Week of Nov. 6, 2018

Data Users’ Guide to the Disability Questions in the BRFSS (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System)

October 29 CDC NCBDDD announced July report
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Doctor’s Offices – Disability Accessibility – Health Impact

October 30 Washington Post “Health and Science” reprint of a Kaiser Health News article
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Testing Experience & Functional Tools in Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services

October 30 CMS announced September 13 Lewin Group report for CMS
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Assessing Function Is Key To Providing Person-Centered, High Quality Care

American Society on Aging blog, shared Nov 1 by Scan Foundation
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State Mental Health Assessments & Rankings

October annual Mental Health America report
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State Strategies for Shared Plans of Care To Improve Care Coordination for Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs

October 29 National Academy for State Health Policy report and Oct 31 webinar
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Powerful Partnerships: A Handbook for Families & Providers Working Together To Improve Care

National Initiative for Children’s Health Care Quality report, shared November 1 by Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health
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Improving Care for Medicare Beneficiaries with Social Risk Factors – November 16 Ideas Submission Deadline

HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation (ASPE) resources and request for information
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Social Impact Partnerships To Pay for Results: A Model for Investing in Social Determinants of Health

October 26 Altarum webinar and report
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Use of Peer Recovery Coaches and Opioid Use Disorder

October 25 SAMHSA BRSS TACS webinar – Indiana University Department of Emergency Medicine Project POINT resource
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Meeting Post Overdose Patients Where They Are

October 25 SAMHSA BRSS TACS webinar – Indiana University Department of Emergency Medicine Project POINT resource
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PCORI – Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute: Politics & Policy of Reauthorization

October 25 PIPC (Partnership To Improve Patient Care) webinar materials
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Public Health Review – Podcast Series

October 17 ASHTO (Association of State & Territorial Health Officials) launch
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This is What Happens When a City Shuts Down Mental Health Clinics – Chicago

October 8 Governing magazine featured article
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Provider Networks & Access in Medicaid Managed Care: A Look at Federal & State Standards

October 10 Commonwealth Fund blog
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A Comparison of Nursing Home Usage in States with and without Medicaid Managed LTSS

November 2 NASUAD news shared Milliman report
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Implementing Quality Measures for Accountability in Community-Based Care for People with Serious Illness

October 1 National Academy of Medicine released workshop proceedings
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Innovations in Maternal Depression & Anxiety: Medicaid in California

Institute for Medicaid Innovation report, shared Nov 1 by No Health without Mental Health
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