Disability Data Collection and Usage: Promising State Practices
December 9 National Governors’ Association brief.
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Self-Direction State Practices – Persons with IDD
December 17 Council on Quality and Leadership analysis.
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Integrated Care and Persons with IDD
December 23 Health Affairs article.
No Cuts To Medicaid Funding – Resources
January 2 AAHD public policy updates web posting eight resources, including Dec 20 posted CCD-DAC including AAHD and Lakeshore Foundation letter to Congress on No Cuts To Medicaid.
Medicaid and CHIP Core Quality Measures – Updated CMS Guidance to States
December 20 CMS State Health Official letter 24-007.
Medicaid and CHIP Core Quality Measures – New CMS postings
Medicare-Medicaid-ACA Marketplace – CMS Quality Measures Under Consideration
December 27 AAHD and Lakeshore Foundation submission in response to CMS MMS (Measures Management System) and the CMS agent Battelle RFI on proposed quality measures under consideration (MUC).
Medicaid State Plan Amendments (SPA) and Waivers: Updated Metrics
December 31 CMS announced updated metrics and explanation.
Centering Lived Experience in Developing Behavioral Health Quality Measures
December 17 Center for Health Care Strategies brief.
Medicaid and CHIP Stats – Annual MACPAC Data Book
December 18 MACPAC released annual report.
CMS Advanced Primary Care Hybrid Payment RFI
December 14 National Academy of Medicine detailed response.
Integrating Primary and Behavioral Health Care – HRSA
November 14 HRSA webinar TA recording.
Mental Health Parity (MHPAEA) in Medicaid – Medicaid Directors Submission
December 23 NAMD shared MHPAEA in Medicaid submission to CMS.
Mental Health Parity (MHPAEA) Final Federal Rules
December 23 Legal Action Center shared fact sheet.
Financing Measurement-Based Care in Community Behavioral Health Settings (2)
December 10 SAMHSA CFRI webinar slides and recording releasing their new guide. The guide was shared in the Dec 17 AAHD news.
Using 988 Versus 911: Advising People – Practical Approaches for Health Care Providers
December 19 shared SAMHSA guide.
A Far Cry From Fair: Health Care Access for People with Disabilities
December 30 FISA Foundation report.
Embedding Disability Equity Into Efforts To Advance Upward Mobility
December 6 Urban Institute blog.