Monday, August 29, 2016 HCBS INTENSIVES
• Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Intensive • Information & Referral Summit • Everything You Wanted to Know About Medicaid but were Afraid to Ask Intensive • CMS HCBS Regulation Intensive • Grantee Meeting: MFP Rebalancing Demonstration- Building Partnerships and Innovation for Community Living • Grantee Meeting: TEFT Grant Demonstration- Innovations in Quality Measurement and Health Information Technology
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Workshops
10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
• CMS Track: Medicaid 101: Overview of the Program
• ACL Track: Sustaining ADRC/NWD Systems by Leveraging Medicaid Administrative Claiming and the Veterans Choice Act Funding for NWD System Functions
• Person Centered Planning: Meeting the CMS Rule
• Innovative Approaches for Measuring Outcomes for HCBS Participants
• Social Security and HCBS: Critical Services and Supports for Seniors and People with Disabilities
• Evolution of Assisted Living in an HCBS Framework
• Stop Counting, Start Measuring: Reporting on the Impact & Value of Services Provided to Older Coloradans
• Caregivers of Persons with Severe Mental Illness: Results of a National Study
• Integrated Care: The Key to Holistic Treatment and Recovery for Individuals with Mental Illness
• Innovation Session: Investing in Innovation—Health: ELT
1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
• CMS Track: Medicaid 201: Home and Community Based Services within Medicaid
• ACL Track: AT Reutilization Partnerships with State Medicaid Programs
• Innovation Session: First Data’s AuthentiCare Electronic Visit Verification (EVV)—First Data
• Implementing New Management Information Systems to Support LTSS: Lessons for States Designing New or Enhancing Existing Systems
• Raising the Overtime Threshold for Exempt Employees: The Impact on Disability and Aging Services
• Home and Community Based Services Quality: Addressing Performance Measure Gaps in HCBS to Support Community Living Quality
• The Last Frontier: Designing and Implementing MLTSS Programs for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Providing Culturally Competent Services for Hard-to-Reach AAPI Older Adult Consumers
• Engaging and Caring for Caregivers
• Money Follows the (Whole) Person: Innovation in the Texas Behavioral Health Pilot
• Long-Term Services and Supports Redesign: Improving the Quality of Services and Health Outcomes in Nebraska
2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
• CMS Track: CMS HCBS Final Rule: Current Issues and Future Directions
• ACL Track: ACL, Adult Protective Services, and the National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System
• Thinking Differently About the Mental Health and Wellness of People with I/DD
• Rethinking the Role of the Worker in HCBS: Lessons from a Model that Engages the Home Care Aide and Technology in Care Management and Coordination
• Lessons Learned in Waiver Management Systems Deployments
• A Community Guide to Oral Health for Older Adults
• Housing and the Relationship with Healthcare
• How Telehealth Can Be A Tool For Supporting People Living in the Community
• End-of-Life Planning and Communication: Your Right to Self-Determination
• The Changing Legal Landscape for Serving LGBT Older Adults
• Applying Integrated Data Analytics to Improve LTSS: Experience from the Massachusetts LTSS Policy Lab
4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
• CMS Track: Rate Methodology in a Fee for Service HCBS Structure
• ACL Track: Closing the Gap: Defining Quality for LTSS/HCBS
• Navigating FMS and Self-Direction: From Procurement to Implementation and Day-to-Day Operations
• State Policy Issues in Residential Care/Assisted Living Settings for Older People and Working Age Persons with Physical Disabilities
• Building “Systems of Support” for People with I/DD: Innovations in Behavioral Crisis Prevention, Intervention, and Stabilization
• Oral Health for Older Adults and People with Disabilities: Recent Policy Developments and State Survey Results
• From Fragmentation to Integration: Bringing Medical Care and HCBS Together
• What’s in a Provider Fee: Dissecting the Components and Consideration in HCBS FFS Provider Fee Development
• Employment in a Medicaid Environment: State Agencies Strategic Investment in System Improvements to Increase Individual Employment Outcomes
• ADRC, MFP, BIP, and 211…Building Blocks for NWD
Wednesday, August 31, 2016 Workshops 8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
• CMS Track: The Impact of Integrated Models for Medicaid-Medicare Eligible Individuals • ACL Track: Ombudsman Programs in a Changing Landscape • Designing New Care Models and Payment Approaches for Persons with Disabilities • Innovation Session: Automated Verification Systems: Automating the Asset Test for Long-Term Services and Supports—MAXIMUS • Lessons Learned from MLTSS Implementation in Florida: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? • Tracking the Trends for Incorporating Supported Decision-Making Practices • Imposter Scams and Identity Theft: Trends, Tips, and Tools • Aging in Place with ID/DD: How HCBS Must Evolve to Support Individuals with ID/DD to Remain Living in the Community • Refining HCBS Reimbursement Processes: Using Actual Cost of Delivering Services as a Basis for Setting Medicaid Community Services Rates in Alaska • Long-Term Support Services Medical Determination Automated Workflow • “Keep My Dog” and Other Seemingly Simple Member Mandates
10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
• CMS Track with ACL: Realizing the Vision of Optimal Community Inclusion: Additional Strategies for States in Implementing the HCBS Settings Rule with Fidelity • ACL Track: Using HITECH Administrative Matching Funds to Support Adoption of Electronic Health Records by Non-Clinical Medicaid Providers • Living in the Community: Requirements for Accessible Public Transportation • Massachusetts Food and Nutrition Program • Confirming Network Adequacy for Managed Long-Term Services and Supports • Expanding the PACE Program: Challenges and Opportunities • Implementing the New FLSA Rule for Homecare Providers in California • Innovation in MLTSS Care Coordination: In-Home Monitoring • No Place Like Home: What to Do When Wishes and Ruby Slippers Need to be Replaced with Access and Supports • Atlas of Caregiving and FCA Care Compass: Innovative Directions in Data and Service Delivery • Establishing Personal Support Budgets for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Methods and State Experiences
2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. • CMS Track: Medicaid Managed Care Final Rule—Managed Long-Term Services and Supports • ACL Track: Evaluations of Older Americans Act Programs: Results from the Nutrition, Caregiver, and Tribal Grants Programs • NCI-AD: Measuring Quality in LTSS for Seniors and Adults with Physical Disabilities • Transitioning to Electronic Visit Verification—Two State Perspectives: Missouri and Tennessee • Informing Health Plans and Health Care Decision-Making: The Role of Advocates and Advisory Boards • Functional Assessment Tools for Medicaid LTSS Eligibility Determination and Care Planning • Innovation Session: Adapting Home Medical Supply for Value-Based Care—Medtronic • State Medicaid Health IT Toolkits for SPA, Waivers, and Demonstration: Advancing HIT, HIE, and Interoperability through Medicaid Program Design • Moving the Outcomes Needle: Integrating the Dually Eligible in a Post Demonstration State (D-SNPs, MIPAA, ACO Options, Qualified Entity) • Innovative Community Based Initiatives and Resources for Oral Health
4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. • CMS Track: Fiscal Integrity Controls to Address Fraud, Waste, and Abuse of Personal Care and Other Services • ACL Track: So You Think You Know the OAA Nutrition Program’s Requirements? • Successes and Challenges of Elder Financial Protection Networks • Using Technology to Bridge the Gap between Services and the Consumers Who Need Them • Collaborating with Disability Rights Organizations on HCBS Transition Planning and Implementation • Partnering with Public Housing Agencies • ACL: Dementia Friendly Communities: Building and Expanding Dementia Capability through Identification of and Engagement with New Partners • To Infinity and Beyond: Transforming Statewide Service Delivery Systems • National and State Efforts to Reduce Falls Among Older Adults and People with Disabilities • The HCBS Rule: What It Means for Consumers in Assisted Living and At Home • Opiate Addiction Treatment: Moving to a Community-Based Chronic Disease Model
Thursday, September 1, 2016 Workshops 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
• CMS Track: Expanded Support for Medicaid Health Information Exchanges
• ACL Track: Inclusive Transportation Planning: Involving Older Adults and People with Disabilities in Leading Transportation Planning
• CMS Track: The Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program: Supporting Medicaid Delivery System Reforms
• Supportive Housing Options: Isolating or Innovative? Self-Advocates Discuss Life in Intentional Communities
• Partnership in an LTSS Technology Ecosystem: Colorado Medicaid’s Health Information Office Working with the Colorado Office of Community Living
• Innovation Session: Leveraging Aging and Social Services to Stabilize Tenancy in Affordable Housing—Navigant
•Using Integrated Health Intelligence Technology to Improve Participant Outcomes and Lower Costs
•Vital VA Partnerships: Utah ADRC’s Improve Service to Veteran Clients
•Doctor’s Orders: The Health and Well-Being Benefits of Volunteering as We Age
•New Tools for Coordinating Health Care and Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS): Personal Health Records and Electronic LTSS Plans
• ACL Track: The Future of ACL/AoA Program Data: Discussion of Data Elements, Submission Software and Analysis Tools
• Project SEARCH and Managed Care in Kansas
• LTSS Integration: A Framework for Improving Quality and Person Centeredness
• Leveraging Lifespan Respite to Build and Sustain Respite Services for Family Caregivers
• Successful Employment: Partnering with the Workforce System to Achieve Employment Outcomes
• Using Data from National Core Indicators to Inform Policy: Three Topic Areas
• Finding Evidence that Wisconsin ADRCs Delay Medicaid Long-Term Care Entry: An Initial Evaluation, Data System Redesign, and Future Challenges
• Lessons Learned from the Balancing Incentives Program
• Innovation Session: Mobile Technology for Home and Community Care—Innovation Available Today to Increase Accountability, Reduce Fraud, Lower Costs, Improve Health Outcomes, and Connect with Consumers and Their Families—Celltrak
11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
• CMS Track: Health/Welfare Assurance in Home and Community Based Waivers
• ACL Track: The Older Americans Act Title IIID and the Evidence-Based Program Requirement
• Transforming State Service Systems in Oregon and Washington through the Community First Choice Option
• Expanding Access and Mobility of Aging Community and Persons with Disabilities: Strategies and Innovations
• The Senior Community Service Employment Program: Impact of DOL’s 2016 National Grant Competition and OAA Title V Reauthorization on States
• Developing a Systemic Approach to Person Centered Community Engagement & Continuous Quality Improvement
• Roadmap to Community Integrated Health Care
• Obtaining and Implementing Medicaid Administrative Federal Financial Participation for ADRCs in Hawaii and Maryland
• Bridging the Gap: Connecting Caregivers and Individuals with Disabilities to Financial Supports
Plenary Sessions • Administration for Community Living Plenary • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Plenary • Megan Bomgaars Plenary • Ari Ne'eman Technology and Innovation Plenary • Robert Choi Technology and Innovation Plenary