This page includes resources for the Illinois Service Coordinator Community of Practice (IL SC CoP) Forum meetings on Facilitating Team Meetings. If you plan to participate in the forum, please follow our Community Guidelines (pdf). This topic's resource list (below) will be updated as the forum progresses.
Description
Service coordinators and other CFC personnel are invited to connect with EI billing and insurance experts at the Central Billing Office (CBO or EI-CBO). This is a Q&A forum that addresses questions related to how EI is funded and the use of insurance for EI services. Topics may include (and are not limited to) insurance benefits verification, waivers, exemptions, authorizations, family participation fees, and health savings accounts. Participants can attend as they see fit based on their questions/needs. Before participating, we encourage you to complete a pre-survey to submit questions in advance. See IL SC Forum schedule for times and date.
Objectives:
- Opportunity to gain answers to frequently asked questions from the EI billing and insurance experts at the CBO
- Gain confidence in explaining how EI is funded and insurance to families and caregivers so they can make informed decisions
- Gain a sense of community and learn new ways to navigate financial and insurance conversations from/with peers and EITP facilitators
Registration is required
Visit the IL SC Forum schedule to register for the meeting(s) on "Navigating Financial & Insurance Conversations (w/ CBO)". Once registered, you will get a confirmation email that contains a pre-survey and Zoom information on how to join the meeting. Registrants are encouraged to submit questions in advance for each forum via the pre-survey, as those pre-submitted questions will be prioritized during the forum.
EI Credit for Participation
1.25 hours in the EI Content Area of Working with Families will be awarded to participants.
Resources
Click a section to find resources associated with the following topics:
EI-CBO is your best resource for all your billing and insurance concerns! The EI-CBO website facilitates information sharing with early intervention providers, early intervention program participants (parents or guardians), and Child and Family Connections agencies.
This page is specifically for Service Coordinators and other CFC staff and contains videos, job aids, forms, and instructions.
This page of frequently asked questions (FAQs) from CFCs can help answer common questions.
This page of FAQs from Families can be a helpful resource when talking to families. It includes common questions from families and answers from EICBO.
Contains procedures, policies, and forms for Service Coordinators related to insurance and billing.
These modules are part of the "Service Coordination Online" training sponsored by the Early Intervention Training Program. To view all resources for SC Online training, please visit https://go.illinois.edu/SCOnlineResources.
Topics include:
Resources by Topics of Interest
Paying for EI Services
Using Insurance to Pay for EI Services
Difference between self-funded and fully insured plans:
- Fully-insured plan—employer purchases insurance from an insurance company. The insurance company assumes the risk of providing health coverage for insured events.
- Self-funded plan—employer provides health benefits directly to employees and pays the claims as they occur. The insurance company administers the plan and processes claims. The employer assumes the risk of providing health coverage for insured events.
Non-employer Self-funded and Self-funded Plans are covered in the following sections of Section 4 of SC Online training:
Insurance Benefit Verification (BV)
Insurance Waivers
Insurance Exemptions
- Insurance Exemptions Overview (pdf) from the forum's slides - defines an exemption, lists reasons for exemptions, and outlines process, timelines, and impacts for exemptions.
Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
Family Fee
Documentation
