Care Management/Care Coordination

Disability-Competent Care Self-Assessment Tool

From CMS Medicaid-Medicare Coordination Office Resources for Integrated Care Webpage https://www.resourcesforintegratedcare.com/node/101

The purpose of the Disability-Competent Care Self-Assessment Tool is to help health plans and health systems evaluate their present ability to meet the needs of adults with functional limitations and to identify strategic opportunities for improvement. Resources for Integrated Care has worked with a variety of experts to identify promising practices to better serve these individuals with complex care needs.

Disability Competent Care Webinar Series

Leading Healthcare Practices and Training: Defining and Delivering Disability-Competent Care

https://www.resourcesforintegratedcare.com/webinar/series/leading-healthcare-practices-and-training

The CMS Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (CMMO) facilitated an optional webinar series for interested providers and health care professionals, front-line staff with health plans and practices, and stakeholders to introduce and explore the many uses of the Disability-Competent Care (DCC) Model. Meeting the needs of persons with disabilities is of increasing importance as individuals live longer and the prevalence of adults with functional limitations and disabilities rises. The DCC model, developed by providers serving adults with disabilities, is a resource for providers, health plans, and healthcare organizations to enhance capacity to integrate care for adults with disabilities. Webinars were tailored by audience and topic within this subject area.

1. Disability-Competent Care -- What Is It and Why Is It Important?

2. The Lived Experience of Disability

3. The Care Coordination Relationship

4. Providing Disability-Competent Primary Care

5. Managing Transitions

6. Flexible Long Term Services and Supports

7. Disability-Competent Care Planning: The Individualized Plan of Care

8. Building a Disability-Competent Provider Network

9. Preparing for New Roles & Responsibilities -- Individual and Provider Readiness

Disability-Competent Care Webinar Roundtable Series: Training in Disability-Competent Care and Supports

https://www.resourcesforintegratedcare.com/webinar-roundtable-series

1. Dignity of Risk

1.1.1 Target audience: Individuals who work with persons with disabilities, particularly care coordinators in AAA’s, disability resource centers, and demonstration health plans.

1.1.2 Discussion regarding understanding and respecting the concept of dignity of risk and will teach the audience how to engage an individual in a discussion respecting individual choice within the context of informed risk-taking.

2. Strategies to Stimulate and Support Individual Engagement

2.1.1 Target audience: Individuals who work with persons with disabilities, particularly consumer advocates.

2.1.2 Discussion regarding understanding what makes for meaningful individual involvement, the benefits of individual and advocate engagement and multiple strategies for individual engagement and involvement of advisory groups.

3. Mobility and Seating Assessments, and Equipment Procurement

3.1.1 Target audience: Individuals who work with persons with disabilities, particularly consumer advocates and DME suppliers.

3.1.2 Discussion regarding understanding the process of assessing mobility needs of individuals, the opportunity for improved procurement process within Dual Integrated Care models, and Understanding prevention of secondary conditions as a primary goal of mobility equipment assessments

4. Using and Maintaining Mobility Equipment

4.1.1 Target audience: Individuals who work with persons with disabilities, particularly consumer advocates, DME suppliers.

4.1.2 Discussion regarding understanding the need for mobility training and the benefits of wheelchair maintenance

5. Meeting the Transportation Needs of Enrolled Individuals

6. Providing Home Modifications

7. Building Partnerships between Health Care (Plans & Providers) and Community-based Organizations

8. Integrating Behavioral Health Competency within Disability-Competent Teams