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The healthcare landscape is changing rapidly and the need for home and community-based services (HCBS) is rising. Becoming familiar with new terminology, understanding the healthcare marketplace and developing partnerships in your network are essential to a program's sustainability. This webinar is part of a four-part series that will be led by Timothy McNeil, RN, MPH, an independent healthcare consultant with a specialty in health program sustainability.

The healthcare landscape is changing rapidly and the need for home and community-based services (HCBS) is rising. Becoming familiar with new terminology, understanding the healthcare marketplace and developing partnerships in your network are essential to a program's sustainability. This webinar is part of a four-part series that will be led by Timothy McNeil, RN, MPH, an independent healthcare consultant with a specialty in health program sustainability.

Helping clients to apply for benefits is sometimes a complex process, not least because the eligibility requirements can vary widely between core programs. At the same time, agencies administering each have their own terminology that can be confusing for those unfamiliar with the program.

This NCOA Webinar will address these issues, including:

This presentation will highlight the National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative (NDNRC) and the NDNRC’s leadership in conducting outreach to the disability community to encourage enrollment.

The National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative is an initiative aimed at providing cross-disability information and support to Navigators and other enrollment specialists, thereby ensuring people with disabilities receive accurate information when selecting, enrolling and/or re-enrolling in insurance through the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces.

Speakers include:

This webinar will offer a re-introduction to the National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative (NDNRC) and explain how the NDNRC is helping lead efforts to conduct outreach to the disability community to encourage enrollment. The presentation will detail ways to get involved in helping people with disabilities get the healthcare coverage they need.

Presenters: Karl D. Cooper, Esq.

This webinar will feature a representative from the White House Office of Public Engagement on healthcare coverage outreach and enrollment for people with disabilities. The presentation will serve as a re-introduction to the National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative (NDNRC) and will engage participants to think about what questions a person with a disability needs to consider when examining their health care options in the ACA Marketplace.

The webinar will feature Secretary of the Deleware Department of Health and Social Services Rita Landgraf. As Secretary, Landgradf oversees one of the largest departments in the Delaware government, with an annual budget of over $1 billion. Her work is on the cutting edge of best practices, offering proven models that other states can follow in their own implementation in order to achieve win-win-win solutions for people with disabilities, employers, and taxpayers alike.

In this webinar, the National Training Program team will provide an overview of Medicare’s compare websites, including Hospital Compare, Home Health and Dialysis Compare, and Nursing Home Compare.
 
Join the webinar at https://webinar.cms.hhs.gov/ntplearnseriesfeb2015/. Webinar audio will be provided through your computer speakers.

Each month the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services offer an update webinar featuring subject matter experts who share information on current topics to keep you up-to-date.

Join the audio portion of the webinar by calling 1-800-603-1774, conference ID: 43063162, and join the webinar at https://webinar.cms.hhs.gov/ntpupdatewebinar020315/.

This webinar will discuss strategies and best practices for preventing and advocating for residents facing involuntary discharge from a nursing home. Panelists will consider how those strategies and best practices apply if the resident is in an assisted living facility. The agenda includes a review of best practices for supporting residents and families, identifying legal support, appealing discharge notices, and more.
 
Presenters:
• Eric Carlson, Co-Directing Attorney, National Senior Citizens Law Center