Value, Outcome and Performance-Based Payment Methodologies to Advance Competitive Integrated Employment: A Three-part Webinar Series

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Please see the announcement below, regarding an upcoming webinar series offered by the LEAD Center.
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Value, Outcome and Performance-Based Payment Methodologies to Advance Competitive Integrated Employment: A Three-part Webinar Series


Advancing competitive integrated employment opportunities for people with disabilities served by state Medicaid Long-term Services and Supports (LTSS) systems has proven to be challenging but worthy work. An increasing number of states identify themselves as Employment First states, committed to the goal of increasing opportunities for competitive integrated employment (CIE) for people with disabilities receiving publicly funded services. Systems change to support competitive integrated employment as a priority and preferred outcome requires many interrelated efforts. It is clear that workforce and disability service systems’ Employment First efforts require reform of the payment methodologies used for services. Value-based purchasing, with its focus on paying for outcomes and quality, rather than solely reimbursing for services delivered, is increasingly recognized as an important tool in advancing Employment First, promoting competitive integrated employment outcomes, and supporting employment service providers to be successful in their efforts. 

This webinar series coincides with the release of a comprehensive guide titled: Value-Based Payment Methodologies to Advance Competitive Integrated Employment: A Mix of Inspiring Examples from Across the Country. The guide includes a thoughtful overview of the topic, best practices, numerous case examples from a range of states and state systems, lessons learned based on experiences, and future opportunities. Those who register for a webinar will be sent an advance copy of the guide prior to the webinar. The guide will be available nationally after the webinar series.

The webinars will be led by the author of the guide, Dr. Lisa A. Mills, Ph.D., who has been a consultant on Employment First systems change for nearly two decades and has worked in the field of disabilities for thirty years. Dr. Mills is also the parent of a teenage son living with intellectual and behavioral health disabilities who is working competitively, using supported employment services and paid co-worker supports.

Register:

 

Part I

Value, Outcome and Performance-Based Payment Methodologies to Advance Competitive Integrated Employment in State Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Systems and Managed Care LTSS Systems

Register for May 5, 2021, 3:00-4:30p.m. EDT

Join this webinar to learn about a range of examples of state Medicaid LTSS systems – some using managed care and some that are not – that have designed and implemented value-based purchasing and outcome-based reimbursement methodologies specifically intended to advance their Employment First and Competitive Integrated Employment efforts.

Joining Dr. Mills on the webinar will be representatives from three states featured in the guide:

  • Patti Killingsworth, Assistant Commissioner and Chief of Long-Term Services and Supports at TennCare, Tennessee’s Medicaid agency.
  • Anya Eliassen, M.B.A., Chief Financial Officer, Oakland Community Health Network in Oakland County, Michigan.
  • Acacia McGuire Anderson, Statewide Employment First Coordinator, Oregon Department of Human Services.

Part II

Supporting Employment Service Providers to Succeed and Prosper by Partnering to Advance Competitive Integrated Employment: Applying Value, Outcome and Performance-Based Payment Methodologies

Register for May 12, 2021, 3:00-4:30p.m. EDT

Join this webinar to hear from employment services providers that work with state Vocational Rehabilitation systems and state Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) systems, some using managed care and some who do not, that have implemented value-based purchasing and outcome-based reimbursement methodologies so that employment service providers can prosper as they advance competitive integrated employment. 

Joining Dr. Mills on the webinar will be employment service provider representatives involved with some of the value-based payments models featured in the Value-Based Payment Methodologies to Advance Competitive Integrated Employment: A Mix of Inspiring Examples from Across the Country guide: 

  • Julie Strenn, President/CEO at Opportunity Development Centers, Inc. in Wisconsin.
  • James Willis, Vice President of Workforce Development & Rehabilitation at JVS Services in Michigan.

Part III

Advancing Competitive Integrated Employment: Value, Outcome and Performance-Based Payment Methodologies in State Vocational Rehabilitation and Behavioral Health Systems

Register for May 19, 2021, 3:00-4:30p.m. EDT

Join this webinar to learn from state administrators about a range of value-based purchasing and outcome-based reimbursement methodologies, practices and structures in state Vocational Rehabilitation systems and Behavioral Health systems specifically intended to advance evidence-based practices, competitive integrated employment outcomes, policy alignment, and rate alignment and restructuring. Joining Dr. Mills on the webinar will be representatives from three states featured in the guide:

  • Alice L. Farrar, MS, CRC, Chief of Employment Services and Program Development at the North Carolina Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
  • Stacy A. Smith, LCMHC-S LCAS NCC, Behavioral Health Policy Analyst at North Carolina Medicaid in the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
  • Dale Turrentine, CRC/CESP, Community Program Development Manager, Arkansas Rehabilitation Services.
  • Anya Eliassen, M.B.A., Chief Financial Officer, Oakland Community Health Network in Oakland County, Michigan.
  • Francisco Gamboa, MA, Rehabilitation Consultant, Innovation and Special Programs Division, Michigan Rehabilitation Services.