Webinar

In an upcoming webinar, Manatt Health will discuss the scrutiny that pharmacy benefit managers (PMBs) have come under from consumers, prescription drug manufacturers, and state and federal policymakers over the last decade. PBMs are third-party “middlemen” contracted by insurance plans to manage prescription drug benefits, including by negotiating prescription drug discounts with manufacturers. With Congress again attempting to lower the cost of prescription drugs, PBM reform has become the focus of their initiative.

Join the National I&R Support Center for the webinar More Calls, Increased Needs: Trends and Developments in I&R/A Services. This webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, November 8, from 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET.

The LEAD Center is hosting an upcoming webinar highlighting the Good Jobs Initiative (GJI), a U.S. Department of Labor-led program that is focused on improving job quality and creating access to good jobs for all working people, including people with disabilities. Participants will hear from a variety of employers and the people with disabilities they employ in good jobs about their experiences, available supports, and the ways that employees with disabilities have benefitted their businesses.

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The American Society on Aging (ASA) is hosting an upcoming webinar addressing the importance of reducing hospital and rehabilitation facility readmissions for older adults. This session will discuss the common reasons older adults can be readmitted and provide participants with the top five ways help at home can help reduce the risk of readmission. The webinar also offers guidance for family caregivers to prepare the environment for a return home and highlights available resources to assist older adults at home. 

Join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for an LTSS webinar titled “Protection and Advocacy for Native Americans with Disabilities.” This webinar will provide an overview of the Native American Disability Law Center’s efforts to make sure Native people with disabilities have access to the services and resources they need to live as independently as possible.

In 2021, Resources for Integrated Care (RIC) hosted a webinar titled "Supporting the Preventive Health Care Needs of Dually Eligible Women with Disability." This webinar examined the challenges and solutions involved in ensuring person-centered preventive healthcare for dually eligible women with disabilities. Building upon this initiative, an upcoming webinar will discuss the topic of disability-competent care (DCC) for aging dually eligible women, specifically addressing menopause and related health conditions.

In this upcoming webinar hosted by the Rural Health Information (RFI) Hub, the recent changes to how the U.S. Census Bureau and the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define urban and rural areas will be examined. This webinar will review how rurality is defined by the federal government, what changes in these definitions were made recently, and how this may affect rural areas' eligibility for federal funding.

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Join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the fifth installment of the “Medicaid and CHIP Renewals: What to Know and How to Prepare, A Partner Education Monthly Series.” This webinar series aims to provide stakeholders with information to prepare for Medicaid and CHIP renewals. Topics covered during the webinar vary each month.

This webinar will take place on Wednesday, October 25 at 12:00 p.m. ET. 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has enlisted Acumen, LLC to develop episode-based cost measures potentially applicable to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) cost performance category. As part of Wave 6 of measure development, Acumen is convening Clinician Expert Workgroups (“workgroups”) to provide input on all components of cost measure specifications. In this context, Acumen is hosting two part-day virtual workgroup webinars on October 17-18, that will be open to the public with a listen-only option.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has enlisted Acumen, LLC to create episode-based cost measures potentially applicable to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) cost performance category. As part of Wave 6 of measure development, Acumen is convening Clinician Expert Workgroups (“workgroups”) to provide input on all components of cost measure specifications. In this context, Acumen is hosting two part-day virtual workgroup webinars on October 17-18, that will be open to the public with a listen-only option.