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Join us for our interactive, informational Webinar on Tuesday, February 26 at...
via Join with us for our interactive, informational Webinar on Tuesday, February 26 at noon ET | The National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters. Filed under: International Medical...
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Medicaid Reimbursement Now Available For Medical Language Interpreting...
“Providers of outpatient health services who utilize medical interpreting services are now eligible for reimbursement through Medicaid Managed Care and Family Health Plus Plans,” said Theresa Slater,...
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State Lawmakers Consider Medical Interpretation Bill @imianews
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 By Megan Burks The meeting itself drove home the necessity of interpretation. Outfitted with headsets receiving signals from several interpreters, residents speaking...
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Public Service Announcement from the National Board of Certification for...
For more information on the National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters, visit their website at http://www.certifiedmedicalinterpreters.org Filed under: International Medical Interpreters...
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California may provide interpreters for patients on Medi-Cal #interpreters
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Program assistant Mayra Dittman (L) helps Juanita Gilbert get up to walk at the Lifelong Medical Marin Adult Day Health Care Center on February 10, 2011 in Novato,...
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Lawmakers Consider Bill to Create Health Care Interpreters Program
(Sacramento, CA) Tuesday, April 02, 2013 Ellen Wu of the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network says everyone who has health insurance in California is already guaranteed language interpretation. But in...
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Wrong time to add expense of medical interpreter bill OUR VIEW –The Modesto Bee
Assembly Bill 1263 by Speaker John A. Pérez seeks to improve and expand medical interpreter services for Medi-Cal patients. Access to care can be difficult if patients don’t speak English well....
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Insurers need to view interpreters as medical necessity –via Boston Globe
Your front-page article “Airing medical mistakes” (April 10) details Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s courageous approach to fixing its service delivery problems. One of the problems noted was that of...
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Thank you to Tina Peña, Chair, National Board of Certification for Medical...
As a co-founder of this important Board, I am so proud of her—and of course the entire Board ! Thank you Tina for your amazing service to the industry and to this important cause. You all continue...
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Lack of standards for Oregon medical interpreters raises issues about training
Doctors who don’t understand the language of their patients rely on interpreters to explain everything from a diagnosis to prescription routines. And although Oregon is one of only a handful of states...
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An important PSA from our National Board of Certification for Medical...
Filed under: Interpreters, Language Access, Language Barriers, Language Certification, Medical Interpreters, National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters (NBCMI) Tagged: IMIA,...
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Congratulations to Dr. David Cardona, MD, MPH – Spirit of the Industry Award...
Dr. David Cardona, MD, MPH. Language Access & Health Care Interpreter Certification Program Coordinator Office of Equity and Inclusion OHA Tina Peña, Chair, National Board of Certification for...
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California Interpreters Push State for More Trained Interpreters
One in five Californians speak English less than “very well.” During the next five years, with the implementation of health care reform, more than 3 million Californians will require language...
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Foundation Launches to Accelerate Certification
NEW YORK, N.Y., June 26, 2013 (Eteligis via Accesswire) — Louis F. Provenzano, language advocate, co-founder of the National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters, and a renowned interpreter...
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IMIA 2013 Administrators and Trainers Symposia for medical Interpreter...
To read more about this Symposia, click the link below. http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=2546552&type=member&item=257602062&commentID=150227425#commentID_150227425 Filed...
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CA DWC Final Interpreter Services Regulations Now in Effect –via...
Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has approved the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s (DWC) final version of interpreter services regulations, one of...
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Patient-interpreter bill aims to overcome language barriers –via LA Times
By Titania Kumeh August 18, 2013, 4:57 p.m. Five years ago, Julio Perez’s mother didn’t understand what the doctors and nurses were saying. Her 4-year-old son, Perez’s younger brother, was on a...
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Q&A with Louis Provenzano and Izabel Arocha –via GALA
Q&A with Louis Provenzano and Izabel Arocha October 03, 2013 Recently, GALA asked Louis Provenzano, longtime interpreting advocate and former CEO of Language Line Services, about his new...
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Need help with passing an interpreter Examination? #interpreter
Good read ! Please pass on. This got very good reviews. Good luck ! Filed under: Interpreters Tagged: Certification for Medical Interpreters, Interpreter Exams, National Board of Certification for...
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Iowa hospitals interpret the best way to care for patients –via The Gazette
Elia Zarate hovered close to her 4-month-old son’s hospital crib as the nurse explained an infection baby Omar had developed just a few days before Thanksgiving. Omar, with tubes in his nose and clad...
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