Week of November 20, 2018

The Health Impact of Loneliness: Emerging Evidence and Interventions

October 15 National Institute of Health Care Management webinar materials
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Patient-Reported Outcomes and Patient-Centered Outcomes

November 7 National Health Council webinar slides
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Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services – Settings Rule – Innovative Approaches and Promising Practices – KY, MI, NH

November 8 ACL webinar featuring Kentucky, Michigan, and New Hampshire
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Medicaid Electronic Visit Verification (EVV): A Blueprint for Self-Direction

November National Resource Center for Participant Directed Services paper shared Nov 10 by NASUAD Friday Update
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CMS Releases Proposed Medicaid Managed Care Regulations

November 14 Health Management Associates summary
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Potential Changes to Medicaid Long Term Care Spousal Impoverishment Rules

November 14 Kaiser Family Foundation brief
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State Opportunities to Design Innovative Service Delivery Systems for Adults with Serious Mental Illness

November 13 CMS letter to state Medicaid directors
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Effect of Payment Models in Children’s Health Care

November 7 Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health conversation materials
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Tool Identifies Key Measures of Quality Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs

November 13 Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health blog & tool
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HHS Releases Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (2nd Edition)

November 12 HHS announcement
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Family Caregivers and Paid Leave

November 6 National Alliance for Caregiving fact sheet
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Rural Health and Well-Being in America

November 15 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation blog and collection of resources
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Mitigating Medication Trauma in Complex Needs Populations

November 14 Center for Health Care Strategies webinar materials
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10 Strategies To Help Communities Sustain An End To Veteran Homelessness

November 9 U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness release
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The Future of Health Services Research and Practice in the United States

November 14 National Academy of Medicine announced special publication
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Development & Usability Testing of Evidence-Based Practice Centers-Evidence Review Dissemination Summaries for Health Systems Decision Makers

November 9 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality announcement
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