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Timely and Responsive Primary Care – Pedro’s Story
Highly responsive primary care is a critical component of disability-competent care. Responsiveness includes timely access to care in the appropriate setting (physician office, community, or participant’s home) to avoid unnecessary escalations in the need for care. Pedro’s story illustrates the
[...]Published Date: August 19, 2019 -
Effective Interdisciplinary Team Meetings
This resource describes how to effectively prepare for and manage Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) meetings by providing guidelines for who to include in these meetings, tips for running productive IDT meetings, and how to best utilize IDT meeting templates.
[...]Published Date: August 9, 2019 -
Disability-Competent Care Conversation on Access with ADANN
Podcast: This webinar is also available as a podcast on SoundCloud and iTunes. Individuals living with disability dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid are at higher risk for poor health outcomes when compared to individuals without disability.[1] This event, in collaboration with the Americans
[...]Published Date: July 31, 2019 -
Resource Document: Recognizing Co-Occurring Acute and Chronic Conditions when Working with the Autistic Adult Population
This resource describes common and co-occurring conditions that may occur alongside a primary autism diagnosis in adults and how to recognize behavioral or functional changes associated with these conditions. Click here to access the resource document. Attachments: Recognizing
[...]Published Date: July 19, 2019 -
Resource Document: Communication and Interaction Challenges for Autistic Adults
Autism and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are terms for a group of complex neurodevelopmental disabilities that affect social communication, sensory processing, and scope of interests. While autism is typically diagnosed in children, approximately one percent of adults meet the criteria
[...]Published Date: July 19, 2019 -
Disability-Competent Care Resource on Access
This 25-minute presentation distills key information and content on Disability-Competent Care (DCC) access from several sources, including previous webinars, tools, and resources produced by Resources for Integrated Care (RIC) in collaboration with DCC subject matter experts. The target audience for
[...]Published Date: July 18, 2019 -
Topic Summary: Serving Adults with Disabilities on the Autism Spectrum
Significant health care disparities can exist between autistic adults and adults without autism. This summary describes barriers in access to care among this population and a variety of tools that providers can employ to help improve health care for autistic
[...]Published Date: July 9, 2019 -
Primary Care Co-Visit: Care Coordinators Tip Sheet
This document provides tips for health plans, health systems, and provider groups in preparing care coordinators for their expanded role working with participants and PCPs. Click here to access the tip sheet
[...]Published Date: June 21, 2019 -
Topic Summary: Building Partnerships: Health Plans and Community-Based Organizations
This summary provides an overview of building partnerships between providers, health plans, health systems, and community-based organizations, to meet the varied health and social needs of individuals with disability. Steps to assess and establish partnerships are also described. Click here
[...]Published Date: June 14, 2019 -
Topic Summary: Improving Accessibility in Provider Settings
Click Here to View the Topic Summary This summary provides an overview of how health plans can address accessibility barriers for persons with disability in provider and clinic settings to improve the quality and delivery of care that participants receive.
[...]Published Date: June 14, 2019