Webinar

This webinar from the National Center on Law and Elder Rights (NCLER) is a follow-up to September’s Medicaid 101 webinar. This webinar will provide an overview of LTSS, and will include both home and community-based services and institutional care. Participants will learn about care provided at home, at a day center, in an assisted living facility, or in a nursing facility. In many cases, LTSS is funded through Medicaid, and the financing and quality of LTSS often depend upon Medicaid laws and policies.

State vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies are the main source of job services for people with disabilities, and VR agencies have the potential to help people receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) become more independent and economically successful. SSDI beneficiaries who receive VR services often see their earnings increase, however only a small amount earn enough to leave the disability rolls.

The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) and the National Council on Aging (NCOA) is hosting a webinar series during the week of October 16. This series will highlight recent advances in research, support, and long term services for people aging with disabilities. Individuals “aging with disability” represent a growing population with unique healthcare needs.

Participants will learn more about:

CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds Presents: “Healthy Aging: Promoting Well-being in Older Adults”

Americans are Living Longer and in Greater Numbers

The population of older Americans is growing and living longer than ever. As a group, they are living active lives and contributing to the economy. The added years to the lifespans have resulted in a longer middle age—extending the period when workers are at their most productive and creative.

This webinar will discuss the new tools for older adults and their caregivers that are available on the recently revise toothwisdom.org. They will also present on how to create consumer-friendly resources for an older adult population. Toothwisdom.org is a project of Oral Health America that serves older adults and caregivers by providing information about oral health in aging and connecting individuals with affordable dental clinics.

This webinar will take place on Thursday, September 28, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.

The National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center is hosting a webinar to discuss how HIPAA and its Privacy Rule permits the sharing of patient information with family members, friends and caregivers, as well as the components of the HIPAA right-of-access and ways in which it enables individuals and their caregivers to be more involved in their own care. This webinar aims to help participants:

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is hosting a briefing on Thursday, September 20 at 11 am ET to learn about NCQA’s new Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) programs, as well where they are in LTSS measurement. NCQA experts and guest speakers will provide a deep dive on NCQA's various programs and share how states are using them to maximize quality expectations and streamline managed care processes.

This webinar will discuss the successful cross-sector partnerships of the Eastern Virginia Care Transitions Partnership (EVCTP) and Virginia Area Agencies on Aging Cares (VAAACares). These organizations are bringing community-based organizations (CBOs) together with traditional payers and providers, and are serving as models for achieving the Triple Aim of better care, better outcomes, and lower costs.

The National Center on Law and Elder Rights is hosting a webinar about what has been learned from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) financial alignment demonstrations in 13 states. These demonstrations are intended to improve health outcomes and reduce healthcare spending for dual eligible individuals, those with both Medicare and Medicaid coverage.

The CMS Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (MMCO) is hosting a webinar on evidence-based self-management programs.