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The Administration for Community Living is hosting a webinar to provide tips on navigating the No Wrong Door Medicaid Administrative Claiming Workbook and Toolkit and to feature states that are currently claiming. This toolkit can help guide states through the process of implementing Medicaid claiming. It offers downloadable tools and templates, including PowerPoint presentations to help engage partners and stakeholders, a cost simulator, claiming code guidance, cost allocation spreadsheets, and more.

The National Disability Institute and Prosperity Now are hosting a webinar to discuss the findings of the 2018 Prosperity Now Scorecard including, for the first time, data specifically on the financial health of people with disabilities. The Prosperity Now Scorecard is a resource for data on household financial health and policy recommendations to help put everyone in our country on a path to prosperity.

In 2017, one in three Medicare beneficiaries was enrolled in a private Medicare Advantage plan and received Medicare benefits through Medicare Part C. Enrollment is growing each year, and this webinar will help professionals assisting older adults to have a basic understanding of how Medicare Advantage plans work. Presenters will discuss the difference between Medicare Advantage and Original Medicare; the Medicare Advantage enrollment process; different types of Medicare Advantage plans; and tips and suggestions for helping older adults navigate Medicare Advantage and appeals.

When community-based organizations (CBOs) develop a business plan, environmental scanning is a key first step. Environmental scanning can help CBOs identify internal and external factors, potential competitors, comparatives, complements, and collaborators. This webinar is being hosted by the Aging and Disability Business Institute and participants from the NCOA Network Development Learning Collaborative will present their insights and experiences on environmental scanning and market analysis.

The national discussion about various health care reform proposals has raised public awareness and visibility of Medicaid’s role as the key funding source for LTSS. However, LTSS is not an issue many Americans think about until it is needed. It is essential that states understand and prepare for these impacts on this critical part of our health care systems.

The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is hosting a webinar to discuss the use of motivational interviewing in the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) program and other evidence-based initiatives. The presenters will discuss how motivational interviewing can be implemented to empower older adults to adopt healthy behaviors. Motivational interviewing helps individuals explore and resolve ambivalence by using a person-centered style of interaction that helps promote behavior change.

The Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) is hosting a webinar to discuss policy strategies, operational steps, and federal and state authorities that leading states have used to increase access to community-based care and improve integration of LTSS with other Medicaid and Medicare-covered services. This webinar will also highlight opportunities and challenges that states faced in pursuing different reforms to help guide policymakers that are seeking to improve care delivery, person-centeredness, and cost-effectiveness of Medicaid LTSS.

The Aging and Disability Business Institute is hosting a webinar on building strong community partnerships, developing diversified revenue streams and fee-for-service programs, and with how traditional aging programs can also be presented as value-added services through strategic marketing, even in a challenging rural environment. Presenters will also discuss the importance of measured outcomes to the marketing and development plan.

Learning objectives include:

Understand the challenges that AAAs and CBOs face in maintaining and growing programs and revenue;

The Aging Network plays a critical role in delivering services to older adults across the country. Yet, LGBT older adults often remain invisible and may not seek services due to fear of, and experiences with, discrimination. In 2017, SAGE’s National Resource Center on LGBT Aging released the guide Strengthen Your State and Local Aging Plan: A Practical Guide for Expanding LGBT Inclusion. Join this webinar to hear from State Units on Aging who have been successful in including LGBT older adults in their state plans.