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2015 HCBS Conference Materials

Monday, August 31, 2015

Tuesday September 1, 2015 Workshops

HCBS Conference Opening Slides

10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

ACL Track: I'm Still Me: Supported Decision Making for Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment
CMS Track: Medicaid 101: Overview of the Program
Housing Track: State Innovations to Overcome Institutional Bias and Advance Affordable and Accessible Housing Options
Innovation Session: The Future of Engagement: Connecting Patients, Providers, and Plans in the Mobile Era- Health: ELT
Tools for Life Technology Track: Understanding Apps and Tablet Accessibility: Back to the Basics
Diff-ability and Technology: Creating Straightforward Information Access to Empower People with Disabilities and Older Adults to Improve Inclusive Coordinated Transportation
Leveraging Medicaid Long Term Services and Supports to Accomplish System Objectives
Multi Stakeholder Progress in Advancing HCBS Quality Measurement
Results from the National Evaluation of the National Family Caregiver Support Program
State Innovations in Long Term Services and Supports: Providing Person-Centered Community Based Care and Advancing Quality and Purchasing Strategies

1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

ACL Track: Enhancing a State's Access System to Long Term Services and Supports: No Wrong Door & SHIP Coordination
CMS Track: Medicaid 201: Home and Community Based Services within Medicaid
Housing Track: Managed Care Organizations and Housing: Realizing the Intersection Between Housing and Health
Tools for Life Technology Track: Using Disruptive Technologies to Efficiently Deliver Long Term Services and Supports
Building a Recovery Informed Workforce: SAMSHA's Recovery to Practice Initiative
How Supported Decision Making Can Promote Integration for People with Disabilities
Increased Risk of Abuse for Cognitively Impaired Older Adults: Red Flags, Medicine, and Cognition
Models of Innovation: Illustrations of Change from Iowa and Nevada
Toward a Dementia Capable State: Creating Systems to Address the Growing Impact of Dementia in Oregon
Understanding the Fair Labor Standards Act Home Care Rule and Its Litigation: Preparing Programs for Compliance Success

2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

ACL Track: Prevention of Abuse of Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities: The Federal Role in Adult Protective Services
CMS Track: Rate Methodology in a Fee-for-Service HCBS Structure
Housing Track: Rural Housing Assistance and Community Programs
Alternative Care: Minnesota's Other Program for Long Term Services and Supports Serving Seniors
National Evaluation of Managed Long Term Services and Supports Programs
Navigating Change: Strategies for Easing the Transition to Managed Care in LTSS for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
PACE: How to Achieve Widespread Adoption
Person-Centered Outcomes: From Evidence Based Practice to State Policy
Working Together to Improve Heath Care or Individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Workshops

Alzheimer's Plenary

8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

ACL Track: ACL Explains the Long Term Care Ombudsman Regulation
CMS Track: Overview of the Medicaid Health Homes State Plan Optional Benefit: Implementation, Trends, and Best Practices Supporting HCBS
Innovation Session: Industry Perspectives on EVV, Telehealth, and other Digital Health Platforms to Support HCBS Requirement Under Managed Medicaid Reform- Collain Healthcare
Tools for Life Technology Track: Aging Well and Assistive Technlogy Solutions 102: Diving Deeper
Employment Strategies in Managed Long Term Services and Supports Programs
How to Establish a Path by Which Progressive AAAs Can Sell to Managed Care and other Payers
Lessons from MLTSS Site Visits: Education and Collaboration Can Solve Some Challenges, But Resources Limit Responses to Others
Minnesota's First Contact Model: Creating Seamless Care Transitions Reform for Older Adults in Minnesota
Profiling Home and Community Based Services: Painting a Picture of Performance in the District of Columbia
Using A Collaborative Stakeholder Process to Guide Medicaid Delivery System Reform for LTSS and Dually Eligible Populations

3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

ACL Track: Assessing Settings and Services for Compliance with the HCBS Settings Rule
CMS Track: The Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program: Where We've Been and Where We're Going
Tools for Life Technology Track: Community Tyze: Use Technology to Elevate Service Models and Help Connect People with Disabilities to a Support Network in a Meaningful Way
Improving the Oral Health of Seniors and Persons with Disabilities
Increasing Awareness of the Rights and Needs of Older Adults and People with Disabilities in Prison and After Their Release
Making the Transition to Conflict Free Case Management in Alaska, Colorado, and Wyoming: Lessons from the Front Lines
Olmstead Enforcement and Implementation with the Department of Justice
PASRR: Challenges and Opportunities
Promoting Participant Direction within Managed Long Term Services and Supports
Understanding Aging for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

4:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.

ACL Track: Building Dementia Capable Systems
CMS Track: Testing Experience and Functional Assessment Tools (TEFT)
Innovation Session: Partnering to Advance Population Health and Fiscal Accountability in an Uncertain Environment- Kindred at Home/Girling
Tools for Life Technology Track: "What A Cool New Tablet You Have Grandma
Evolving into Quality Assurance (QA) in CFC, CO, MAPC, and ICS
How A Center for Independent Living Provides FMS Services: The Natural Links between FMS, Independent Living and Consumer Direction
Psychiatric Rehabilitation in a 1915(c) Waiver, Connecticut's Mental Health Waiver
Resource Allocation: Transforming State Long Term Services and Supports Payments in the Individual Support Needs Revolution
Rollout of the National Core Indicators-Aging and Disability
The Importance of Program Integrity in Home and Community Based Systems

Thursday, September 3, 2015 Workshops

8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

ACL Track: Legal Resources to Help Older Adults and People with Disabilities Remain in the Community
CMS Track: The National Background Check Program
Tools for Life Technology Track: Meeting Challenged Through Technology and Innovation
All Disasters are Local: Disaster Preparedness Planning for Home and Community Based Service Providers
Including People with Disabilities and Older Adults in the Transportation Planning and Implementation Process
Managed Long Term Services and Supports: Quality is the New Currency in Healthcare
National Core Indicators' Staff Stability Survey: Investigating DSP Workforce Stability and Quality
The State and Stakeholders: A Working Relationship to Develop a More Effective HCBS Waiver for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Utah ADRCs Connecting Rural Veterans to VA Benefits: In House Experts and VA Partnerships
Win-Win for Self Direction: Maximizing Participant Choice and Maintaining Program Integrity

11:30 a.m. - 12:45 a.m

ACL Track: Incorporating the Principles of Person-Centered Planning into Your Aging and Disability Organizations and Networks
CMS Track: Medicaid Employment: Options and Incentives
Addressing Caregiver Exploitation: Strategies to Ensure Safety for Home Based Care Providers
Emerging Models in Nutrition, Interventions, Communities, and Health Care
Establishing an Options Counselor Code of Ethics
Exploring Health Disparities Among People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Do Race and Ethnicity Play a Role?
Maintaining Self-Directed Principles in a Managed Care Environment
Maximizing Medicare and Economic Security for Low Income/ Duals Populations
Virginia's Community Living Program: Expanding Options for Service Delivery

Transcripts of Plenary Sessions