Opportunity: CMS Seeks Expert Panel for Home and Community Based Settings, Deadline Jan. 16

Medicaid’s Home and Community Based Settings (HCBS) programs funds a major segment of disability supports in the United States. As announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS):

“CMS has contracted with The Lewin Group (Lewin) to work on a variety of measure development activities through a large project entitled Home and Community-Based Services Measure Development, Endorsement, Maintenance, and Alignment Contract.  As part of its measure development process, Lewin will convene groups of stakeholders and experts for two distinct, unrelated TEPs that contribute direction and input during the development and maintenance lifecycle of measures covered under this scope of work.  One TEP is focused on HCBS measurement development and the other TEP is focused on addressing gaps in the Medicaid and CHIP Scorecard across a variety of topics.

Each TEP will seat approximately 15 individuals, including HCBS providers, individuals or family members, representatives from stakeholder groups impacted by the measure(s), clinicians, state Medicaid and CHIP administrators, researchers, health information technology (IT) experts, and others with differing perspectives and areas of subject matter expertise.

• Subject matter expertise valuable to the HCBS Measures TEP includes: HCBS delivery and functional assessment items/data collection instruments used in HCBS settings (e.g., familiarity with the Functional Assessment and Standardized Items (FASI) or similar instruments, familiarity with eligibility determinations and reassessments); HCBS programs, person-centered planning, long-term services and supports (LTSS), systems, best-practice models, and assessment methods/tools, as well as knowledge of cross-walking efforts related to current health care assessment instruments; Experience of care within HCBS (e.g., familiarity with the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems [CAHPS®] Home and Community Based Services Survey [HCBS CAHPS®] and similar instruments);  Individual, family member, and caregiver perspective; Health IT and interoperability experience; Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS); Outcome measurement; and  Quality improvement.

• Subject matter expertise valuable to the Medicaid and CHIP Scorecard Measures Gap Development TEP includes: Medicaid and/or CHIP quality and data reporting; Medicaid and/or CHIP adult healthcare quality issues; Individual beneficiary/family member (caregiver) perspective; Behavioral health; HCBS care and delivery; Outcome measurement; and Quality improvement

Both TEP nomination periods open on Thursday, December 12, 2019 and close on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Please submit all nomination materials by close of business (8:00 pm EST) on the closing date. Additional information about the TEP and nomination requirements.”