Welcome to the New York Chapter of the IMIA. The IMIA's goal is for all IMIA Chapters to flourish to meet all the needs of the members of each region. While the IMIA is international it believes in the 'Think Global, Act Local' motto. We will have periodic conference calls to allow members in this region to network and find ways to advance the profession together in the region. Please email your representative with ideas, issues, and topics that you think should be discussed. The IMIA believes that organizing an IMIA Symposium each year in each state should be a key goal of the Chapter. If you are willing to volunteer to assist, please let your representative know.
Events
To find or post medical interpreting conferences or events in New York go to:
http://www.imiaweb.org/events/default.asp
Trainings
To find or post trainings and workshops in New York go to:
http://www.imiaweb.org/education/trainingnotices.asp.
Interpreters
To find IMIA members in New York go to:
http://www.imiaweb.org/corporate/find.asp
Corporate Members
To find IMIA Corporate members in New York go to:
http://www.imiaweb.org/corporate/corporatememberdirectory.asp
Registry
To be listed in the IMIA Interpreter Registry go to:
http://www.imiaweb.org/members/application.asp
NEW YORK INFORMATION & RESOURCES
Presentation For National Certification, Medicaid Coverage For Language Services & The Affordable Care Act
http://www.imiaweb.org/uploads/docs/Eric_Candle_IMIA_medicaid_coverage_presentation_12_14_2012_1.pdf
WEBINAR: NY State: Reimbursement of Medical Language Interpreter Services for Medicaid Patients
Friday, December 14, 2012
Presentation PDF Files:
> Ron Bass, NYSDOH
http://www.imiaweb.org/uploads/docs/Ron_Bass_NYSDOH_medicaid_coverage_presentation_12_14_2012.pdf
> Eric Candle, IMIA (part 1)
http://www.imiaweb.org/uploads/docs/Eric_Candle_IMIA_medicaid_coverage_presentation_12_14_2012_1.pdf
> Eric Candle, IMIA (part 2)
http://www.imiaweb.org/uploads/docs/Eric_Candle_IMIA_medicaid_coverage_presentation_12_14_2012_2.pdf
Language Access: United States Department of Justice Language Access informative presentation, please click on the link below to view.
http://www.justice.gov/crt/pressroom/videos.php?group=2
NY Decides to Reimburse Interpreters for Medicaid Patients - October 2012
http://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/program/update/2012/oct12mu.pdf
Greater New York Hospital Association
http://www.gnyha.org/1/Default.aspx
Health Care Association of New York
http://www.hanys.org/
Western New York Health Care Association
http://www.wnyha.com/
Cities for National Board Written Exams:
Alba
Cheektowaga
Fishkill
Glendale
Hauppauge/Long Island
Jamestown
Johnson City
Liverpool
Manhattan
New Rochelle
New York
Plattsburgh
Rochester
Rome
Watertown
White Plains
For more information please visit http://www.certifiedmedicalinterpreters.org/
The IMIA is pleased to announce that Eric Candle is the IMIAState Chapter Chair for New York. To reach him, please email
IMIANewYork@imiaweb.org.
Eric Candle is the President of ECdata, Inc. National Training Institute, a NY-based interpretingand cross-cultural communication training and language access consulting company and is theInternational Medical Interpreters Association (IMIA) U.S. Coordinator and NY State ChapterChair. He is a qualified medical interpreter with 15 years of professional experience at the largest NY State hospitals, a credentialed translator, and a licensed Medical Interpreter trainer.Eric teaches Medical Interpreting at the City University of New York and is a lecturer at the State University of New York. He had taught in many countries all over the world.Eric is a passionate advocate of the meaningful LEP patient's access to healthcare services and has delivered numerous presentations on professionalization of Medical Interpreting, National Certification and Language Access. His college graduation work was presented in English, German, and Russian languages.
Vice Chair Position Vacant
Responsibilities of Vice-Chair:
To assist the chair in all the tasks listed for chair as required, including chairing a meeting for the chapter should the chair not be able to attend.
Qualifications: Same as Chair
To Apply Please See Requirements for IMIA Representation:
http://www.imiaweb.org/uploads/docs/Requirements_for_IMIA_Representation.pdf.
Please Note:
Only one letter of recommendation is required for vice-chairs, not two.
Additional Documents
>Memorandum Of Support for A733 and S3740 Relating to the Provision of Language Assistance Services in Hospitals and Health Centers
>Translation and Interpretation Studies Open House March 22nd
>2010 IMIA New York Activities Report
>Endorsers of Senate Bill 3740
>April 20, 2012 Roundtable at Hunter College
