Webinar: Applying Promising Practices to Advance Care of Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees with Dementia

Event Description: 

The care of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias presents unique challenges to all settings of the health care delivery system. This webinar will emphasize: 1) Presentation of the business case for a dementia capable delivery model of care; 2) Review of key components of an effective care model (e.g., identification and screening for a high-risk population of beneficiaries and caregivers, workforce preparation, and collaboration with community-based organizations for caregiver assessment and support); and 3) Interventions implemented within two Medicare-Medicaid financial alignment model demonstrations.  

This webinar is intended for interested leadership within health plan and PACE organizations, including directors of medical care, care management and/or long-term services and supports.

Featured Speakers:

  • Debra Cherry, Executive Vice President, Alzheimer’s Greater Los Angeles
  • Teeshla Curtis, Program Manager, Healthy Connections Prime, South Carolina Department of Human Services
  • Linda Wade-Bickel, Director of Care Management, Health Net
  • A family caregiver

Registration Information:

After clicking the registration link hosted on https://www.resourcesforintegratedcare.com/GeriatricCompetentCare/2017_GCC_Webinar_Series/Applying_Promising_Practices, you will receive an email from webinars@confertel.net containing event log on information. The email also contains an attachment that, when opened, will save the event log on information to an Outlook calendar.

The log on information is unique to you.  Each registration allows for only one connection, so do not share this information with anyone else.  On February 1, please use the link, dial-in number, and passcode to join the meeting.

Dates: 
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm EST
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Sponsor: 
CMS Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (MMCO), in collaboration with The Lewin Group and Community Catalyst
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