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Elizabeth Chatterton

Elizabeth Chatterton is the Inbound Marketing Specialist at MediSked. She is an avid writer and a social media enthusiast.
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Direct Care Job Growth Is Surging & It's Not Going to Stop

Posted by Elizabeth Chatterton on Wed, Jan 06, 2016 @ 09:13 AM

In case you missed it (I did - because, well - holidays...) the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released new data showing that direct-care jobs represent three of the top six occupations that will create the most jobs in the decade spanning 2014 to 2024.

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Tags: ID/DD News

We Want You to Have the Best Technology in Place for New York's Move to Managed Care. OPWDD Wants to Fund It.

Posted by Elizabeth Chatterton on Mon, Jan 04, 2016 @ 10:32 AM

New York’s move to Managed Care is happening. And it’s happening fast.

To help agencies accelerate their own transition processes, the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) has created a one-time $10 million Non-Profit Behavioral Health / Developmental Disability Providers Health Information Technology (BH-DD HIT) Investment Program.

What does that mean exactly?

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Tags: New York, Managed Care

A lesson in empathy: How parents feel about "letting go"

Posted by Elizabeth Chatterton on Wed, Dec 30, 2015 @ 02:21 PM

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Tags: Person-Centered Services, 2015

Check out our new on-demand webinar with host Amie Lulinski, Research Director at the Arc of the United States

Posted by Elizabeth Chatterton on Tue, Dec 29, 2015 @ 03:22 PM

Exciting news, friends!

If you haven't downloaded our 2015 Data Digest yet, you still can! 

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Tags: ID/DD News, Advocacy, 2015