Training opportunities being offered by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for SNF

 

To: MDS Coordinators, Directors of Nursing, Billing and Coding Personnel, Licensed Nursing Facilities Administrators From: The Health Facilities Education and Quality (HFEQ) Branch of the Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division (HFEMSD) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office is pleased to announce the following upcoming webinars: Promising Practices for Promoting Person-Centered Communication and Care Coordination This webinar will highlight key takeaways from discussions among health plans that participated in the Integrated Care Community of Practice focused on care coordination of dually eligible individuals. Health plans will share their promising practices for promoting person-centered care coordination, with an emphasis on communication-focused strategies that health plans and providers serving dually eligible individuals can use to overcome common barriers to care coordination. Communication strategies highlighted in this webinar will address both accessible enrollee communication as well as impactful communication across care coordination staff and team members. Date: September 13, 2023 Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm EDT Click here to register. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Behavioral Health: Leveraging Person-Centered Approaches This webinar will explore how traditional silos of care can impede a comprehensive approach to care coordination and potential solutions to improve behavioral health condition management among persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. Date: September 27, 2023 Time: 2:30 to 4:00 pm EDT Click here to register. Thank you, Wendy Castro wendy.castro@state.co.us