National Resource Center on Nutrition & Aging Webinars: Healthcare Policy and Practice Opportunities for Senior Nutrition Programs

Nutrition services have been shown to positively impact the physical, mental, and social well-being of older adults and adults with disabilities. Increasingly, these services are recognized as a key component of client-centered care.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently proposed a new category of benefits that would give Medicare Advantage plans the flexibility to provide non-medical health-related supplemental benefits (e.g., nutrition services). As providers of congregate and home-delivered meals, nutrition education, and related counseling, nutrition programs are positioned to take advantage of this opportunity.

This two-part webinar will address recent changes in the Medicare policy landscape. Gain insights from the experiences of an innovative senior nutrition program contracted to offer a menu of services to local managed care plan recipients.

Webinar Part 1: The Evolving Healthcare Legislation Landscape

Wednesday, March 13, 3:30-4:30 PM ET

Learn more and register for Part 1

Presenters:

Jennifer Raymond, Chief Strategy Officer and Director of the Healthy Living Center of Excellence at the Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley
James Michel, Director of Policy and Research at the Better Medicare Alliance

Webinar Part 2: Launching an In-home Medical Nutrition Therapy Program

Tuesday, March 19, 3:30-4:30 PM ET

Learn more and register for Part 2

Presenter:

Jennifer Raymond, Chief Strategy Officer and Director of the Healthy Living Center of Excellence at the Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley

Hosted by Meals on Wheels America as part of a cooperative agreement with ACL, the National Resource Center on Nutrition & Aging is designed to build the capacity of the aging services network to provide nutrition services integrated into a home- and community-based service system and to provide related training and technical assistance.