Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Vocational Rehabilitation

Maine Division of Vocational Rehabilitation - Eliminating and Maintaining No Waitlist: A Project Plan for Success!

Presenters: 
Karen Fraser and Betsy Hopkins
Date/Time [EST]: 
02/29/2012 - 1:00pm
Description 

This webinar is the second in a series looking at promising practices in prioritizing and delivering of services to individuals with the most significant disabilities (MSD). Presenters will highlight results from case studies identifying strategies that VR agencies have used to manage outreach, service access, and case flow to ensure that individuals with MSD are served on a priority basis. Strategies include tools to manage priority categories, fiscal and human resources, performance, waitlists, and stakeholder communication. The goal of this webinar is to describe strategies the Maine Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) implemented in 2009 to eliminate the waitlist that had been in place since 2001. This practice represents a successful effort of moving out of Order of Selection (OOS) policy while still maintaining a focus on serving customers with the most significant disabilities.

The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Funding VR Services

Presenters: 
Robert 'Bobby' Silverstein
Date/Time [EST]: 
01/08/2013 - 3:00pm
Description 

This webinar hosted by Robert 'Bobby' Silverstein and the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Vocational Rehabilitation (VR RRTC) complements Bobby's timely new paper Funding Health-Related VR Services: The Potential Impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the Use of Private Insurance and Medicaid to Pay for Health ­Related Services. The webinar discusses findings on the potential impact of the ACA on the payment for certain health-related VR services, including physical and mental restoration services, assistive technology devices and services, and personal assistance services.

 

Download the presentation slides (.ppt) or presentation text (.doc)

Download the summary of the question and answers session prepared by Bobby Silverstein (.pdf) or (.doc).

View a fact sheet on the ACA and Medicaid online or download it (.doc)

Maximizing the Payment of Health-Related VR Services by Private Insurers and Medicaid: The VR Program and the Affordable Care Act

Presenters: 
Robert 'Bobby' Silverstein
Date/Time [EST]: 
05/14/2013 - 2:00pm
Description 

This is another webinar in the series of the webinars on the impact of Affordable Care Act on funding VR services. Robert "Bobby" Silverstein will be presenting results from his latest paper. This webinar will illustrate the policy actions that can be taken by VR agencies, as the Affordable Care Act will allow many states to minimize their VR agency's expenditures for insurance services and increase the number of clients they were otherwise able to serve.

Presentation Slides (.ppt) or Presentation Text (.doc)

Compilation of all the handouts (.doc or .pdf)

  • Medicaid Expansion Activity Handout (.doc)
  • State Expansion Activity Handout (.doc)
  • Essential Health Benefits Benchmark Plans Handout (.doc)
  • CCIIO Final and Interim Final Rules Regarding ACA Handout (.doc)

Vocational Rehabilitation- Mental Health Partnership: Coordinating Supported Employment Services Across State Agencies - Delaware Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Case Study

The VR-RRTC partnered with a national group of content experts to identify potential promising VR employment practices serving people with psychiatric disabilities. These case studies were designed to identify some creative and collaborative ways that VR agencies could develop improved strategies to improve employment outcomes for their clients using this most current knowledge efficiently and effectively.

Aligning Agency Policies and Procedures through Systems Integration: Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Services Case Study

The VR-RRTC partnered with a national group of content experts to identify potential promising VR employment practices serving people with psychiatric disabilities. These case studies were designed to identify some creative and collaborative ways that VR agencies could develop improved strategies to improve employment outcomes for their clients using this most current knowledge efficiently and effectively.

Creating a Sustainable Partnership: Utilizing a Medicaid Billing Code as a Stable Source of Funding for Supported Employment Services - Oregon Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Services Case Study

The VR-RRTC partnered with a national group of content experts to identify potential promising VR employment practices serving people with psychiatric disabilities. These case studies were designed to identify some creative and collaborative ways that VR agencies could develop improved strategies to improve employment outcomes for their clients using this most current knowledge efficiently and effectively.

Partnering from the Top-Down and Maintaining Fidelity to IPS using Jointly Funded Staff: South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department Case Study

The VR-RRTC partnered with a national group of content experts to identify potential promising VR employment practices serving people with psychiatric disabilities. These case studies were designed to identify some creative and collaborative ways that VR agencies could develop improved strategies to improve employment outcomes for their clients using this most current knowledge efficiently and effectively.

Interagency Collaboration through Shared Administrative Responsibility, Shared Staff, and Counterpart Supported Employment Coordinators: Vermont Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Case Study

The VR-RRTC partnered with a national group of content experts to identify potential promising VR employment practices serving people with psychiatric disabilities. These case studies were designed to identify some creative and collaborative ways that VR agencies could develop improved strategies to improve employment outcomes for their clients using this most current knowledge efficiently and effectively.

Vocational Rehabilitation and Mental Health Agency Collaborations with the Implementation of Co-located Counselors: Connecticut Bureau of Rehabilitation Services Case Study

The VR-RRTC partnered with a national group of content experts to identify potential promising VR employment practices serving people with psychiatric disabilities. These case studies were designed to identify some creative and collaborative ways that VR agencies could develop improved strategies to improve employment outcomes for their clients using this most current knowledge efficiently and effectively.

VR Match Funding Options Webinar

Presenters: 
John Connelly and John Halliday
Date/Time [EST]: 
04/11/2014 - 11:45am
Description 

The third webinar in the VR fiscal series reviews the critical policy and practices issues to be considered in the development of third party funding and other options, such as interagency transfer, for meeting the match requirements for the Title I VR federal funds. There was review of the federal regulations and guidance including the issues raised during third party  match in recent RSA monitoring.