Webinar

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Programs Bi-Monthly Forum will be held on Tuesday, January 26, from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. ET. During this webinar, attendees will learn important updates relevant to CMS’s Quality Measurement and Value-Based Incentives Group (QMVIG). The forum will also provide stakeholders with the opportunity to ask CMS subject matter experts questions on quality reporting programs and initiatives that directly impact their organizations.

This forum will include the following topics:

A mobile mental health clinic will discuss strategies for working with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and disadvantaged and underserved populations who are experiencing a crisis situation. The webinar will focus on alternatives to police involvement, promoting client-centered communications, scene safety, de-escalation strategies, rapport building, and the role of self in crisis intervention.

Join NASHP for an informational webinar on family caregiving, moderated by Wendy Fox-Grage, NASHP Project Director, RAISE Family Caregiver Resource and Dissemination Center. Family caregiver contributions offset the cost of personal care services and can delay the need for more costly care. Hear about ways states can improve their family caregiving supports, including:

Topic: Taking WINGS to provide decision-making supports and protection

The NCI-AD webinar originally scheduled for January 20^th was rescheduled for Feb 3, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. eastern. This webinar is open to all – please feel free to share with your networks! We will present and discuss NCI-AD data related to social connections, including a closer look at data by race/ethnicity. After registering, participants will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

2021 CMS Quality Conference: Healthcare Innovation During a Time of Disruption

The CMS Quality Conference convenes leaders across the health care spectrum to explore how patients, advocates, providers, researchers and champions in health care quality improvement can development and spread solutions to address America's most pervasive health system challenges. 

Adult Protective Services (APS) agencies are collecting and reporting more and more data on adult maltreatment, yet very little research has been done to explore how this data could inform predictive risk factors associated with maltreatment. Join our Adult Protective Services Technical Assistance Resource Center for a webinar describing the purpose and results of an ACL-funded research project to assess how artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other “big data” tools could help identify individuals who are at increased risk for abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) host a monthly webinar series that invites subject matter experts and practitioners from across the home-and-community-based services (HCBS) spectrum to share insights and best practices to develop high quality HCBS services and programs.