The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (MMCO) is pleased to announce the following updates:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (MMCO) is pleased to announce the following updates: Training Opportunity: Person-Centered Approaches to Support People Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid Identifying and Meeting the Language Preferences of Health Plan Members New Resource: Integrated Care in Action Podcast: Strategies for Effective Peer Supervision Training Opportunity: Person-Centered Approaches to Support People Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid Date/Time: Thursday, September 6, 2018 from 2:00 – 3:30pm (EDT) This webinar, in collaboration with Administration for Community Living, will describe practical person-centered tools and approaches organizations and professionals can adapt to better support aging in place.  Person-centered care is consistent with the values, needs, and desires of individuals and is achieved when providers and health plans involve individuals in healthcare discussions and decisions. Speakers will share strategies for integrating person-centered approaches into clinical and community-based settings, and will discuss how approaches differ based on the individual goals of the client. Register here:  https://resourcesforintegratedcare.com/GeriatricCompetentCare/2018_GCC_Webinar_Series/Person_Centered_Care Intended Audience:  This webinar is intended for a wide range of stakeholders - providers, health care professionals (such as home care agency administrators and staff), social workers, and front-line staff of Medicare Advantage plans, Medicare-Medicaid Plans, Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans, and PACE Organizations interested in improving their ability to provide support in a person-centered way. CME/CE credit information:  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. CMS is also accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) to offer continuing education credit. Training Opportunity: Identifying and Meeting the Language Preferences of Health Plan Members Date/Time: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 from 12:30 – 2:00pm (EDT) This webinar will provide an overview of strategies health plans can use to assess and meet diverse language preferences.  Health plans serving dually eligible beneficiaries can play a key role in identifying and communicating language preferences to front-line staff and providers in their network to help remove language barriers to care. Speakers will share strategies for collecting language preference data and examples of how plans use this data to inform health plan operations, such as providing translation and interpretation services. Speakers will also share strategies for hiring and training health plan staff to provide linguistically and culturally competent services. Register here: https://resourcesforintegratedcare.com/CulturalCompetency/2018_CC_Webinar/Language_Preferences Intended Audience:  This webinar is intended for staff of Medicare-Medicaid plans (MMPs), Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs), PACE organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, and Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) who are interested in identifying and meeting the language preferences of their members to increase access to quality, person-centered health care. CE credit information:  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and is authorized by IACET to offer CEUs. CEUs will be awarded to participants who meet all criteria for successful completion of this educational activity. Integrated Care in Action Podcast: Strategies for Effective Peer Supervision Peer supports refer to mutual support and encouragement from an individual who has lived experience with a behavioral health condition and can use that lived experience to help others. The peer workforce supports client self-management to promote recovery and resiliency.  This new podcast explores how The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania, Inc. (The Council) restructured their peer supervision program by centering their supervision model on strength-based principles to better address the needs of their peer staff and supervisors. The Council - a prevention, education, intervention, and recovery support organization - provides services to help reduce the impact of addiction and support individuals with mental health conditions and other related issues through their wellness journey. The Council’s Executive Director and two recovery support specialists and supervisors share practical tips to make peer supervision impactful for your staff, and to build a supportive and strength-based culture.  This podcast is available on SoundCloud and can be found here: https://resourcesforintegratedcare.com/concepts/behavioral-health/peer_supports Intended Audience:  This podcast is intended for health plans, health systems, providers, peer support specialists, community-based organizations, and state and federal organizations who provide care to and support dually eligible beneficiaries with behavioral health conditions.

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