Hilltop Presents at 27th National HCBS Conference

Hilltop staff made two presentations at the 27th National Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Conference in Washington, DC, which took place from September 11 through 14, 2011.

Senior Policy Analyst Ian Stockwell, MA, gave a presentation with staff from the Maryland Department of Aging and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. This presentation, entitled Driving HCBS Innovation through Data and Metrics, discussed HCBS beginnings and momentum including advocacy and costs, HCBS waivers, Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs), and Money Follows the Person (MFP); data and metrics to build community-based services; and using metrics to move forward. Stockwell focused on Hilltop’s research on utilization and expenditures of both institutional services and HCBS in Maryland, as well as on the Quality of Life Survey Hilltop conducted, to discuss how metrics were used and how they can be used going forward.

Director of Long-Term Services and Supports Policy and Research Cynthia H. Woodcock gave a presentation entitled The Evaluation of the New Jersey Care Partner Support Pilot Program: Preliminary Findings. Woodcock gave an overview of the pilot program and data collection; described profiles of care managers, care recipients, and caregivers; and discussed the project’s status and the next steps of the evaluation.

September 14, 2011