Wednesday, June 12th 2024
(130 New Scotland Ave, Albany, NY 12208) & Virtual
Co-Presented By Our Hunger Prevention Champions:
Dorella Walters
God's Love We Deliver
Dorella Walters is the Chief Business Development officer at God’s Love We Deliver, an agency that last year, delivered more than 3.6 million nutritious, medically tailored, high-quality meals to men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-altering illnesses in New York City, Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties, and in Hudson County New Jersey.
In this role, she is responsible for helping God’s Love to identify, prospect, and navigate new business opportunities, as well as to maintain and increase current engagements and business relationships. Responsibilities include securing and establishing new engagements to build varied and sustainable revenue streams for the agency that help God’s Love to serve the sickest of the sick. Prior to this role, Ms. Walters has had a variety of roles within the agency, including serving as the Senior Director for Program Services where she was responsible for all client related programs, establishing strategic partnerships, and coordinating program-related relationships; and as the Director of Client Services, responsible for planning and designing the department's response to agency goals around mission expansion, client growth and retention, and agency’s evolution of service provision. Ms. Walters was most recently the Community Co-Chair of the HIV Health and Human Services Planning Council of New York
Speaking In:
MTM Bill: Reaching Medicare Beneficiaries with medically tailored home-delivered meals
Medicare beneficiaries are often diagnosed with serious illnesses such as congestive heart failure, severe diabetes, chronic kidney disease and other diagnoses. Providing medically tailored home-delivered meals to individuals experiencing complex and severe illness has demonstrated that these meals yield a lower number of hospitalizations and a decrease in emergency room visits. Learn about The Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Act, an opportunity with bipartisan support to serve Medicare beneficiaries across the country over a period of four years. This FED talk will review the details of how meals are currently covered in Medicare and how the proposed Demonstration Act will provide the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) an opportunity to evaluate more fully how the model achieves savings and maintains or improves quality and where CMS has the authority to expand the model to be incorporated into the full Medicare program.
9:15 a.m.
Armory Main Stage
Optimizing Medically Tailored Meals (MTM): Program, Policy, and Research
Gain insights into best practices vital for successful MTM implementation. Through a deep dive into intentional program design, key elements like Registered Dietitian Nutritionists, HIPAA compliant technology, and secure data sharing will be explored. The discussion will underscore the crucial link between local, state, and federal advocacy and evidence-based research, showcasing how historical MTM successes stem from a fusion of research, policy, and practice. Attendees will learn to position MTM as a cornerstone of holistic health plans, addressing the needs of individuals with multiple illnesses. Innovative approaches responding to evolving MTM landscapes will also be examined, offering valuable insights for impactful interventions.
1:00 p.m.
Armory 217
Wednesday, June 12th 2024
(130 New Scotland Ave, Albany, NY 12208) & Virtual
Co-Presented By Our Hunger Prevention Champions:
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