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States are pursuing new policy avenues. Managed care is evolving. And providers need to help clients find access to a system with ever-shrinking resources. This webinar will examine the various ways states are addressing their Medicaid challenge, and how those changes could impact you. 

Learn how these trends could affect you in 2019: 

“Most of the world will make decisions by either guessing or using their gut. They will be either lucky or wrong.”- Suhail Doshi, CEO, Mixpanel

NCOA is hosting a webinar focused on connecting older veterans with needed resources and benefits. This webinar will address the common communication problem that occurs as a result of veterans unfamiliar with the landscape of non-military related benefits and aging and disability counselors unfamiliar with the network of veteran benefits. The webinar will describe the three branches of the Veterans Administration (VA) and outline the  benefits connected to each branch.

This webinar will discuss opportunities for community-based social service organizations to leverage their programming and community expertise and build partnerships. In particular, the webinar will focus on specific considerations for organizations looking to form new partnerships.

Speakers from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), HHS Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS’ Office on Civil Rights (HHS-OCR) and Administration for Community Living will present findings and model practices that were published in early 2018 in the joint OIG-ACL-OCR report entitled, “Ensuring Beneficiary Health & Safety in Group Homes” as well as GAO’s recent inquiry entitled, “Improved Federal Oversight of Beneficiary Health & Welfare is Needed.” Recommendations/actions implemented by CMS as a result of these inquiries

This webinar will discuss the All of US Research Program, an inclusive national research program. The focus of this webinar will be how advocates, researchers and people with disabilities can engage with this research program. Presenters will include speakers from HCM Strategists, the All of Us Research Program Engagement Team and the American Association on Health and Disability. Following the presentation, attendees will have a chance to ask questions of the panelists.

The Center for Health Care Strategies is hosting a webinar on CDC’s 6|18 Initiative. The webinar will introduce the Initiative and highlight recent accomplishments from participating Medicaid-public health teams. Medicaid and public health representatives from Colorado and Nevada will describe key activities, collaboration strategies, and lessons from their efforts to reduce tobacco use and prevent type 2 diabetes under the 6|18 Initiative. The webinar will also introduce CHCS’ Resource Center for Implementing CDC’s 6|18 Initiative.

The Medicare Learning Network is hosting an informational call on the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) Wednesday June 20 from 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. ET.