Week of January 11, 2022

U.S. Physicians Knowledge About the Americans with Disabilities Act and Accommodation of Patients with Disability: Considerable Improvements Needed

January 4 Health Affairs article

Integrating Primary Care and Public Health To Save Lives and Improve Practice During Public Health Crises: Lessons from COVID-19

December 22 PCC shared Johns Hopkins Univ School of PH Dec 14 report

Lessons From COVID-19 on Executing Communications and Engagement at the Community Level During a Health Crisis

December 7 National Academy of Medicine perspective

Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid – Proposed CMS Rule Would Raise Enrollee Voice; Address Network Adequacy & SDOH

January 7 CMS announced proposed Medicare Advantage, including D-SNPs, and Part D Medication rule.

Community Health Workers – Lessons for Advancing and Sustaining State CHW Partnerships

December 20 NASHP blog summarizing their 50 state scan and map

Community Health Workers – Critical Inputs for Supportive Systems

December 14 NCQA webinar materials and white paper

Mobile Crisis Services – Mental Illness and SUD – CMS Guidance on Medicaid Reimbursement

December 28 CMS SHO #21-008

How Communities Must Use 988 To Improve Care and Correct Crisis System Disparities

December 12 Scattergood and 3 other foundations Think Bigger Do Good report

Locating and Engaging Hard-To-Reach Health Plan Members During COVID-19

December 14 CMS MMCO RIC webinar materials

Understand Health Inequities, Health Disparities, and Social Determinants of Health Within Integrated Behavioral & General Health Settings

December 16 SAMHSA funded NCMW CoE HIS webinar materials

Behavioral Health Network Adequacy – HHS ASPE

January 4 NAMD shared Nov HHS ASPE report

CAHPS Patient Narratives

December 22 AHRQ shared November 16 CAHPS (Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) patient narrative webinar resources

Health Equity Measurement in Medicaid

December 13 NCQA white paper

Personal Outcome Measures (POM) – Indicators Webinar Series Slides

January 3 Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL) announced 8-part webinar series materials

Family Surveys, Persons with ID-DD, COVID-19 Special Edition: National Core Indicators (NCI)

December 13 HSRI-NASDDDS shared NCI-ID-DD special edition

COVID-19 Pandemic Strains System for People with Dual Diagnosis of Mental Health Issues and ID/DD

December 13 NIDILRR funded Shirley Ryan Ability Lab HCBS project paper

What Legal Powers Do Health Departments Have To Shape Equitable Health Outcomes

December 14 Change Lab Solutions announced 1st of 3 trainings

NIH Draft Report on Priorities for Rural Telehealth – Comment by February 4

January 6 HRSA FORHP shared NIH draft report for comment

National Healthcare Quality and Disparities – AHRQ Annual Report

December 30 AHRQ announced 19th annual report

Medicaid and CHIP Annual Data Book – MACPAC

December 15 MACPAC annual MAC Stats reports