Week of October 1, 2019

Integrating Social Care Into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream To Improve the Nation’s Health

September 25 National Academy of Medicine report release event slides
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Advancing Resilience and Community Health: Community-Based Organizations (CBOs)

September 26 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Addressing Complex Needs in the Community project resources
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Training Peer Health Coaches To Lead a Health Messages Program for Their Peers with ID/DD

September 18 NIDILRR NARIC “Research Focus” article
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Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity: New Healthy People 2020 Infographic

September 20 HHS announcement
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Microboards 101: An Introduction To a Person-Centered Solution Offering Full Accountability, Active Community Support, and Lifetime Continuity of Care

September 16 ACL funded, NCAPPS webinar resources
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Driving Public Health in the Fast Lane: The Urgent Need for a 21st Century Data Superhighway

September 25 Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists released report
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Medicaid High Expenditure Beneficiaries: Efforts To Identify, Predict, and Manage

August GAO (Government Accountability Office) report to Congress
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Annual State of Mental Health in America Report (MHA)

September 17 Mental Health America announced report
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Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid with Complex Pain Needs – Promising Practices

September 6 CMS MMCO Resources for Integrated Care shared June 27 webinar materials
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Needs Assessment Methodologies in Determining Treatment Capacity for Substance Use Disorder

September 16 HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) final report
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Opioid Epidemic – Unlocking Data-Driven Solutions

August 29 Governing magazine white paper
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Qualified Residential Treatment Programs for Substance Use Disorder: CMS Clarifies Medicaid IMD Exclusion

September 20 CMS FAQs on Medicaid Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMDs) policy
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Examining Models of Integrated Behavioral Health and Physical Health Services

Fall Behavioral Health News – entire issue focused on integration
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Tennessee Medicaid Capped Block Grant Proposed Amendment – Persons with Disabilities

September 17 Tennessee Medicaid draft proposal to CMS; public comments are accepted to October 18.
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Patient-Centered Outcomes Research – HHS Data Portfolio

September 24 HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) announced website resources
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Housing First: Evidence Behind Approaches To Drive An End To Homelessness

September 16 US Interagency Council on Homelessness report
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Protection and Advocacy Systems – ACL Overview

August 7 ACL webinar presentation for the Adult Protective Services TA Resource Center
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Understanding Evidence-Based Practice and Medicine in Mental Health Services

September 12 SAMHSA funded, American Psychiatric Association SMI advisor webinar resources
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