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Web-Assisted Audioconferences - 2004 Health Care Series 

Aging and Disability Resource Centers:
State and Federal Partnerships

January 28, 2004

Oftentimes, individuals and their families do not know where to turn when they need long-term care services. The problem is compounded by the complicated maze of programs, services and residential settings many states offer.

To help people obtain services and learn about various long-term care options through "one-stop shopping", the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Administration on Aging (AOA) recently awarded a total of almost $9.3 million in grants to 12 states to create Aging and Disability Resource Centers.

These centers coordinate and/or redesign their existing systems of information, assistance, and access. They are intended to serve as the entry point to a state's long-term care services, and to help people make informed decisions about their options.

This web-assisted audioconference will feature federal and state officials who will share their expertise and experience with these centers and help participants learn about this "no wrong door" approach.

NOTE: You can participate in this conference at your desk. You have three options:

1. Listen to the audio portion and view the slides using the Internet (this requires a sound card in your computer or other means for receiving the web audio). If you choose this option, you will be able to ensure that it works properly prior to the start of the event. Once you have connected to the event room, you will automatically hear music if your computer can receive web audio.
2. Listen to the audio portion on the telephone and view the slides on your computer (this requires an internet connection separate from your phone line)
3. Print out speaker slides (they will be available 1-2 days before the event) and listen to the audio portion on the telephone.

This conference is FREE TO ALL PARTICIPANTS. Please contact NCSL's Meeting Department at 303-364-7700, ext. 1430 for registration information or Jody Ruskamp at jody.ruskamp@ncsl.org or 303-856-1521 for program information.

Update on the Rural Provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003

January 14, 2004
1:00 p.m. EST

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 was signed into law by President Bush on December 8. Title IV of the bill contains a number provisions for rural areas. These rural provisions have been highly publicized by advocates as well as opponents of the bill. However, many questions remain...

What are the rural provisions of the new law?

What do they mean for state budgets and state legislatures?

What impact will the law have on rural health care providers?

This Web-assisted audioconference examined these and other questions about the rural provisions of the Medicare law. The presentations included an overview of the rural provisions; an examination of the rural provisions in the context of the law; and a discussion of how state legislatures, state budgets, and rural providers and communities will be affected by the law.

Speakers:

• Keith Mueller, Ph.D.
  Director, Nebraska Center for Rural Health Research
• Joy Johnson Wilson
  NCSL Federal Affairs Counsel & Senior Committee Director
• Alan Morgan
  Vice President, Government Affairs and Policy, National Rural Health Association

• NCSL Slides
• Keith Mueller, Ph.D.
  Director, Nebraska Center for Rural Health Research
• Joy Johnson Wilson
  NCSL Federal Affairs Counsel & Senior Committee Director
• Alan Morgan
  Vice President, Government Affairs and Policy, National Rural Health Association

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