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Consumer Voice and representatives from CMS will be providing an overview of CMS's new Phase 3 guidance for nursing homes. The new guidance was released on June 29, 2022, and is the result of CMS's 2016 revisions to the Medicare Requirements for Participation for Nursing Homes. The guidance is required to be followed by state oversight agencies when surveying and assessing nursing home compliance with the federal regulations.

 

This webinar will be held on Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. ET.

 

During this webinar, experts from Altarum Medicare-Medicaid Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Center for Health Care Strategies, Arnold Ventures, and the state of Virginia will highlight new state tools provided by the CMS CY 2023 MA and Part D Rule to integrate care for this population with Medicare Advantage Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs). They will also discuss state capacity to take on dual integration and spotlight the state of Virginia’s journey using innovative program approaches to advancing this important work.

 

ADvancing States and NASHP are hosting a webinar on Direct Service Workers and Direct Service Professional initiatives. Speakers from Missouri and Indiana will share initiatives taking place in their state. The webinar will include information on a direct support professional apprentice program, a value based purchasing model for training direct support professionals, and a direct service worker Advisory Board.

 

This webinar will be held on Monday, July 18 at 4:00 p.m. ET.

 

In recognition of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) Anniversary, this session will provide an overview of the reasonable modification rule of U.S. DOT. This rule helps clarify and guide providers to ensure that people with disabilities have opportunities to use accessible transportation and to be connected to their communities. A crucial element for providing quality accessible transportation is to have a clear and formalized process in place for handling reasonable modification requests by customers.

ACL’s Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs (ONHPP) is hosting a webinar on combating food insecurity with collaboration. Participants will learn how food insecurity affects older adults, how federal programs, including ACL’s National Senior Nutrition Program, are addressing food insecurity in communities, and how to engage potential collaborators among community stakeholders to improve food access among older adults.

 

This webinar will be held on Thursday, July 21, 2022 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.

 

The President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID) will host a virtual meeting for its members to identify emerging topics to examine in the Committee's Report to the President. All the PCPID meetings are open to the public. Comments and suggestions from people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are strongly encouraged.

 

This meeting with be held on Thursday, July 28, 2022 from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.