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.

Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Documenting and Implementing Modifications and Rights Restrictions

December 19 ACL funded, NCAPPS September report.

No Wrong Door and LTSS – Key Elements and Resources

January 6 ACL schematic and document.

Medicaid Per Capita Cap Would Harm Millions of People by Forcing Deep Cuts and Shifting Costs To States

January 7 CBPP brief.

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.

Medicaid Nutrition Supports – State Innovations

January 9 Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) webinar slides.

State and Local Governments: First Steps Toward Complying with ADA Web and Mobile Application Accessibility Rule

January 8 DOJ ADA.gov announced guide.

The Organization and Funding of Community Mental Health Services

December 19 NASMHPD NRI annual report.

The State of the Workforce for IDD

December 19 HSRI-NASDDDS-NCI report.

Preserving the Heart of MH/SU Peer Support: 8 Interrelated Challenges

December 8 NCMW blog.

Comprehensiveness in Primary Care: A Scoping Review

December 19 Milbank Quarterly article.

Long COVID and Activity Limitations

December 19 CDC MMWR report.

Long COVID Among People with Pre-Existing Disabilities

January 8 NIDILRR NARIC shared AJPH article abstract.

Census Bureau American Community Survey – Extending Disability

January 6 AAHD and Lakeshore Foundation response to the Census Bureau ACS RFI.

Modernizing State Public Health Data Policies and Practices

December 18 Mathematica webinar recording.

How Patient Narratives Can Support Patient Experience Strategy

December 10 AHRQ webcast materials.

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).

CMS Announces Innovation in Behavioral Health Model Participating States: MI-NY-OK-SC

December 18 CMS CMMI announcement.

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.