Week of January 18, 2022

Health Disparity Populations Designation for People with Disabilities: National Council on Disability

December 7 NCD statement to NHI and AHRQ
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Advancing Health Equity Through the Legislative Process – ASTHO

January 11 ASTHO shared prospectus
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Medicare Advantage: Trends in Racial, Ethnic, Sex, and Rural-Urban Inequities

January 11 CMS OMH announced report
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Achieving Progress Toward Health Equity Using Race and Ethnicity Data: State Strategies and Lessons Learned

November 15 National Governors Assn with NASHP and Duke Univ paper
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New Health Equity Scorecard Finds Deep-Seated Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Every State

November 18 Commonwealth Fund scorecard of state performance
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The Spectrum of State Models To Support Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS)

January 12 Applied Self-Direction shared ATI Advisory summary
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Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce: Scan of State Strategies

December Center for Health Care Strategies state scan report
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New ACL Public Health Workforce Grant Recipients

January 11 ACL announced list and descriptions
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Medicare Coverage of Home Health Services

January 12 Center for Medicare Advocacy webinar slides
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Long Term Services and Supports: Annual Medicaid Expenditures; Medicaid Section 1915 © Expenditures

January 12 CMS announced Medicaid reports
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Behavioral Health – Higher Risk Populations – and COVID-19

December GAO report for Congress
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Medicaid Funded Mobile Crisis Programs – Federal Policy Recommendations To Support States

January 13 TAC recommendations paper
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Supporting Family Caregivers: A Collection of Evidence, Tools, and Case Studies

January 13 Playbook Better Care for People with Complex Needs announced collection
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Rural Health: State Investment in Health Care Infrastructure

January 13 ASTHO shared prospectus
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Connecting Justice-Involved Populations To Medicaid Coverage – State Policies

January 11 TFAH announced Kaiser Family Foundation report
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PACE – Aligning Care-Quality Measures-Patient Priorities

January 10 National PACE Assn webinar slides
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Medicare Star Ratings: Impact of COVID-19

January 12 HMA shared Wakely white paper
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Sharing Health Data: The Why, The Will, and the Way Forward

January 11 National Academy of Medicine special publication
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Housing and Health-Related Services Resource Center – HHS & HUD

December 8 HHS announced center
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PCORI Proposed Research Agenda: Share Comments by January 31

January 11 (and earlier) PCORI announced agenda for public comments
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