BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center is helping people prepare for updated Medicaid requirements in the new year.
Community leaders and residents came together on Wednesday to review new work and community engagement rules. Organizers said attendees were connected with job training, employment and volunteer opportunities to allow people to maintain their benefits.
“Our outcome is to have a strong unified Niagara Medicaid Collaborative that works together to prevent people from losing their Medicaid coverage because they don’t respond to requests or they don’t bother to follow through on workforce or volunteer opportunities,” Sheila Kee, executive director of special initiatives at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, said…