Iowa Medicaid now provides training and support for Long-Term Services and Support (LTSS) providers and case managers. The Iowa Legislature has allocated funds for yearly evaluation of this support for various LTSS service providers, including home-based programs, rehabilitation services, habilitation services, home health, hospice, Money Follows the Person program, nursing/personal care, elderly care, and case management.
Upcoming CBT Trainings
Consumer Choice Option (CCO) Budgets
May 16, 2024 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT | Virtual Registration through Zoom
Intended Audience: Direct support professionals, case managers and administration from all LTSS provider types and case managers wanting to learn more about CCO budgets from Iowa Medicaid.
Objectives:
- Participants will be able to identify the units and unit cost, identified in the Person-Centered Service Plan, needed to create a budget.
- Participants will understand documentation/forms for budgets.
- Participants will increase their knowledge of flexible monthly individual budgets based on needs.
Dual Diagnosis
May 29, 2024 | 1:00 – 2:00 PM CT | Virtual Registration through Zoom
Intended Audience: Direct support professionals, case managers and administration from all LTSS provider types and case managers serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Objectives:
- Participants will be able to define dual diagnosis.
- Participants will be able to explain one reason to use a biopsychosocial approach to persons with a dual diagnosis.
- Participants will be able to identify three interventions to use when supporting persons with dual diagnosis.
Explore the Older Americans Act and Elderly Waiver
June 4, 2024 | 3:00 – 4:00 PM | Virtual Registration through Zoom
Presenters: Latisha McGuire, LTSS Policy Program Manager, and Morgan Casey, Community Coordination Director at Division of Aging and Disability Services
Intended Audience: Direct support professionals and case managers from LTSS provider types, specifically those who work with older adults.
Objectives:
- Introduction to Older Americans Act.
- Describe Area Agencies on Aging’s role in supporting aging Iowans.
- Overview of HCBS Elderly waiver.
- Funding differences for support.
Active Listening Basics and Empathy Building
June 10, 2024 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Virtual Registration through Zoom
Presenters: Ronisha Edwards-Elliot, Director of Chicago AHEC and Workforce Programs, E4 Center - Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Disparities in Aging
Intended Audience: Direct support professionals and administration from all LTSS provider types and case managers.
Objectives:
- Learn how to demonstrate empathy and understanding towards a member.
- Practice active listening basics to enhance the member experience.
- Identify skills to enhance person-centered practice implementation.
Technical Assistance (TA)
Free Competency-Based training and Technical Assistance (TA) are offered to providers to enhance positive outcomes for both members and providers. This support helps providers understand compliance with state and federal regulations, improves competency in direct support roles, and enhances statewide access to information.
LTSS providers statewide can request TA, which may include tailored education and support based on their specific needs. Requests for TA can come from LTSS providers, training participants, Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Specialists, Department staff, or others.
Please submit a request by emailing hcbstta@dhs.state.ia.us.
1. Generating positive outcomes for members
2. Generating positive outcomes for providers
3. Providing a better understanding of, and compliance with, state and federal regulations concerning service provision
4. Increasing staff competencies in direct service
5. Increasing access to state-wide training for direct support professionals
1. Trainings are relevant to Iowa rules and regulations, CMS standards and HCBS philosophy
2. More opportunities for providers to acquire well-trained, competent direct support professionals with measured core competencies
3. Improved access to trainings and information pertinent to member care
4. Competency-based learning with objectives to ensure training topics are relevant to and useful to the agency’s needs
We are excited to have you as part of our CBT provider group. If you would like to enroll for emails providing updates on training, notifications of changes to the schedule, materials added to the website or other helpful information, please reach out to enutter@dhs.state.ia.us to learn how to sign-up to receive CBT Informational Letters.
If you have additional questions regarding this site, the training schedule, or a specific training content or topic question please Email the CBT Specialist, Barbra Brottman at the training and TA email address: HCBSTTA@dhs.state.ia.us
Access CBTs on the Iowa Medicaid Learning Management System (LMS) Training Platform
With the launch of the Iowa Medicaid LTSS learning management system (LMS), all CBTs will be stored on the LMS. Please follow this link.
Registration Instructions and Guides
Please view these short guides and videos to help you register for the new and exciting platform and learn how to utilize different resources!
- Iowa Quick Start Guide
- What is Trualta, and why you should use it?
- Learning on the go (highlights different modalities of content)
- Activating your account on the portal
- Completing your profile
- Accessing Competency-Based Training
- Downloading your Record of Learning
- How to save a module for later
- Accessing the Caregiver Essentials course for certification
CBT FAQ
CBT Webinars Archive
Access all previously recorded sessions below.
CBT Webinars Archive
- Case Management Roles and Responsibilities: Monitoring and Follow-Up - 4/16/24
- Medication Management and Errors within HCBS - 4/12/24
- Supporting Transportation with AbleLink - 4/1/24
- Children At Home - 3/21/24
- Supporting Health and Wellness with StationMD - 3/11/24
- Jail Diversion Program and Crisis Intervention - 2/19/24
- Supporting Independent Living with SafeinHome - 2/12/24
- Host Home Basics - 1/30/24
- Legal Leases and Lease Regulations - 1/26/24
- Residential Assessment Application - 12/12/23
- Consumer Choice Options 101 - 12/5/23
- HCBS Settings Philosophy and Rules - 11/14/23
- Consumer Choice Options for Case Managers - 11/9/23
- Consumer Choice Options for Independent Support Brokers - 10/31/23
- Person-Centered Practices - 10/19/23
- HCBS Settings: Understanding the Rights of Those Served and Supported - 9/28/23
- Introduction to Intensive Rehabilitation Service Homes (IRSH) - 9/26/23
- A life in the Community: Understanding the Olmstead Decision - 8/15/23
- Incident Reporting 2023 Update - 7/12/23
- Lean on Me: Resources for Behavioral Supports - 7/10/23
- Cultural Wellness Perspectives - 6/20/23
- Cost Reporting for HCBS Providers - 6/15/23
- Understanding Bipolar Disorder - 5/30/23
- Developing Healthy Attachments and Healing From Attachment Disruption - 5/25/23
- Landlord/Tenant Laws in Iowa - 4/13/23
- Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement (Part 2) - 4/11/23
- Consumer Choices Option (CCO) Documentation - 3/31/23
- Accessibility Gone Viral - 2/23/23
- Understanding Guardianship, Conservatorship and Payee - 1/24/23
- Behavior Intervention Strategies: “Will Manage Emotions,” Is Not Enough - 1/24/23
- Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement (Part 1) - 12/15/22
- Transitions of Care - 12/2/22
- Assistive Technology - 11/18/22
- Service Documentation for Home and Community-Based Services - 11/8/22
- Person-Centered Planning - 10/25/22
- Service Documentation and Service Monitoring - 9/20/22
- Behavior Support Plan Development - 8/31/22
- State Transition Plan Update - 8/2/22
- Introduction to HCBS services - 7/29/22
- Positive Behavioral Supports - 6/16/22
- Mental Health Crisis Response - 5/20/22
- Adopting a Trauma Lens - 4/29/22
- Motivational Interviewing - 4/26/22
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