The Marriage between Medicaid, Medicare and Military benefits and engaging the Veterans you serve
In this live 1 hour session you will learn the intersection of and specific nuances between Medicaid and VA benefits and how you can better serve aging Veterans in your community by improving your military cultural competency.
Jennifer Morgan (Moderator)
NCOA Consultant
Utah State University - Institute on Disability Research, Policy & Practice
Jennifer Morgan is the Program Manager for the COVER to COVER program and become a NCOA consultant in 2017. She has spent the past 10 years working with Area Agencies on Aging and Centers for Independent Living both in Utah and Nationally. In 2013, she helped develop COVER to COVER "Connecting Older Veterans (Especially Rural) to Community or Veteran Eligible Resources" to support the Aging & Disability Network's need to understand Veteran Benefits and VA navigation to better serve their agency's Veteran clients. The program was touted as a promising practice in 2016 by the VHA Office of Rural Health. She has great enthusiasm and expertise in engaging with agencies to find their local VA partners. Watch out for her monthly "Jen's Corner" which provides monthly tips and resources about the VA and serving Veterans!
Christina Lonigro
VSO/Veterans Initiatives Manager
Advocate Health Advisors
Christina has had a lifelong connectivity to the Veterans community through her Father’s active military service and continued contributions to the Veterans community through the American Legion for over five decades. She has had the privilege of being an Auxiliary member for nearly 30 years.
Christina serves as a Veteran Services Officer, which allows her to follow her passion for providing specific benefits expertise to Veterans on a national level. As the Advocate Health Advisors Veterans Initiative Specialist, she advises Veterans on maximum utilization of their VA, Medicare, TriCare, and other Veterans benefits culminating in the Veteran receiving maximum care at minimum costs.
Prior to joining our team, Christina worked with Veterans in the Medicare home health and hospice industry as a Patient Care Representative/VA Liaison and Advocate for 10 years. Through her compassion and understanding of Veterans and their unique care needs, she began focusing on assisting Veterans and their families navigate the VA and private health care system.
Christina serves as an active member of the Pittsburgh VA Roundtable, Veterans Community Partnership, Veterans Breakfast Club, Pennsylvania American Legion Auxiliary, PA American Legion Housing for Homeless Veterans Corporation, and has been published in the American Legion Magazine.
Cullen Wright, COL (RET) USA
Veterans Initiatives Director/ Advocate Health Advisors/COL(RET) USA
Advocate Health Advisors
Cullen Wright began his military service in 1985 as an enlisted soldier and retired after 34 years in the U.S. Army in 2019 as a Colonel.
He has served in a variety of assignments ranging from the platoon level to assignment at The Pentagon. Cullen has directed and managed organizations at the strategic, operational and tactical levels. He has received numerous awards and decorations, most notably, the Bronze Star Medal his actions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He is well versed in investigations, security, personal protection operations, doctrine writing and development, antiterrorism and continuity of operations planning. Cullen is a graduate of North Carolina State University and the United States Army War College, where he received a Master of Strategic Studies.
Cullen and his team provide our fellow Veterans subject matter expertise in the following areas: VA, CHAPVA, TRICARE, and various Medicare products allowing Veterans to receive optimal healthcare at lower costs.