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    July21 st
    The Aging and Disability Business Institute (ADBI) seeks to better understand how community-based organizations are working within the evolving health care market and adapting to new contracting opportunities to meet the needs of older adults and people with disabilities. Complete the survey by August 4.
    (If you received a link directly from ADBI, please use that link to complete the survey.)
    July8 th
    The Aging and Disability Business Institute (ADBI) seeks to better understand how community-based organizations are working within the evolving health care market and adapting to new contracting opportunities to meet the needs of older adults and people with disabilities. Complete the survey by August 4.

    (If you received a link directly from ADBI, please use that link to complete the survey.)

    July8 th

    A new guide and worksheet from the Aging and Disability Business Institute and the National Council on Aging help community-based organizations (CBOs) develop value propositions to promote their services to Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.

    July1 st

    The Aging and Disability Business Institute (ADBI) has released two parts of a new community-based organization (CBO)/health care resource that shares best practices for contracting.

    April23 rd

    April 16 was National Healthcare Decisions Day, a time set aside to educate and empower everyone about the importance of advance care planning.

    To support health care professionals at the center of the pandemic, California State University (CSU) is offering free educational tools through June 30.

    April15 th

    A recent Health Affairs blog highlighted how the Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) network is meeting the health and social care needs for aging populations. Also, learn about the Aging and Disability Institute’s support of partnerships between health care and community-based organizations.

    April1 st

    Case managers play an increasingly vital role in today’s hospital landscape.

    The Care Excellence case management training for hospitals contains three series of self-paced courses.

    February26 th

    Dr. Chernof and the Administration for Community Living’s Lance Robertson published a Health Affairs blog on addressing social determinants of health through partnerships between health care and community-based organizations (CBOs).

    January23 rd

    Our initiative page on partnerships between community-based organizations (CBOs) and the health care sector links to myriad resources including the Aging and Disability Business Institute, training modules for CBOs to build their business acumen, and last year’s Blueprint for Health Plans.

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    The Care Excellence training program helps prepare care management teams in health plans and hospitals to best serve diverse older adults with complex needs. Check out the latest course offerings.

    The AgingToday article discusses how health systems are learning to integrate the 4Ms (What Matters, Medication, Mentation, Mobility) into their workflows to improve care for older adults.

    December4 th

    The Aging and Disability Business Institute is accepting December applications for two new learning collaboratives supporting community-health care partnerships.

    Access the Medicare Advantage Learning Collaborative and the Network Operations Learning Collaborative applications.

    June19 th

    The Care Excellence training program helps prepare care management teams in health plans and hospitals to best serve diverse older adults with complex needs.