best practice” ?

  • Best practices are generally defined by

professional organizations, representing practitioners who administer the service(s) in question.

  • Best practices are typically derived from the

type of clinical research already mentioned.

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Guiding Principles

What is meant by “cost effective” ?

  • A service must be effective in relation to its cost.
  • Example: the cost of providing Breast and Cervical Cancer

Screening to all clients with a family history is offset by the effectiveness of early detection and the money saved through prevention.

What “cost effective” does not mean:

  • Cost effective does not mean cheap or ineffective.
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Our Role

  • To seek out the feedback of the population

we serve and those that support them.

  • To implement suggested improvements that

meet the collaborative’s guiding principles.

  • To foster understanding in the community

about how policy is developing, and why.

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Ground Rules

Participants Are Asked To:

  • Mind E-manners
  • Identify Yourself
  • Speak Up Here & Share The Air
  • Listen for Understanding
  • Stay Solution Focused
  • Stay Scope Focused
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Transg sgen ender er Ser ervices es

Kimberley Smith Benefits Collaborative Coordinator

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Terminology

Transgender

A transgender person is someone whose sex at birth is different from who they know they are

  • n the inside.

Many transgender people are prescribed hormones by their doctors to change their

  • bodies. Some undergo surgery as well.
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Terminology

Transition

The time when a person begins to live as the gender with which they identify rather than the gender they were assigned at birth. Altering one’s birth sex is not a one-step procedure; it is a complex process that occurs

  • ver a long period of time.
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Terminology

Transition

Transition includes some or all of the following personal, medical and legal steps:

  • Telling one’s family, friends, and co-workers;
  • Using a different name and new pronouns;
  • Dressing differently;
  • Changing ones’ name and/or sex on legal documents;
  • Hormone therapy; and possibly (though not always)
  • One or more types of surgery

The exact steps involved in transition vary from person to person.

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Terminology

Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) Also

known as Gender Confirmation Surgery

Refers to doctor-supervised surgical interventions, including those sometimes also referred to as “top surgery” (breast augmentation or removal) or “bottom surgery” (altering genitals), and is only one small part of transition. These surgical interventions are medically necessary for some people, however not all people want, need or can have surgery as part of their transition.

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Terminology

Terms to Avoid

Please refer to pages 5-6 of the GLAAD Media Reference Guide provided for a list of problematic and defamatory terms. Defamatory language should never be used.

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Gen ener eral Disc scussi ssion of Pro roposed Policy

Kimberley Smith Benefits Collaborative Coordinator

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Next Meeting: Surgery

February 16th 2:30-4pm 303 E 16th Ave, 7B

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Than ank Y You

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