Free Webinars

All of the below webinars are free to watch without CEs. You can earn CEs for most of the below webinars through the CMLearning Network.

Back to work post-pandemic? New approaches in 2021
Description: Speaker: Michael Thompson President & CEO National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions Featured speaker bio: Michael Thompson is the President and CEO of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions (National Alliance), an association of approximately 50 regional coalitions...
Technology in Case Management: Telehealth for at-risk populations
Description: Speaker: Casey Pierce, PhD University of Michigan, School of Information Assistant Professor Bio: Dr. Casey Pierce is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI). Her research focuses on the changing nature of work as it relates to technology, policy and...
Preparing Clients and Case Managers for Virtual Visits: From HIPAA to Lighting Choices
Description: Speaker Jay Ostrowski, MA, LPC-S, NCC, ACS, BC-TMH Consultative Partner- TBHCOE.MATRC.org CEO, Behavioral Health Innovation CEO, Adaptive Telehealth Jay Ostrowski, MA, NCC, LPC-S, ACS, BC-TMH, helps mental health programs of all sizes develop regional and national online telemental health services...
Maintaining Emotional Connections through Virtual Encounters
Description: Speaker: Scott M. Krysztofiak, Psy.D. Licensed Clinical Psychologist Potomac Center, Inc. Scott Krysztofiak is a licensed clinical psychologist who works at a group practice in Alexandria, VA. He holds a Master's degree in counseling psychology from Towson University, and completed his doctoral...
Creating Healthy & Equitable Communities: A New Social Compact For Health
Description: Description: The pandemic of 2020 forced our nation and the world to come to grips with the most serious infectious disease outbreak in a century. It also showed the holes in our social safety net and the impact of long-standing inequities as well as how racism/discrimination play in the fabric of...
7 Ways to Build Resilience: As a Person, As a Case Manager
Description: Speaker: Dr. Chantrise Sims Holliman Featured speaker bio: What started as a passion for education in the classroom lit a fire for her unimaginable future. Dr. Chantrise Sims Holliman is best known for teaching others how to move mountains—academically, professionally and personally. Her message of...
Actionable Solutions to Minimize “Deaths of Despair”: The Epidemic Within the Pandemic
Description: Speaker: Benjamin Miller, Psy.D. Chief Strategy Officer Well Being Trust Dr. Benjamin F. Miller is the chief strategy officer for Well Being Trust, a national foundation committed to advancing the mental, social and spiritual health of the nation. He helps oversee the foundation’s portfolio...
Finding Your Voice: Advocating for clients during a pandemic
Description: Speaker: Nancy Freeborne, DrPH, MPH, PA Dr. Nancy Freeborne is the chief executive officer of Freeborne Health Advising (FHA). A co-founder of FHA, Dr. Freeborne is responsible for defining the company's strategic direction as well as leading the delivery of its professional services. She is a...
Caring for the Caregiver: Ethical Issues Managing Dementia
Description: FEATURED SPEAKER Laura Wayman Author, A Loving Approach to Dementia Care Laura Wayman, The Dementia Whisperer, is an accomplished keynote speaker, international best selling author, trainer, consultant and a dedicated Gerontologist with an A.A. degree in gerontology and a Social Services Designee...
Social Determinants of Health: Evidence and Strategies for Treating Poverty
Description:   FEATURED SPEAKER Marcella Wilson, Ph.D. Founder and Chief Executive Officer Transition to Success™ Marcella Wilson, Ph.D., has more than 30 years of extensive experience in healthcare administration, not-for-profit management, behavioral health, criminal justice and public sector programming....
Augmented Intelligence: Advanced Technology Meets Case Management
Description: Augmented Intelligence: Advanced Technology Meets Case Management ABOUT THE WEBINAR There’s a lot of buzz about how data and technology will change health care as we know it. Consumers wear devices that track and report biometrics in real time. Cloud-computing technology transforms and translates...
Getting to Know Long Term Acute Care Hospitals
Description: Enjoy this FREE webinar, partnered with Kindred Healthcare.  At this end of this webinar, you will be able to: Identify types of patients appropriate for LTAC care. Assess patients for the appropriateness of a referral for LTAC admission. Recognize the appropriate point in a hospital stay to make a...
Ethics and medical marijuana: What you need to know
Description: ABOUT THE WEBINAR Medical marijuana is now legal in 33 states and the District of Columbia, but there is little research on its effective use. As new acronyms like CBD and THC enter the health care vocabulary, case managers must adapt in an ethics and evidence-based manner. This webinar will offer...
Develop Others: Tools to Develop the Next Generation of Case Managers
Description: FEATURED SPEAKER Patricia Benner, RN, Ph.D., FAAN Dr. Benner is a professor emerita at the University of California School of Nursing. She is a noted nursing educator and author of From Novice to Expert: Excellence and Power in Nursing Practice, which has been translated into twelve languages. She...
Social determinants of health: Connecting to community resources
Description: ABOUT THE WEBINAR Social factors such as food and housing security, transportation and personal safety contribute to poor health outcomes. Case managers are the connectors for clients whose health depends on ensuring these all-too-human needs are met. In this webinar, the speaker will share...
Ethics in palliative care: Patients and families who “want everything"
Description: Speakers: Robert Macauley, MD Endowed Chair, Pediatric Palliative Care Oregon Health and Science University Author: Ethics in Palliative Care: A Complete Guide  Michael Demoratz, LCSW, CCM Commissioner, Commission for Case Manager Certification Author: Dying 101: "A Candid Conversation on...
Care "Current-cy": Regulatory Matters and Case Managers as Advocates
Description: Speaker: Liz Helms President and CEO California Chronic Care Coalition (CCCC) Author: Healthcare Unhinged, The Making of An Advocate Liz Helms is president and CEO of the California Chronic Care Coalition (CCCC), an alliance of non-profit, social consumer and provider organizations united to...
Bringing care closer to the community, practice and home
Description: Speaker: Bonnie Ewald, MA Manager, Strategic Development and Policy Dept. of Social Work and Community Health Rush University Medical Center, Chicago Bonnie Ewald is the manager of strategic development and policy for the department of social work and community health at Rush University Medical...
Impasses and Ethical Challenges at the End of Life: From the NICU to the SICU
Description: Speaker:  Laura Guidry-Grimes, PhD Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in the Department of Medical Humanities and Bioethics End-of-life decision making is fertile ground for conflict. When patients’ preferences aren’t clear—or when the patient is a child—caregivers may...
Sticks, Stones and Intimidation: How to Manage Bullying and Promote Resilience
Description: Speaker: Ellen Fink-Samnick, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CRP EFS Supervision Strategies, LLC Bullying in health care can be an interprofessional team sport. Left unaddressed, it taxes team dynamics, lowers self-esteem and team morale and negatively impacts workforce retention. It also affects patient...