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AARP is hosting a free online education event for the public about Medicare and Social Security. This event promotes the trusted and unbiased Medicare expertise of the State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs). SHIP Medicare experts will offer short one-on-one counseling sessions throughout the event. They will also lead large group sessions about Medicare. Anyone interested can attend. 

Medicare topics that SHIPs will address:

In this webinar, panelists will discuss how digital transformation and technology can improve Medicaid and provide better outcomes for beneficiaries. Speakers will explain what is being done to build monitoring and oversight systems, and discuss the tools and practices led by researchers and data scientists at Mathematica. Topics of the webinar will include efforts to improve state data quality and how to use analytic models and interactive data visualization to help policymakers and administrators improve their current programs. 

In this webinar, panelists will discuss how digital transformation and technology can improve Medicaid and provide better outcomes for beneficiaries. Speakers will explain what is being done to build monitoring and oversight systems, and discuss the tools and practices led by researchers and data scientists at Mathematica. Topics of the webinar will include efforts to improve state data quality and how to use analytic models and interactive data visualization to help policymakers and administrators improve their current programs. 

In support of National Disability Employment Awareness Month DETAC is hosting this webinar to spotlight three states that implemented creative initiatives with funding to increase CIE options for individuals with disabilities. Participants will learn how these states worked with partners to develop initiatives in their respective state plans combined with innovative proposals to sustain the efforts with funding through additional sources of revenue. Speakers will share success stories that address diversity, equity, and inclusion in underserved communities.   

This webinar will be led by Erica Andres, a Training Consultant at Applied Self-Direction who has over 20 years of experience working in the Health and Human Services field and personal expertise living a self-directed life. While this session is primarily geared towards support brokers and other professionals working with self-direction programs, the key takeaways will be applicable to anyone who is nondisabled and working with the disabilities community.

This webinar will be held on Thursday, November 10, 2022 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.

CMS is looking to gather information from individual health care staff on emergency preparedness. The input and lessons-learned from this session will be used to evaluate CMS regulations regarding emergency preparedness for certain health care providers. CMS is especially interested in hearing input on these questions:

Join ACL’s Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs (ONHPP) and NCOA for a webinar about attracting new participants to congregate meal programs. This webinar will help participants understand the behaviors and preferences of older adults and congregate nutrition sites and explain ways to create a welcoming environment.

This webinar will be held on Thursday, September 29, 2022 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.

In this webinar, panelists who have received HCBS will share their experiences with person-centered supports and services. The discussion will include topics related to rights, choice, and control and how these elements can be improved and integrated into service delivery practices. Members from the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on HCBS Person-Centered Outcomes and Measurements at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab will present findings from their research of best practices for person-centered HCBS delivery from interviews with people who use and deliver HCBS.

People who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid are almost three times as likely to have Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) as people eligible for Medicare only. Join this webinar to hear about tools, resources, and strategies directly related to supporting the needs of dually eligible individuals and their caregivers. Presenters will discuss how health equity and caregiver support are addressed across ADRD programs, and describe strategies for health plans to consider to support providers in their work with caregivers.

For over a decade, state and federal policymakers have worked to better integrate Medicare and Medicaid to improve care for the more than 12 million people in the U.S. who are dually eligible for these programs.