Week of January 14, 2025

Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): 1915 (i) State Plans – Requirements for Independent Evaluation of Eligibility and Assessment of Needs

January 8 CMS Division of LTSS webinar slides.
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Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Documenting and Implementing Modifications and Rights Restrictions

December 19 ACL funded, NCAPPS September report.
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No Wrong Door and LTSS – Key Elements and Resources

January 6 ACL schematic and document.
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Medicaid Per Capita Cap Would Harm Millions of People by Forcing Deep Cuts and Shifting Costs To States

January 7 CBPP brief.
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No Cuts To Medicaid Funding – 344 Organizations To Congress

January 3 AAHD and Lakeshore Foundation joining a FUSA led letter to Congress on the need to protect-preserve-strengthen Medicaid.
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Medicaid Nutrition Supports – State Innovations

January 9 Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) webinar slides.
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State and Local Governments: First Steps Toward Complying with ADA Web and Mobile Application Accessibility Rule

January 8 DOJ ADA.gov announced guide.
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The Organization and Funding of Community Mental Health Services

December 19 NASMHPD NRI annual report.
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The State of the Workforce for IDD

December 19 HSRI-NASDDDS-NCI report.
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Preserving the Heart of MH/SU Peer Support: 8 Interrelated Challenges

December 8 NCMW blog.
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Comprehensiveness in Primary Care: A Scoping Review

December 19 Milbank Quarterly article.
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Long COVID and Activity Limitations

December 19 CDC MMWR report.
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Long COVID Among People with Pre-Existing Disabilities

January 8 NIDILRR NARIC shared AJPH article abstract.

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Census Bureau American Community Survey – Extending Disability

January 6 AAHD and Lakeshore Foundation response to the Census Bureau ACS RFI.
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Modernizing State Public Health Data Policies and Practices

December 18 Mathematica webinar recording.
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How Patient Narratives Can Support Patient Experience Strategy

December 10 AHRQ webcast materials.
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Medicare PACE Program: Rural-Urban Differences and Enrollee Characteristics

January 8 HRSA funded, Rural Health Research and Policy Centers announced Univ of MN report on PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly).
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CMS Announces Innovation in Behavioral Health Model Participating States: MI-NY-OK-SC

December 18 CMS CMMI announcement.
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CCBHCs (Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers): SAMHSA Announces Additional 14 States to Existing 18

January 8 NCMW summary of the December 30 SAMHSA announced additional CCBHC planning grants.
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