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This webinar will highlight recent research from the Community Living Policy Center on promising practices in Managed Long-Term Services and Supports. This event will discuss promising practices and options for states to measure network adequacy of Home and Community Based Services providers. The webinar will also review practices to promote physical and programmatic accessibility of network providers for enrollees with disabilities.  

This webinar will provide an overview of the importance of falls assessment and falls prevention for older adults and their caregivers. The webinar will discuss the public health impact of falls and injuries in older adults and educate viewers on health-related factors and environmental factors that can lead to increased risk of falls or injury. During the webinar, participants will learn about concrete interventions and strategies that may help to reduce falls among dually eligible older adults.

The Arc is hosting a webinar to discuss the challenges people with I/DD and mental health needs and their families face. This webinar will review two recent projects that studied the needs of these individuals how to better support people and their families. 

Mathematica’s Center for Studying Disability Policy is hosting a webinar on how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 affects individuals with disabilities. In particular, this webinar will address how the ACA impacted access to health insurance for people with disabilities.

The National Council on Independent Living's (NCIL) Annual Conference is the largest Independent Living event of the year. NCIL regularly hosts over 1,000 people, including grassroots advocates, CIL and SILC leadership, members of Congress, government officials, and representatives from other major organizations that work for justice and equity for people with disabilities.

The theme of NCIL’s 2019 Annual Conference on Independent Living is IGNITE. 

The growing population of older adults is creating unprecedented pressure on our health care system and social safety net. States, MCOs, area agencies on aging, health care providers, and community-based organizations must include the implications of the Chronic Care Act (CCA) into their ongoing strategies for serving adults with complex care needs. This webinar will help chart that course and identify the key components of the CCA most likely to affect you in 2019.

The presenter for this webinar will be Tamyra Porter, Director of Healthcare at Navigant. 

The Employment Policy and Measurement Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (EPM-RRTC) State of the Science Conference will be held on Tuesday, February 12, 2019. Following this event, the Annual Disability Statistics Compendium Event on Wednesday, February 13. These events are both held in Washington DC and offer both in-person and webcast participation options.  The agenda, presenters, and logon procedures (for web viewers) will be emailed to attendees as they become available.

Registration for this event is free.