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
HCBS Standards and Quality Oversight Reviews
December 11, 2024 | 1:00 – 3:00 PM | Virtual Registration through Zoom
Presenters: Michele Baughan, HCBS Operations Manager, Quality Improvement Organization (QIO)
Intended Audience: HCBS waiver and habilitation, and Community Neuro-Rehabilitative Services (CNRS) providers,
Objectives:
- Learn about HCBS and CNRS quality oversight review processes.
- Review standards evaluated in quality oversight reviews.
- Understand how to write effective corrective action plans.
- Discover what to provide for compliance evidence.
Member's Rights and Restrictive Interventions
December 18, 2024 | 1:00 – 3:00 PM | Virtual Registration through Zoom
Presenters: Jim Aberg
Intended Audience: HCBS waiver and habilitation providers, MFP transition specialists, targeted case managers, integrated health homes, MCO CBCM and all LTSS provider types.
Objectives:
- Acquire a better understanding of proper restraints, restrictions and behavioral interventions.
- Learn about the role of the person-centered planning team in determining restraints, restrictions and behavioral interventions.
- Learn how restraints, restrictions and behavioral interventions should be documented in the person-centered plan.
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@hhs.iowa.gov
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 emma.nutter@hhs.iowa.gov 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@hhs.iowa.gov
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
- Trualta Login Training Portal Demonstration Slide Deck
- 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.
- Assistive Technology and Digital Accessibility 11/20/2024
- Iowa HHS Trualta Refresher Training 11/19/2024
- Critical Incident Reporting Update - 10/25/2024
- Ryan White HIV Care Program - 9/18/24
- Fall Prevention Programming - 8/27/24
- System Navigation for Working with Children with Complex Needs - 8/7/24
- Risk Stratification - 7/15/24
- Active Listening Basics and Empathy Building Presentation - 6/10/24
- Older Americans Act and Elderly Waiver - 6/4/24
- Dual Diagnosis - 5/29/24
- Consumer Choice Option (CCO) Budgets - 5/16/24
- 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
- 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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