| Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP) Register Now: IAP Data Analytics Webinar for States: So You Built a Dashboard: State Medicaid Agency Experiences (January 17, 2019) On Thursday, January 17, 2019 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET, CMS's Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP) will host a national webinar for state Medicaid agencies interested in learning about state Medicaid approaches and experiences in developing public-facing and internal dashboards. In this interactive webinar, presenters from New Jersey and Washington Medicaid agencies will provide an overview of approaches used for data visualization, the process used to select metrics to display, and lessons learned in the development of their dashboards. New Jersey recently published their FamilyCare Data Dashboards and Washington's presentation will focus is on its rapid cycle monitoring for opioid projects. To register for this webinar, please visit the following link: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/am3ig7j0w9dd&eom Extended Public Comment Period (January 17, 2019): New Measure Related to Medicaid Long-term Services and Supports Beneficiaries In fall 2015, CMS's Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP) kicked off a three-year measure development contract with Mathematica Policy Research, the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office, and the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services' Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group. The IAP portion of the contract entails the development or refinement of a small number of measures in key gap areas related to the IAP program areas. IAP is seeking public comment on the measure specification and justification for a quality measure concept currently under development and testing. The measure concept is called: "New Medicaid Long-term Services and Supports Beneficiaries Using Home and Community-Based Services First." The public comment period for this measure has opened and will run through January 17, 2019. Please submit your comments by close of business January 17, 2019 to HCBSQualMeasures@mathematica-mpr.com. You may also send any questions to this email address. A memo listing questions on which we request public comment, as well as the measure information form (MIF) and measure justification form (MJF), will be/are available in zip files in the Download section on this web page: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/MMS/PC-Currently-Accepting-Comments.html. New Opportunity for States: Data Analytic Technical Support for State Medicaid Agencies CMS's Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP) Data Analytics functional area is launching a third round of technical support for state Medicaid agencies to assist in building their data analytic capacity as they design and implement delivery system reforms. This opportunity is open to states at all levels of expertise and experience in data analytics. Additional information, including the Program Overview, Expression of Interest form, and Informational Session slides are posted on the IAP Data Analytic webpage. States interested in this opportunity should complete an Expression of Interest form and submit it to IAP by January 23, 2019 Midnight ET. | 
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