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Strategic Roadmap for Advancing Digital Quality Measurement

Event Description: 

Join CMS for a webinar, "Strategic Roadmap for Advancing Digital Quality Measurement." This presentation will highlight CMS's multipronged strategy to provide better access to usable, timely data to improve quality measurement and patient care. CMS will host this presentation twice.

The first webinar will be held on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET

Combating Food Insecurity with Collaboration

Event Description: 
The Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs (ONHPP) will host a webinar on combating food insecurity with collaboration among community stakeholders. Attendees 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 identify and engage potential collaborators among community stakeholders to ensure older adults can access nutritious foods. 
 
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    National Stakeholder Call with the CMS Administrator

    Event Description: 
    The Administrator of CMS, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure will provide updates on CMS' accomplishments and progress towards advancing CMS' strategic plan. The call will also include information on how stakeholders can partner with CMS to implement key initiatives. Other members of the CMS leadership team as well as the CMS Principal Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer, Jon Blum, will also speak on the call.
     
    The call will be held on Tuesday, July 19 from 1:00 p.m. ET to 2:00 p.m. ET.
     

    An Overview of CMS's New Phase 3 Nursing Home Guidance

    Event Description: 
    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.
     

    Choosing a Health Care Power of Attorney

    Event Description: 

    This webinar on advance care planning and healthcare decision making will focus on four critical elements in healthcare decision making and advance care planning:

    1. How do you help someone identify the person “who” can serve as a healthcare power of attorney?

    2. What options exist for people who have no unpaid supports in their lives? What is the role of the service provider and how can we help people find that person “who” can serve as a decision maker?

    Supporting States to Build Better Programs for Dually Eligible Individuals

    Event Description: 
    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.
     

    Direct Service Workforce Webinar

    Event Description: 
    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.
     

    "How can I assist you?” Reasonable Modification to Policy Considerations

    Event Description: 
    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.

    Combating Food Insecurity with Collaboration

    Event Description: 
    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.

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