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Legal Basics: Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans

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Join the National Center on Law & Elder Rights (NCLER) for an upcoming webinar on dual-eligible special needs plans or D-SNPs. Over five million individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid are enrolled in these Medicare Advantage plans, and enrollment is expected to continue rising. An increasing number of states are focusing on D-SNPs as a primary vehicle for integrating care and improving coordination of services for their dual-eligible population. The training will provide basic information about D-SNPs, their structure, and how they are regulated.

Heirs Property: Legal Strategies to Keep Older Adults in the Family Home

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The National Center on Law & Elder Rights (NCLER) is hosting an upcoming training titled “Heirs Property: Legal Strategies to Keep Older Adults in the Family Home.” Many low-income older adults reside in a home they inherited when a family member died. When a property is owned by multiple heirs, or any heir who has not yet filed legal documents to have their name reflected as the record owner, this is referred to as heirs property.

Aging, Caregiving & Financial Costs: Finding Resources & Improving the Pathways Forward

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Join the Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for an upcoming webinar titled “Aging, Caregiving & Financial Costs: Finding Resources & Improving the Pathways Forward.” In this webinar, participants will learn about the financial impact of caregiving & other financial issues affecting older women.

Commit to Connect Office Hours: Advancing Social Connection as a Public Health Priority

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Commit to Connect, the Administration for Community Living’s (ACL) initiative to reduce social isolation and loneliness, is hosting virtual Office Hours for professionals interested in public health strategies to advance social connection. Sample discussion topics will include partnering with public health departments around policy, systems, and environmental change; identifying sustainable social connection programs; and more. This forum will provide attendees with an opportunity to share experiences, network, and learn from one another.

State Nursing Home Innovation & Transparency Learning Collaborative

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States are primarily responsible for ensuring that nursing homes meet requirements for transparency, quality, staffing, and reporting. Effective November 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires increased transparency in nursing home operations, but states need support developing new programs and policies to respond to this new requirement.  

Congress Issues Request for Information on OAA Reauthorization

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On March 7, members of the U.S. Senate HELP Committee and Senate Special Committee on Aging issued a request for information (RFI) related to the upcoming reauthorization of the Older Americans Act (OAA). The RFI includes four general questions and four targeted questions. 

Responses are due to the Senate HELP Committee by Thursday, March 21, 2024. Responses should be emailed to OAA@help.senate.gov

Building Local Partnerships: One Strategy for Hiring and Keeping Workers

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Join the Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN) for an upcoming panel discussion to learn how employers can partner with public agencies, nonprofits, education institutions, and service providers to hire and keep workers with and without disabilities. In this webinar, innovative leaders will share their approaches to developing successful, high-impact partnerships. 

Participants will discover strategies to help:

  • Establish and nurture partnerships.

2024 Call for MIPS Improvement Activities is Open

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) encourages the submission of improvement activities for consideration in future years of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). The MIPS Annual Call for Improvement Activities process allows clinicians, professional associations, and medical societies that represent clinicians, researchers, consumer groups, and others to identify and submit activities.

CMS is looking for the following when considering new activities:

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