Webinar

Health Management Associates is hosting a webinar on the Total Cost of Care Benchmarks and Physician Practices. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) funded the pilot program of the Total Cost of Care and Resource Use framework to identify and address healthcare overuse and inefficiency in five areas of the country.

On Monday, November 16, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rule for the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model. CJR will begin on April 1, 2016, and holds hospitals accountable for the care they provide to Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries during hip and knee replacements and other procedures on the legs. CMS is holding a webinar to discuss the final rule and respond to questions from stakeholders. Pre-registration is required, large audiences are anticipated so please register early. 

CIL-NET, a project of Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU) in collaboration with the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) and the Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living APRIL), is hosting a teleconference and webinar on the peer support volunteer model. Ability360 Experts Amina Donna Kruck, Vice President, Advocacy Program and April Reed, Volunteer Program Manager will teach attendees about the peer support model and identify the benefits that organizations are seeing after using this model.

The Alzheimer's Foundation and the National Alliance for Caregiving are hosting a webinar on the different approaches to take when speaking to a loved one about brain health and memory concerns. It can be difficult to approach the topic of declining cognition with a person you love, but there are methods to make the conversations easier. Experts Faith Unger, Program Director of CaregivierU; and J.

Us Against Alzheimer's is hosting an Alzheimer's Talks webinar on the topic of stem cells in Alzheimer's research. Dr. Larry Goldstein, Director of the Sandford Stem Cell Center and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of California, San Diego will teach listeners about the stem cell-based models of disease he and his colleagues are currently using to fight against Alzheimer's disease. Pre-registration is required and space is limited. 

Health Management Associates (HMA)  is hosting a webinar on a survey of states and health plans they conducted under funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The American Society on Aging is hosting a webinar on the current climate of ageism in America. A call for research is the best way to move forward with combating ageism in our society.

Health Management Associates (HMA) is hosting a webinar on the most feasible approaches to starting successful care management programs.

The Center for Benefits Access, housed by the National Council on Aging is hosting a webinar on the current trends in benefits access. Many changes to state and national policies have occurred over the last year, changing the climate for low-income Medicare beneficiaries. NCOA presenters will teach attendees about the trends for low-income beneficiaries over the past year and offer predictions for 2016.  The webinar is free of charge and will take place on Tuesday, December 15, 2015, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET.

President Barack Obama and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell are hosting a conference call to discuss this year's open enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplaces under the Affordable Care Act. This event will begin at 2:25 p.m. ET, please join 5-7 minutes early to avoid connection delays. This call is off the record and is not for press purposes. You must RSVP to receive the dial-in information, click HERE and enter access code 373038