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1. Home Work Commitmentdialectical Behavioral Training Seminars
2. Home Work Commitmentdialectical Behavioral Training Certification
3. Home Work Commitmentdialectical Behavioral Training Techniques

The information is from a recent training titled Community Based Workforce COVID-19 training. This was a joint effort from the Department of Health and the Department of Social and Health Services and also includes a brief video on COVID-19. The training included:

• Part 1: Social and Health Supports During COVID-19
  
  • Basics of COVID-19
  • Prescreening for a visit
  • Helping people make a plan and access resources
  • Responding to stigma in the COVID-19 pandemic

• Part 2: Physically Distanced Still Socially Connected

  • Helping People Manage Anxiety
  • Self-Care for Community Based Workforce
• Attachments
  • COVID 10 Training Handout 4-30-20

• Some of the skills required in effective behavioral analysis therapy can take years to master! Chances are, your staff won’t get it right in their first run through. Be sure to provide regular feedback during each and every practice session, so that you and your trainees can identify common mistakes early, and immediately work to improve upon.
• Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) provides clients with new skills to manage painful emotions and decrease conflict in relationships. DBT specifically focuses on providing therapeutic skills in.

To create a balanced work environment, encourage employees not to take work home with them! You can try restricting work-related emails and calls to certain hours as much as possible. Encourage employees to focus and give 100% effort during work time, then allow them to focus on personal life outside of work hours will help them keep the work.

Achieving Washington State's Vision of Integrated Services

Home Work Commitmentdialectical Behavioral Training Seminars

Home Work Commitmentdialectical Behavioral Training Certification

The Department of Social and Health Services and the Health Care Authority have collaborated on the Health Home Program with federal partners since 2013, and have received strong support from individuals, local health care providers, and advocates.

Washington has targeted its demonstration to high-cost, high-risk Medicare-Medicaid enrollees based on the principle that focusing intensive care coordination on those with the greatest needs provides the greatest potential for improved health outcomes and cost savings. The positive outcomes achieved by a previous State Chronic Care Management Program led Washington to adopt a comparable model, organized on the principles of patient activation and engagement. In the course of integrating care for enrollees across multiple delivery systems, Health Home Care Coordinators are charged with engaging enrollees to set health action goals and increase self-management skills to achieve optimal physical and cognitive health.

All Care Coordinators receive intensive training on how to develop the Health Action Plan and the six Health Home services. Health Home seek to address complex health issues by offering:

• comprehensive care management;
• care coordination;
• health promotion;
• comprehensive transitional care and follow-up;
• individual and family support; and
• referrals for community and social services support.

Care Coordinators work to reduce gaps in services and increase coordination of all service providers including medical, behavioral health, long-term services and supports, and other social services.

The goal of the Health Home Program is to improve coordination of care, quality, and to increase an individual’s participation in their own care. Care Coordinators do not duplicate or replace services that individuals are receiving. Participation in the Health Home Program is voluntary and will not change or replace any services and supports the individual is receiving; it is simply an added benefit.

In addition, Washington has been participating in the CMS Medicare-Medicaid Financial Alignment “Demonstration” for individuals who receive both Medicaid and Medicare benefits (commonly referred to as dual eligible). Participation in the Demonstration has been a unique opportunity for the state to receive performance payments from CMS based on achieving statistically significant savings and meeting or exceeding quality requirements.

Under the Demonstration, the state may ultimately share up to half of the gross Medicare Parts A & B savings after final analysis of Medicare and Medicaid data for both years is complete. In the first year of the Demonstration, HCA received a preliminary payment from CMS of $11.6 million. For the second year, the state received a $10.7 million preliminary payment.

Duals Financial Alignment Demonstration Activity	Status
Memorandum of Understanding with CMS	10.24.12
State Plan Amendment Approval	06.28.13
Final CMS Agreement	06.28.13
Extension of Demonstration through 2018	Approved
Phase One Implementation	07.01.13
Phase Two Implementation	10.01.13
Received Year One shared savings	June 2016
Phase Three Implementation (statewide)	04.01.17
Received Year Two shared savings	June 2017
Extension of Demonstration through 2020	Approved

For more information about the Health Home Program

• Kelli Emans, Integration Manager, 360-725-3213 or kelli.emans@dshs.wa.gov

Home Work Commitmentdialectical Behavioral Training Techniques

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