Week of November 12, 2024

Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Timely Access-Provisional Plans of Care

October 31 MACPAC (Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Advisory Commission) meeting presentation slides.

Community Health Workers: The Evolution of the CHW Hub Within Public Health

October 24 Dialogue 4 Health webinar materials.

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH): Referral Management and Data Exchange

November 5 ACL ADBI shared Leavitt Partners and CyncHealth playbook.

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH): Beyond Screening – Using SDOH Data for Effective Solutions

October 22 HITEQ webinar materials.

Health-Related Social Needs (HRSNs): NIH Science Perspective

October 30 NIH Pub Med on the integration of social needs into health care.

Rural Health: Access To Health Care – Trends and Challenges

October 31 HHS ASPE report.

Frontier Community Health Integration Demo Status and Learning Updates

October 23 CMS announced project updates fact sheet.

Strengthening How Clients Are Connected To Benefits: I&R/A National Survey Report

November 8 Applied Self-Direction shared ADvancing States national survey report.

Who Do I Contact – Social Security or Medicare?

October 31 Center for Medicare Advocacy shared SSA chart.

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

November 1 CMS announced final rule and fact sheets. Issues that AAHD commented on include advanced primary care, three HRSNs payments, caregiver training, and telehealth. Seven mid-September AAHD comment web postings are here.

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Clarifies Dental Services

November 7 Center for Medicare Advocacy explanation of Medicare payment of dental services necessary for other medical treatments.

Insurance Coverage, Payment, and Coding for Persons with IDD

November 7 Special Olympics-Leavitt Partners-HMA-Institute for Exceptional Care report.

Medicaid Managed Care: States Use of “Directed Payments”

October 31 MACPAC (Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission) meeting presentation slides.

Medicaid Managed Care: External Quality Review Policy Options

October 31 MACPAC (Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission) meeting presentation slides.

Annual State Medicaid Budget Survey

October 23 Kaiser Family Foundation annual report.

9-8-8 Crisis Lifeline – State-by-State Profiles and Appropriations

November 8 NASMHPD shared Vibrant web resource.

Advancing Crisis Care, Personal and Community Safety, and Wellbeing: Seven Steps

November 8 NASMHPD shared July 22 conference session slides.

Barriers To Obtaining and Using Interoperable Information Among Non-Federal Acute Care Hospitals

November 5 HHS ASTP shared October 14 JAMIA article.

Private Equity’s Impact on the Disability Community

October 31 DREDF shared report.

Quality Measures: AAHD and Lakeshore Foundation to NCQA

November 7 AAHD and Lakeshore Foundation submission to the NCQA CAC meeting.