NASUAD IQ Online Learning Center

Available courses

Affordable Housing for Older Adults and People with Disabilities

Affordable housing is a basic human need that many older adults and people with disabilities struggle to find and keep. This NASUAD curriculum is designed to give an overview of the types of affordable housing that are available to older adults and people with disabilities, and was written in association with Leading Age, an organization that focuses on advocacy, education and applied research for various services, supports and housing solutions for seniors, children and people with special needs.

CMS Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Taxonomy

This course provides participants with the definition, purpose, background and content of the CMS Draft Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Taxonomy of terms for Section 1915(c) Waiver services and the State Plan Home and Community Based Services benefit authorized by Section 1915(i).

November 2012

Mitigating Budget Challenges and Preserving the Network

This class provides participants with an overview of the federal budget processes, trends in state budget reduction efforts, and insights on and strategies for preserving the Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Network.

June 2012

Leveraging Options Under Medicare and Medicaid

The purpose of this class is to provide participants with an overview of Medicare and Medicaid and the key trends in Managed Care in Long-Term Services and Supports.

June 2012

Complying with Olmstead and Averting Litigation

This class provides participants with an understanding of the core concepts of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and the role it played in the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Olmstead v. L.C. ( Olmstead ). Additionally, this module will explain how the Olmstead decision has been interpreted and enforced in the years since its issuance, including implications for states, and strategies that states can adopt to comply with the ADA and Olmstead.

This class also introduces participants to NASUAD’s Technical Assistance Center (TASC) Planning Zone, which is a reference source that may prove helpful in Olmstead compliance and litigation avoidance.

June 2012

Managing Reorganization and Systems Change Management

This class provides participants with insights on common elements and considerations for administrative re-organization and key service delivery restructuring. Participants will also learn about the three most common forms of Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) restructuring and the key implications for state systems and consumers.

June 2012

Data and Communicating with Legislators, New Governors and the Press

This class provides participants with a grounding in key data systems used by the Administration on Aging and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Participants will also be introduced to strategies for using data gleaned from such systems and be shown how to develop relationships and a messaging strategy to senior state officials that is supported by data.

June 2012

Affordable Care Act

Signed into law in March of 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as the Affordable Care Act or the ACA, arguably made some of the most significant changes to national health care policies and programs since Medicaid and Medicare were enacted in 1965.

The purpose of this class is to provide participants with insights on how the ACA may impact health insurance coverage and state long term services and supports (LTSS) systems.

June 2012