Week of May 25, 2021

Medicaid LTSS: Building Capacity in the Direct Service Workforce

April 28 CMS webinar slides made available by the Lewin Group on May 18
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Enforceable Accessible Medical Equipment Standards: A Necessary Means To Address the Health Care Needs of People with Mobility Disabilities

May 20 National Council on Disability briefing and report
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Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Between Urban and Rural U.S. Counties

May 18 CDC MMWR – Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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The Impact of Rural Residence on COVID-19 Disparities

May 20 HRSA FORHP funded and shared GA Health Policy Center report
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Addressing Barriers To COVID-19 Vaccine Access in Rural Communities

May 21 CMS MMCO RIC blog
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Adults with ID/DD from Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups May Perceive Different Barriers To Health Care Than Their White Peers

May 19 NIDILRR NARIC “Research in Focus”
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Health Equity Data-Driven Care Delivery: Data Collection, Stratification, and Use

May 18 ACL funded, n4a Aging and Disability Business Institute shared AHD Institute on Diversity and Health Equity tool kit
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The Road To Equity: Examining Structural Racism in Health Care

May 14 CMS Office of Minority Health (OMH) shared April two day forum materials
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Vulnerable Americans Forgoing Mental Health Care During COVID-19 Pandemic

May 14 CMS shared CMS Medicaid and CHIP Data Snapshot
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The Next Surge Revisited: The Behavioral Health Crisis Following COVID-19

May 18 ASTHO experts blog
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Models for Population Health Improvement by Health Care Systems and Partners: Tensions and Promise

May 18 National Academy of Medicine shared workshop proceedings
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Aligning Public Health & Health Care & Social Services – RWJ Framework

May 20 RWJ Fd shared framework
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Addressing Systems of Health: Health Care + Public Health + Social Services

May 19 RWJ Systems for Action webinar materials
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Assessing the Impact of Complex Care Models: Opportunities To Fill the Gaps

May 18, RWJ Fd funded, Center for Health Care Strategies shared brief
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Toolkit To Help Evaluate and Refine COVID-19 Response Efforts

May 20 Mathematica and Public Health Foundation announced toolkit
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Medicaid – Key to Building a Comprehensive Substance Use Disorder System

March 18 Center for Budget and Policy Priorities paper
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National Academy of Medicine Primary Care Report – PCC Discussion

May 13 Primary Care Collaborative webinar materials. NAM PC report was included in AAHD news #18 of May 11.
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Caregiving in the U.S., 2020

May 13 National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP report and documents
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Mental Health Self-Direction: Promising Practices

May 20 CMS & ACL webinar slides
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Patient-Reported Outcome Performance Measures (PRO-PMs) – Final NQF Report

May 18 NQF announced final PRO-PMs environmental scan report
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Patient Experiences with Telehealth

March 25 HRSA BHTA meeting slides
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