Set up an account and register HERE. The Balanced Budget Act of 2018, which included the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act, offers new flexibility for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to provide additional supplemental benefits to people with Medicare who have chronic illnesses, and functional and health-related social needs. …
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Recent policy changes indicate a growing recognition that factors called the social determinants of health (SDOH) can play a significant role in an individual’s health and well-being—a fact that community-based aging and disability organizations (CBOs) have long known. The SDOH include access to transportation, healthy food and accessible housing. Research shows that simple, low-cost services …
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REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR HERE. In a newly released report that Meals on Wheels America prepared with Quantified Ventures, and supported by Nonprofit Finance Fund, Effective Partnerships Between Community-Based Organizations and Healthcare: A Possible Path to Sustainability, describes a first-in-kind attempt to develop a Pay for Success project between a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan and Meals …
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The Aging and Disability Business Institute at the National Association for Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) and the National Council on Aging (NCOA) are pleased to announce that they have selected 11 community-based organizations (CBOs) and networks to participate in a Medicare Advantage Learning Collaborative (MALC) from an applicant pool of more than 100 well-qualified …
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REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR HERE. Interested in learning about how to partner and contract with Medicare Advantage plans to provide home and community-based services and supports? The Aging and Disability Business Institute at n4a and the National Council on Aging will hold a webinar on Friday, March 8 from 2-3 pm Eastern for community-based organizations …
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REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR HERE. New policy changes expand the flexibility of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to target a broad range of supplementary benefits to beneficiaries. As a result of these changes, CBOs have greater opportunities to contract with MA plans to provide services and supports that address the social and behavioral determinants of health. …
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Register for the Webinar HERE In this session, you will learn about the Medicare Star Rating System, which is used to measure how Medicare Advantage (MA) plans perform across five main categories. By gathering information about plans in your market, you can determine how to promote your programs and services to address their “pain points” …
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As leaders of aging and disability organizations, you are well aware of a fact that many other industries have only recently become aware of: the Baby Boomers are aging – and there are millions of them. Many health plan leaders have also now started paying strategic attention to how this massive aging cohort is …
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