Week of June 4, 2024

Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Person-Centered Planning – Barriers and Perspectives

May 28 Disability and Health Journal shared article.

Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services – Quality Oversight

April 8 CMS Quality Conference session slides.

Medicaid and CHIP Core Quality Measures Sets – CMS announces 2025 Updates

May 30 CMS announced State Health Officials (SHO) letter.

Medicaid and CHIP Core Quality Measures Sets – Mathematica Annual Report/Recommendations to CMS for 2026

May 30 CMS contractor Mathematica annual report with recommendations to CMS.

Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Improving Health in Rural Areas

May 21 CMS MMCO IRC and Lewin webinar slides.

Federal Evidence Agenda on Disability Equity: Public Comments on RFI Due July 15

May 30 White House Science and Technology Policy Office “Federal Register” RFI for public comment.

Person-Centered Counseling within the ACL No Wrong Door Program

May 22 ACL No Wrong Door webinar materials.

Health-Related Social Needs: Building on Existing Infrastructure

May 23 CIVITAS webinar slides.

Medicaid Medical Advisory Committees and Beneficiary Advisory Councils

May 20 NHeLP webinar slides on regulatory changes and challenges.

Medicaid-CHIP-Mental Health-SUD: New Consolidated Appropriations Act

May 22 MHLG shared, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families summary of the March 9 Consolidated Appropriations law – MH and SUD provisions.

ACA Section 1557 Nondiscrimination Final CMS Rules (4): Disability and Covered Entities

May 24 AAHD NDNRC blog. The May 7, 14, and 21 AAHD news included summaries of the 1557 rules.

Section 504 Disability Non-Discrimination Final Regulations (4)

May 23 NHeLP webinar slides. Section 504 resources were included in the May 7, 14, and 21 AAHD news.

Crisis Systems Transformation: County Leadership

May 22 NACBHD shared, NACo report.

Bolstering Chronic Care Through Physician Payment: Challenges and Options

May 17 Senate Committee on Finance white paper.

Long-COVID, Disability, and All of Us Research

April 30 AAHD webinar conversation recap.

Measurement-Based Assessment and Care for Persons with Serious Mental Illness

May 24 NCMW shared, Meadows MH Policy Institute Congressional briefing handout.

SUD-SMI-Medicaid-CHIP: CMS Quality Conference Session

April 8 CMS Quality Conference session slides.

Behavioral Health Integration and Primary Care: CMS Quality Conference Session

April 8 CMS Quality Conference session slides.

Using Community Health Assessments and Community Resources To Address Health Equity: CMS Quality Conference Session

April 8 CMS Quality Conference session slides.

Advancing Respite Care: State Innovations

May 16 National Academy for State Health Policy brief.