Week of April 8, 2025

HHS Announced HHS Restructuring: House and Senate Appropriations Democratic Leaders Letter to HHS

March 31 House and Senate Democratic Appropriations Committee leaders letter to HHS.

316 Organizations to the U.S. Senate: Don’t Harm Medicaid

March 26 FUSA led letter including AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation.

90 Organizations to Congress: Reject Unprecedented Cuts to Medicaid

April 3 Modern Medicaid Alliance led letter including AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation.

342 Organizations to Congress: Safeguarding Children’s Health in Medicaid and CHIP

March 28 AAHD and Lakeshore Foundation joining 342 organizations, led by First Focus, letter to Congress.

The Policy Imperative To Modify the Medicare “Use in the Home” Policy – Impact on Persons with Disabilities

March 27 Center for Health Care Strategies “Health Affairs” blog.

Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Inventory of Evaluations of Integration Programs

April 2 Community Catalyst shared February MACPAC inventory.

Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: D-SNPs – How States Can Improve Value

March 10 Mathematica for “Health Affairs” commentary.

CMS Shakes Up Innovation Center Model Landscaping; What Comes Next?

March 26 HMA Associates In-Focus.

Freezing the Freeze: An Update on Litigation Challenging President’s Funding Freeze

March 27 Harvard Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation overview.

Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS): The Quality of Race and Ethnicity Data

March 30 Brandeis Lurie Institute for Disability Policy shared report.

Medicaid and CHIP Recommended Core Quality Measures: May 12 Deadline for Public Comment

April 1 Mathematica for CMS recommended Medicaid and CHIP core quality measures. Public comments are due by May 1. Public comments may be submitted via email to MACCoreSetReview@mathematica-mpr.com.

CMS Calls for ACA Health Insurance Exchange Enrollee Experience Survey Measures and Instruments: April 30 Deadline for Public Comment

April 1 CMS announcement and request for public input. Public comments are due by April 30 to: Marketplace_Quality@cms.hhs.gov and reference “Marketplace Quality Initiatives (MQI).

Community Health Workers and Family Caregivers

April 2 National Academy for State Health Policy shared January 6 brief.

Effective Community Engagement in Healthcare – a Roadmap

April 3 Camden Coalition webinar materials.

The Growing Burden of Chronic Diseases

April 3 NIHCM infographics.

Medicare Appeals 101

April 2 Center for Medicare Advocacy webinar slides.

Medicare Reforms – America’s Physician Groups

April 1 America’s Physician Groups report with recommendations – “Medicare Done Right.”