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Speaker Presentations
from
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 7th
New Freedom Initiative Conference
Access to Community Living: Promoting Independence and Choice
Here are the available speaker presentations from the March 2007 New Freedom Initiative Conference. Presentations are provided in both PDF and accessible text format.
Complete conference program available here - The complete list of sessions, descriptions, and speakers is available here. File in PDF or text.
Choice and Independence is a key pillar of CMS vision for a person-centered long term services and supports system for the future. The 2007 conference focused on the policies, programs, and tools including opportunities authorized by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 available to shape and carry out the vision.
Monday, March 5, 2007
Plenary: The Challenge to Change - From Better to Great
Speaker: Thomas Nerney File in PDF or text
Concurrent Sessions
Creating Flexible Funding Streams: What Does It Mean?
Moderator: Robert Mollica File in PDF or text
Speakers: Patricia Polansky File in PDF or text
Robert Kafka File 1 in PDF or text and File 2 in PDF or text
Transparency: 20/20 Traversing of the System
Speakers: Michael Head File in PDF or text
Krista Boston File in PDF or text
Developing a Mental Health System that Maximizes Recovery
Speakers: Pamela Werner File in PDF or text
Shawn Terrell File in PDF or text
Quality Assurance in HCBS: Federal Vision, Approaches and Resource
Speakers: Jean Moody-Williams File in PDF or text
D.E.B. Potter File in PDF or text
Lunch Plenary: Consumer Control and Systems Change: The Positive Impact on State and Federal Policy
Speakers: Mike Oxford File 1 in PDF or text and File 2 in PDF or text and File 3 in PDF or text
Darlene OConnor File in PDF or text
Concurrent Sessions
Supportive Housing Strategies: HUD and State Perspectives
Speakers: Gerald Stolp and Thomas Keating File in PDF or text
Cassie James File in PDF or text
Application of CMS Quality Management Strategy: Self-Direction and Risk
Speakers: Beth Jackson File in PDF or text
Suzanne Crisp File in PDF or text
Karen McKim File in PDF or text
The 36 Hour Day: The Overlooked Workforce
Speakers: Susan C. Reinhard File in PDF or text
Angela Greene File in PDF or text
Kelly Stahlman File in PDF or text
Concurrent Sessions
C. Coordinating Institutional Transitions and Diversions: Changing the Direction of LTC System Pathways
Speakers: Kimberly Nelson File in PDF or text
Jennifer Burnett File in PDF or text
Driving Toward a More Balanced LTC System: The Important Role of Transportation Services
Speaker: Lynnda Bassham File in PDF or text
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Discussion Tables: Choice and Independence
A. Planning/Support Brokers File in PDF or text
B. Inclusion File in PDF or text
C. Individual Budgets File in PDF or text
D. Housing File in PDF or text
E. Work and Transportation File in PDF or text
Concurrent Sessions
Expanding Options for Home and Community Based Services
Moderator: Suzanne Bosstick File in PDF or text
Speaker: Henry Claypool File in PDF or text
Self-Direction: Functions in Support of Self-Direction
Moderator/Speakers: Marguerite Schervish and Mary Sowers File in PDF or text
Speakers: Keith Jones File in PDF or text
Abby Hulme File in PDF or text
Benefit Flexibility through Benchmark Plans: Rightsizing It for Consumers
Speaker: Mary Ellen Wright File 1 in PDF or text and File 2 in PDF or text
Benefits Counseling: A Proven Strategy for Promoting Independence and Self-Sufficiency for Individuals with Disabilities
Speaker: Alice Porter File in PDF or text
Building Natural Supports by Connecting Individuals with Disabilities and Community Members
Speakers: Angela Novak Amado File in PDF or text
Cathy Ludlum File in PDF or text
Luncheon plenary
Speaker: Daniel Fisher File in PDF or text
Session
Promoting Choice and Independence through Employment
Note: This integrated, 50-slide presentation was separated into the six parts presented by individual speakers. The slides remain numbered consecutively throughout the six presentations. Due to the size of the file, the Dena Stoner presentation has been split into two files, File 1 and File 2.
Speakers: Mary Alice Mowry - File in PDF or text
Dena Stoner - File 1 in PDF or text and File 2 in PDF or text
Jean Hall, first portion - File in PDF or text
Henry Ireys - File in PDF or text
Jean Hall, second portion - File in PDF or text
Plenary Session
Rebalancing Long Term Supports: Measuring Your Progress
Speakers: Lisa Alecxih File in PDF or text
Robert Kane, M.D. File in PDF or text
Brian Burwell File in PDF or text
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