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Learn how migraine disease may affect us in the workplace and how we can best arm ourselves to fight back.  

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Expert Guest: Lindsay Videnieks, JD, Executive Director, Headache and Migraine Policy Forum 

Learn how migraine disease may affect us in the workplace and how we can best arm ourselves to fight back.

Questions Answered in this Webcast:

  • – What percentage of people in the workplace have migraine?
  • – There has been a shift in workplace culture during the Covid-19 pandemic; can you describe it and its impact to people with migraine?
  • – For those who have benefited from flexible work arrangements, how can they advocate (to their employer) for continued flexibility?
  • – If you have been denied insurance coverage for a migraine medication, what happens next? Where can you turn?
  • – When should an employee turn to HR for help, and what can HR do?
  • – What do you think the greatest access barriers for the migraine community will be going forward?
  • – How and when do you disclose about your migraine?
  • – How do we request accommodations?
  • – Why does migraine not show up in Claims Data?
  • – Why should employers care about migraine in their workplace?

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Lindsay Videnieks, JD

Lindsay Videnieks, JD is Executive Director of the Headache and Migraine Policy Forum (HMPF), a diverse stakeholder coalition which brings together policy-minded partners that care about patient access. HMPF helped convene the migraine community to prepare comprehensive input during the ICER review of the first FDA-approved CGRP therapy and uses a campaign approach to help improve patient access to all therapeutic options on a state and federal level. She is a member of the bar in the State of Maryland and resides in Washington, D.C. with her husband and three children.

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