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REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR HERE. Watch this webinar to learn how to integrate medical care with home- and community-based programs and leverage new billing opportunities to provide case management services. This webinar will outline all components required to create and/or consider a new program and a new line of business. Create better outcomes for patients/participants while reducing utilization of costly hospitalizations and emergency room visits through close patient monitoring and rapid medical response. Address provider shortages and health disparities using non-physician providers in the home setting to create relationships and bring healthcare to the patient. Utilize community health workers, social workers and registered nurses along with pharmacists, nurse practitioners and medical director to implement care plans with patients to stabilize their health and support aging in place. Participants in this webinar will be able to: Identify the key areas required to build a medical care programming Define common Medicare-covered services that can be developed Understand the utilization of non-physician practitioners to address a provider shortage Demonstrate the value of case management paired with home- and community-based services and medical care, resulting in improved patient outcomes. Presenters: Pam Curtis is the CEO for Senior Resources of West Michigan and has held a variety of positions within the agency over the past 31 years. With minds on the mission, she and the staff at Senior Resources have been seeking to improve quality and outcomes, develop new business opportunities to diversify their revenue streams and improve the service array for all older adults. Kim Vazquez has been with Senior Resources of West Michigan for more than 12 years, developing various programs during her tenure. Most recently she developed the Primary Care at Home program with her team of medical providers and staff.

REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR HERE. Funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation and the RRF Foundation for Aging, NASHP’s RAISE Family Caregiver Resource and Dissemination Center is hosting this webinar to discuss state policies to improve the quality and supply of the direct care workforce, which are featured in the newest section of its RAISE State Policy Roadmap for Family Caregivers. The webinar will provide an overview of state policies and will feature a national leader as well as leaders from Arizona and Colorado who will share their policies and innovations to strengthen the home and community-based services workforce. Speakers include: Moderator Wendy Fox-Grage NASHP Project Director RAISE Family Caregiver Resource and Dissemination Center Robert Espinoza Vice President of Policy, PHI RAISE Center Faculty Member Bill Kennard Administrator Office of Healthcare Workforce Development Arizona Healthcare Cost Containment System Hayley Gleason Division Director, Strategic Outcomes Division Colorado Office of Community Living

REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR HERE. Each year, The John A. Hartford Foundation Business Innovation Award recognizes community-based organizations that are improving health outcomes and quality of life for older adults and/or persons with disabilities, in their communities. Runners up for The John A. Hartford Foundation 2021 Business Innovation Award were Daybreak’s Rapid Response Case Management Pilot (RRCM) and the Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities of Southwest Washington’s (AAADSW) Community Paramedicine program, both programs that work with multiple community partners to improve the health and quality of life of individuals who are frequent users of emergency services. Join this webinar to learn more about how Daybreak and AAADSW developed their programs and partnerships, the challenges they encountered along the way, and the outcomes they achieved. Participants in this webinar will be able to: Identify the intent of The John A. Hartford Foundation 2020 Business Innovation Award; Understand key elements of programs that support high emergency service utilizers; List key components of a successful partnership between community-based organizations and healthcare entities. Presenters: Christina Marneris is community services manager at AAADSW, where she has been for 13 years, and is responsible for planning and managing federal, state and pilot long-term services and supports for older adults, adults with disabilities and their family caregivers. Ofra Paz is executive director of DayBreak, with more than 15 years’ experience in senior leadership roles in the nonprofit sector. Paz joined DayBreak in 2015, and has led the organization through a leadership transition, expanding existing programs, and developing new lines of services and strategic partnerships, with government agencies, healthcare systems and other nonprofits. Rani E. Snyder, MPA, is vice president, Program, at The John A. Hartford Foundation. She has more than 25 years’ experience working with healthcare institutions across the country, improving the care of older adults, identifying and guiding healthcare programs that have set the standard for medical best practices, increasing medical education opportunities, and maximizing resources to improve healthcare broadly. At The John A. Hartford Foundation she coordinates initiatives that foster collaboration among academic institutions, hospitals and healthcare providers to build Age-Friendly Health Systems, support family caregivers, and improve serious illness and end-of-life care. Also she chairs the board at Grantmakers in Aging, is a board member at ASA, a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, and served as a Volunteer Long-Term Care Ombudsman for the State of Nevada Aging and Disability Services Division.

REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR HERE. This webinar introduces a new S4A study evaluating the effectiveness of a multisector task-sharing collaborative in addressing the inter-related problems of mental health disorders, poverty, and housing instability among racial and ethnic minority communities residing in Harlem, New York. The collaborative trains the staff at low-income housing agencies and primary care practices to engage in mental health task-sharing, whereby staff deliver basic mental health support services such as screening, psychoeducation, peer support, and referral to mental health specialists. Community health workers are placed at these same sites to help connect clients with needed social services beyond housing and primary care. A randomized controlled trial is used to evaluate the impact of the task-sharing model on mental health, social functioning, employment, and quality of life. The study is conducted by the Harlem Strong Mental Health Coalition, led by the City University of New York (CUNY) in partnership with the Harlem Congregation for Community Improvement, Healthfirst Managed Care, and Coordinated Behavioral Care.

REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR HERE. Community Health Workers (CHWs) serve as a connection between medical and social services and their communities. Community health workers typically come from the community they work in, and they may be called different titles such as peer health educators, lay health advocates, community health representatives, or promotoras. Community-based organizations are also using CHWs to screen for social determinants of health and to deliver evidence-based programs, such as the Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs.  This webinar series will: Raise awareness about the role of Community Health Workers to implement evidence-based programs and help drive referrals Discuss avenues for sustaining and reimbursing CHWs Highlight how CHWs can help organizations reach diverse populations and address social determinants of health factors Registration Details: This series includes 4 live 60-minute webinars on February 22, March 9, 16, and 24th.  Registration is FREE, and registrants will have access to both the live webinars and the recordings.  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email, as well as email reminders prior to each live webinar with a link to join the event.

REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR HERE. Older adults have suffered more illness and death from covid-19 than any other group. How are they faring as the pandemic enters its third year? KFF’s Kaiser Health News (KHN) and The John A. Hartford Foundation will explore that question in depth in a 90-minute interactive web event beginning at Noon ET on Wednesday, Feb. 23. Judith Graham, KHN’s Navigating Aging columnist, will moderate the discussion among a panel of nine older adults from diverse backgrounds, bringing to light their experiences in their own words. Too often, voices like theirs are not featured prominently in stories about the pandemic. Rani Snyder, Vice President, Program at The John A. Hartford Foundation will make introductory remarks. Questions will include: How have people handled the persistent stress? How have their lives changed? What are their most significant challenges? What needs are not being met? What sources of strength and comfort help sustain them? What are their hopes for the year ahead? The panel will include African American, Latino, White, and LGBTQ+ older adults. Among them are a nursing home resident in Maryland, a couple living in a retirement community in Pennsylvania, a man with Alzheimer’s disease from Nevada, a divorced couple who live together and help each other from North Carolina, a single woman living alone in Minnesota, an activist who cares for his bedbound wife in Dallas, and a woman who lives in affordable housing in New York City.

REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR HERE NCSL Webinars allow attendees to participate in meetings taking place around the world from the comfort of their desk. They are collaborative, interactive and easy to use. Most webinars will be recorded for those who are unable to attend the live meeting. To improve the health of individuals experiencing homelessness and reduce associated health care costs, many states are leveraging COVID-19 relief and other funds to provide permanent supportive housing. This type of low-barrier, affordable housing provides health care and support services, such as case management, child care and employment assistance. Featuring national and state perspectives, this webinar will explore the landscape of permanent supportive housing and highlight several state legislative actions.

REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR HERE. This webinar introduces a new S4A study investigating the impact of a novel independent practice association (IPA) formed among community-based social service organizations (CBOs) to address social determinants of health among residents of upstate New York. The Healthy Alliance IPA allows diverse CBOs offering services for housing, transportation, food, and other social needs to join together in a shared-governance association that facilitates referrals, care coordination, and performance-based contracting with health plans and medical providers. A quasi-experimental research design is used to compare patients residing in counties served by the Healthy Alliance IPA with a matched comparison group of patients from other counties, using measures of healthcare utilization, social service utilization, and total cost of care. The study focuses specifically on the outcomes experienced by racial and ethnic minority populations and also examines the roles played by CBOs led by Black, Indigenous, Latino and other persons of color. The research team is led by Stanford University School of Medicine in partnership with the Healthy Alliance IPA, Albany County Department of Health, Rensselaer County Department of Health, and other community partners.

REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR HERE. Community-based organizations (CBOs) play an important role in meeting the needs of individuals living with dementia and their families. This webinar will discuss the need to build dementia care models to support this growing population. Nora Super of the Milken Institute will present the findings of the new Alliance to Improve Dementia Care report, “Scaling Comprehensive Dementia-Care Models.” The webinar will explain recommendations to enhance dementia care and payment policies in traditional Medicare, with a particular focus on the need to develop mechanisms to pay CBOs for services provided to individuals living with dementia and their caregivers. Mark Cullen from Trellis, a AAA in Minnesota, will discuss Juniper, a statewide network of CBOs that delivers evidence-based health promotion programs. Cullen will describe the development of the network, including challenges and lessons learned, and discuss how they are evolving their network to deliver dementia-focused services. Participants in this webinar will be able to: Understand the recommendations of the Scaling Comprehensive Dementia-Care Models report, Identify the challenges and benefits of developing a CBO network, and Explain the role of payment mechanisms to compensate CBOs in scaling dementia care. Presenters: Mark Cullen is the vice president of Strategy and Business Development at Trellis, responsible for Trellis’ home- and community-based services strategy that focuses on assisting older adults in maintaining their independence and thriving as they age. Cullen led the development of Trellis’ management services organization, including programs operating under the brand name Juniper. This effort creates a pathway for healthcare organizations (providers and payers) to access home- and community-based services for their patients/members. Dawn Simonson, MPA, is the president and CEO of Trellis. Simonson’s priorities are to develop networks and other partnerships that support older adults to live healthy and secure lives at home via services and programs that benefit them and their families in the Twin Cities region and throughout Minnesota. She is a respected voice in the aging policies and practices arena through her voluntary lead roles with the Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging, Minnesota Association of Area Agencies on Aging, Minnesota’s ACT on Alzheimer’s initiative, and Dementia Friendly America. She is a past president of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging and of the Minnesota Network of Hospice and Palliative Care. Nora Super is the executive director of the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging. In this role, Super provides strategic direction for two primary focus areas: Healthy Longevity and Financial Wellness. In 2020, Super launched the Milken Institute Alliance to Improve Dementia Care, which seeks to transform and improve the complex health and long-term care systems that people at risk for and living with dementia must navigate. Super is a respected thought leader, frequent speaker and prolific writer on healthy longevity and the economic and social impact of global population aging. From 2014 to 2016, Super served as the executive director of the White House Conference on Aging, where she received wide recognition for her nationwide efforts to improve the lives of older Americans. She has also held leadership roles at the US Department of Health and Human Services, AARP, Kaiser Permanente, and USAging.