Week of March 2, 2021

Unfair and Unequal: The Effects of COVID-19 on People with ID/DD

February 22 Brandeis University Community Living Policy Center webinar slides
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Changes in Capacity To Absorb Clinical-to-Community Referrals During the COVID-19 Pandemic

February 24 RWJ Fd Systems for Action-CO School of PH webinar materials
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Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Reference Guide To Emerging Evidence and Technical Assistance Tools

February 23 Center for Health Care Strategies and RWJ Fd Playbook for Better Care for People with Complex Needs announcement
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States Improve Housing Stability Through Medicaid Managed Care Contracts

February 19 National Academy for State Health Policy analysis
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Social Determinants of Health and Medicaid: Health Plans Recommendations

February 23 TFAH shared AHIP recommendations on responding to disparities
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Geographic Distribution of Behavioral Health Providers and Medicaid Reimbursement Rates

February 22 HRSA funded, Univ of MI School of PH Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center shared analysis
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Clinical Algorithms That May Promote Bias in Medical Decision-Making: Comment Deadline Is April 16

February 24 AHRQ requested comments
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Public Health and Population Health: Are They The Same Thing?

February NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery conversation
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Community Health Workers: Walking in the Shoes of Those They Serve

February 2 RWJ Foundation Culture of Health blog
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Virtual Personal Outcome Measures During the Pandemic

February 25 Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL) web posting
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Health Care Measurements That Improve Patient Outcomes

February 25 NEJM Catalyst article; there is a fee for the complete article
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The Future of HEDIS – Digital Measures and Health Equity

February 24 NCQA HEDIS (Healthcare Effectiveness and Data Information Set) webinar slides; focused on digital measures (dQM) – writing specs in clinical quality language.
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How Rural Communities Pay When State Leaders Don’t Expand Medicaid

February 25 Commonwealth Fund video
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Promoting Health Literacy in Older Adults

February 16 HRSA funded, Harvard University administered, National Center for Equitable Care for Elders webinar slides
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Patient-Centered Medical Homes More Likely In Healthier, Wealthier Communities

February 23 AHRQ announced Pub.Med.gov study abstract
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Tenant-Based Housing Voucher Programs To Advance Health Equity

February 23 HHS funded, independent, non-federal Community Preventive Services Task Force recommendations
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Rent Burdens Among Low-Income Older Adults

February 22 shared Justice in Aging and NLIHC shared issue brief
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Advancing Health Justice Using Medicaid Data: Key Lessons from Minnesota for the Nation

February 17 HMA shared Academy Health and Disability Policy Consortium report
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Integrated Primary Care-Behavioral Telehealth – Culture, Staffing Roles, Change Management

February 18 HRSA funded BPHC-BH TA webinar slides; this is session 3 from a training program. The HRSA BPHC project was included in the Feb 2, #2021-4 AAHD news
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