The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (MMCO) is pleased to share the following updates:
- 2019 CMS Health Equity Award Presented to HealthPartners, Centene Corporation for Outstanding Work Reducing Disparities
- Training Opportunities:
- Falls Prevention for Older Adults
- Recruiting Members and Supporting Participation in Plan Governance
2019 CMS Health Equity Award Presented to HealthPartners, Centene Corporation for Outstanding Work Reducing Disparities
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Minority Health presented the 2019 CMS Health Equity Awards to recognize organizations that demonstrate an exceptional commitment to health equity by reducing disparities among minority and other underserved populations. The 2019 winners are HealthPartners, for their organization-wide activities to achieve health equity, and Centene Corporation, for their commitment to make sweeping accessibility improvements to their facilities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Minority Health presented the 2019 CMS Health Equity Awards to recognize organizations that demonstrate an exceptional commitment to health equity by reducing disparities among minority and other underserved populations. The 2019 winners are HealthPartners, for their organization-wide activities to achieve health equity, and Centene Corporation, for their commitment to make sweeping accessibility improvements to their facilities.
This is the second year the agency has offered the annual CMS Health Equity Award, which identifies organizations working to achieve health equity for vulnerable populations and shines a light on their leadership to provide examples of successful approaches to reducing disparities.
Read more about HealthPartners’ health equity work here: https://www.healthpartners.
Read more about Centene Corporation’s health equity work here: https://www.centene.com/why-
To learn more about what CMS is doing to reduce disparities, visit go.cms.gov/omh, and sign up for the CMS Office of Minority Health listserv here: https://public.govdelivery.
Falls Prevention for Older Adults
Date/Time: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 from 12:00pm-1:30pm (EST)
Register at: https://www.
Date/Time: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 from 12:00pm-1:30pm (EST)
Register at: https://www.
Falling is not an inevitable part of aging. Older adults with chronic conditions are at higher risk of falls,[1] making older adults dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid particularly vulnerable [2],[3]. This webinar will provide an overview of the importance of falls assessment and falls prevention for older adults and their caregivers and offer concrete interventions and strategies for providers to improve mobility and prevent falls.
Intended Audience: This webinar is intended for a wide range of stakeholders - providers, health care professionals (such as home care agency administrators and staff), social workers, and front-line staff of Medicare Advantage plans, Medicare-Medicaid Plans (MMPs), Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs), and PACE Organizations interested in learning more about falls prevention.
CME/CE Credit Information: CMS is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) to offer continuing education (CE) credit. The American Geriatrics Society is accredited the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) to provide continuing education for social workers and by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. For more information on CME/CE for this training, please visit: https://www.
Recruiting Members and Supporting Participation in Plan Governance
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 12:30pm-2:00pm (EST)
Register at: https://
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 12:30pm-2:00pm (EST)
Register at: https://
This is the second webinar in the Member Engagement plan governance series. This webinar will focus on recruiting members who represent diverse experiences and supporting member participation to ensure feedback is robust and useful. Specifically, this webinar will share strategies for recruiting members who have the capacity, skills, time, and motivation to engage in plan governance activities. It will also provide promising practices for supporting members to overcome barriers to regular and meaningful participation.
Intended Audience: This webinar is intended for staff of Medicare-Medicaid plans (MMPs), Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs), and PACE organizations who are interested in engaging members in plan governance through consumer advisory committees or other strategies.
CE Credit Information: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) to offer continuing education (CE) credit. For more information on CE for this training, please visit: https://
[1] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. (2017). Fact sheet risk factors for falls. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/
[2] 49 percent of older adults dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid have four or more chronic conditions.
[2] 49 percent of older adults dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid have four or more chronic conditions.
[3] Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (2014). Physical and mental health condition prevalence and comorbidity among fee-for-service medicare-medicaid enrollees. Retrieved from https://www.cms.gov/
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