Week of February 18. 2025

5 Key Facts About Medicaid Coverage for People with Disabilities

February 7 Kaiser Family Foundation brief.

Protect Medicaid – Disability and Aging Communities to the U.S. Senate

February 11 AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation joined Disability and Aging Collaborative (DAC) and Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Task Force on LTSS letter asking the U.S. Senate to Protect Medicaid and Include No Medicaid Funding Cuts.

What Lies Ahead for Medicaid in Budget Reconciliation?

February 11 Health Affairs/Health Policy at a Crossroads by Sara Rosenbaum and Alison Barkoff.

Protect Medicaid – Behavioral Health – Whole Health Coalition – Part 2 – Facts Sheets

February 13 supplemental fact sheets to February 5 Coalition for Whole Health report on Protecting Medicaid, Opposing Funding Cuts, joined by AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation. Report was posted in last week’s newsletter. The three supplemental one pagers are – the Opioid Crisis, Work Requirements Impact, and Impact of Cuts on the States.

Eliminating the Medicaid Expansion Federal Match Rate: State-by-State Estimates

February 13 Kaiser Family Foundation brief.

Medicaid Funded School Health Services: A Guide

Updated 2022 Healthy Schools Campaign guide.

Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services: Increasing Expenditures – Do Home Care Workers Benefit?

January 24 Self-Direction in the News shared October 18 Health Services Research article.

Concentration of Specialty Services in Medicaid Provider Networks

February 12 HMA announced Wakely blog.

Use of Peer Specialists in State Behavioral Health Service Settings – Includes Medicaid Reimbursement

February 7 NASMHPD NRI shared report.

Public Health Agency Approaches To Improving Access To Care

February 13 ASTHO shared JPHMP article.
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Changes in U.S. Primary Care Access and Capabilities

February 7 JAMA Health Forum article.

Return on Investment of Enhanced Behavioral Health Services

February 5 JAMA Open Network

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Mental Health Crisis Line Callers Who Were Transferred to 911

February 7 NASMHPD shared Psychiatry-online article.

Supported Decision-Making: CQL Part 2

January 27 Council on Quality and Leadership part 2 resources.

Financing Mechanisms for Street Medicine

February 13 Center for Health Care Strategies brief.

Research Partnering: Rural RTCs and CILs

February 14 NACCHO shared RTC-CIL (Centers for Independent Living) guide.