Sunday, September 20, 2009

Opening Plenary
The Consumer HCBS Experience in Colorado
Colorado Convention Center, Rooms 201-207

Panel:

• Jeanette Hensley, Director, Colorado Division of Aging and Adult Services
• Sue Williamson, Director, Client and Community Relations, Health Care Policy and Financing
• Jason Regier, Consumer Advocate
• Ian Watlington, The ARC of Denver
• Fern Osbourne, President, Older Americans Coalition
• Amy Smith, Consumer Advocate

Concurrent Workshops
All Workshops at Colorado Convention Center

• CMS CMSO Workshop Series - Medicaid Basics: What Every Program Administrator Needs to Know About Medicaid and the Rules that Apply to HCBS, Rooms 102-104
• Business Innovations Workshop Series - Improving Quality and Safety for HCBS, Room 110
• Got Voice?, Room 111
• Medicaid Payments to Spouse and Parent Caregivers, Second Presentation, Room 112
• Providing Evidence Based Programs for Caregivers, Room 105
• Declaration for Independence: A Call to Transformation, Room 106
• ConsumerSpeak: Consumer Engagement in Quality and Public Policy Initiatives, Room 107
• Creating Community Systems of Long Term Care, Room 109
• We Have the Facts, Now What?, Room 108

Concurrent Workshops
All Workshops at Colorado Convention Center

• CMS CMSO Workshop Series - The Art of Crafting and Using Performance Measures, Second Presentation, Rooms 102-104
• AoA Workshop Series - An Historic Opportunity: Positioning Your Organization to Deliver Veterans Directed Home and Community Based Services, Room 108
• CMS Medicare Workshop Series: Children's Health Insurance Program, Room 106
• Using Data to Assess and Improve Quality, Room 107
• Using a Consumer/Family Centered Approach to Relocations, Room 111
• A Free Web Based HCBS Administrative Tool, Room 109
• Meeting Mobility Needs of HCBS Recipients: The Role of Public Transportation, Paratransit, and Volunteer Drivers, Room 110
• Ombudsmen on the Case: Keeping Long Term Care Residents Safe and Secure, Room 112

Plenary
Point Counter Point: Two Views on National Health Reform
Colorado Convention Center, Rooms 201-207

Moderator:

• Martha A. Roherty, Executive Director, National Association of State Units on Aging

Presenters:

• Robert B. Blancato, President, Matz, Blancato & Associates, Inc.
• Dennis G. Smith, Senior Fellow in Health Reform, Center for Health Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation

Concurrent Sessions
All Workshops at Colorado Convention Center

• CMS CMSO Workshop Series - CMS Innovations and Policy Advancements in HCBS, Rooms 102-104
• AoA Workshop Series - Lifespan Respite: Ensuring Access to Respite Care Services for All Caregivers, Room 108
• Business Innovations Workshop Series - Network of Care: A One Stop Web Portal for Seniors and Persons with Disabilities.and Now, Veterans, Room 112
• Project 2020: Fulfilling the Promise of Home and Community Based Services, Room 113
• Project Visibility, Room 106 Integration of Consumer Direction in HCBS, Room 109
• Long Term Care Workforce - Training and Credentialing Trends, Room 111
• Building Partnerships to Strengthen Long Term Care Services, Room 110
• Developmental Disabilities Waiver Managers' Open Forum, Room 105
• SmartHomes for Individuals with Cognitive Disabilities, Room 107

Concurrent Sessions
All Workshops at Colorado Convention Center

• CMS CMSO Workshop Series - Person Centered Thinking in HCBS, Rooms 102-104
• CMS Medicare Workshop Series - Let's Talk About Caregiving: CMS and AoA Open Discussion Forum, Room 106
• Developing Monitoring and Oversight Strategies for Self Direction, Room 108
• Community Long Term Care Program Model, Room 105
• Traumatic Brain Injury: The Silent Epidemic, Room 107
• Transitions in Caregiving, Room 109
• Systems Change Outcomes and Lessons Learned, Second Presentation, Room 111
• Creating Local Human Services Transportation Coordinating Councils, Room 110
• Telehealth: A Tool for the Future, Room 112

Concurrent Sessions
All Workshops at Colorado Convention Center

• AoA Workshop Series - Driving Change in a Fiscal Crisis: Single Entry Points as the Cornerstone to Long Term Care Transformation, Room 108
• Business Innovations Workshop Series: Collaborative Social Case Management Systems, Room 105
• Livable Communities: The Housing, Transportation, and Healthy Aging Connection, Room 106
• Fiscal/Employer Agents: What the Internal Revenue Service Wants You to Know, Second Presentation, Room 107
• Changing Medicaid Long Term Care Entitlement, Room 109
• Targeted Approaches that Assist People with Transitioning from Nursing Homes into Communities, Room 112
• Shared Equity Housing: Promoting Independence and Self Determination through Community Living, Room 111

Reception with Exhibitors
Celebrating Independence, Fulfilling Lifelong Dreams
Colorado Convention Center, Lobby A/F

• Jeremy Bloom, Founder, Wish of a Lifetime Foundation
  Former NFL Wide Receiver and Olympic Champion

Concurrent Sessions
All Workshops at Colorado Convention Center

• CMS-CMSO Workshop Series: Person Centered Organizations in HCBS, Rooms 102-104
• AoA Workshop Series: Long Term Care in Indian Country, Room 108
• NORC-SSPs and Innovative Service Delivery Programs, Room 112
• Fine Tuning Consumer Directed Services, Second Presentation, Room 105
• Expanding the HCBS Workforce through SCSEP, Second Presentation, Room 106
• Louisiana's Permanent Supportive Housing Programs: Options that Work, Room 107
• Building Data Driven Web Enabled Quality Management Systems, Room 109
• Seeing is Believing: Transformation from Congregate to Individualized Services and Supports, Room 110
• Using Technology to Promote Consumer Independence, Room 111

Concurrent Sessions
All Workshops at Colorado Convention Center

• Business Innovations Workshop Series: Enhancing Consumer Directed Services Using Technology, Room 109
• Consumer Satisfaction with Self Direction, Room 105
• Creating Evidence Based Programming in Your State, Second Presentation, Room 106
• Community Partnerships and Assistive Technology, Room 107
• Partnering with PHAs to Support Community Living, Second Presentation, Room 108
• Global QIS across HCBS Waivers, Room 110
• Criminal Background Checks for Home Care Workers, Room 111
• New Technologies to Support HCBS, Room 112
• Tips and Tools for Working with Depressed Clients, Second Presentation, Room 113
• Electronic Visit Verification for HCBS, Rooms 102-104

Luncheon Plenary
Impact of Fiscal Crisis on State HCBS Program Administration
Colorado Convention Center, Rooms 201-207

Moderator:

• Susan Reinhard, Senior Vice President for Public Policy, AARP

Panel:

• William Pound, Executive Director, National Conference of State Legislatures Robin Cooper, Director of Technical Assistance, National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services
• Ann Kohler, Executive Director, National Association of State Medicaid Directors
• Martha A. Roherty, Executive Director, National Association of State Units on Aging
• Robert Glover, Executive Director, National Association of State Mental Health Directors
• William A.B. Ditto, Chair, Public Policy Committee, National Association of State Head Injury Administrators
  

Concurrent Sessions
All Workshops at Colorado Convention Center

• CMS-CMSO Workshop Series: Open Microphone Session, Room 102-104
• AoA Workshop Series - Evidence Based Prevention Programs: Dissemination and Financing, Room 108
• CMS Medicare Workshop Series - My Health, My Medicare, Room 106
• Business Innovations Workshop Series: Disaster Interventions, A Success Story, Room 109
• Measuring Progress: A Universal System for Classification of Support Needs, Room 107
• Tools for Planning with Families, Room 110
• Flexible Service Options that Sustain Employment, Room 111
• Mental Health Concerns and Training Needs within Assisted Living Facilities, Room 112
• Training Tools: The Role of Case Managers in Quality, Second Presentation, Room 113
• Redefining Pennsylvania's MR/ID System - Lessons Learned and Tools for Change, Room 105
• Recommendations for State Planning (meeting by invitation), Room 202

Closing Plenary with Breakfast
Strengthening the Foundation of Community Based Services
Sheraton Denver Hotel, Grand Ballroom

Special Message:

• Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Keynote Address:

• Kathy Greenlee, Assistant Secretary for Aging, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Concurrent Workshops
All Workshops at Sheraton Denver Hotel, Grand Ballroom

• Business Innovations Workshop Series: Promising Practices and Models in Service Delivery, Tower Court A
• Effectiveness of Consumer/Peer Trainers as Partners, Tower Court C
• Streamlining Access to Benefits and Services, Tower Court D
• Advocacy and Collaboration: Diverse Housing Resources, Spruce
• Using Mortality Data to Improve Health and Welfare, Mortality Review @ The State Level, Gold
• Partnering ADRCs and Transportation Coalitions, Denver
• The Undiscovered Country: People with Mental Illness in Nursing Facilities, Dr. Buck's presentation, Dr. Buck's handout, Century.  
• Partnering ADRCs and Transportation Coalitions, Second Presentation, Third Presentation, Denver