Week of July 15, 2025

Reconciliation Law: Impact on States and Impact on Health/Public Health

July 9 ASTHO summary.
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Reconciliation Law: What the Health Provisions Mean for States

July 8 National Academy for State Health Policy blog.
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Reconciliation Law: Medicaid-Medicare-ACA-Health Savings Accounts – KFF Summaries

July 8 Kaiser Family Foundation summaries.
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Reconciliation Law: Medicaid-Medicare-ACA – FUSA Chart

July 11 FUSA chart.
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Coordinating Medicaid Health-Related Social Services (HRSNs) Through Community Care Hubs

June 30 Center for Health Care Strategies brief.
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Health-Related Social Needs (HRSNs) – AAHD Public Policy

July 10 AAHD public policy blog.
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Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – Quality Measurement Risk Adjustment

July 9 Shirley Ryan Ability Lab shared May RTI policy brief.
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Medicaid Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT): Innovative Strategies

June 26 HMA webinar replay.
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Community Health Workers – Scaling the Evidence

July 1 Milbank Quarterly shared June article.
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Behavioral Health Integration in Primary Care – PCORI Project Reports

July 8 Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) bidirectional integration workgroup presentation and discussion of June 24 PCORI funded and announced final reports. Overview posted on the NIH NLM Pub Med.
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Behavioral Health Integration in Primary Care – PCORI Project Reports (2)

June 24 PCORI funded and announced final reports.
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Primary Care First Model – CMS CMMI

June 30 CMS CMMI shared key takeaways, 2021-2023.
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Home Health Use in Medicare Advantage

June 12 MedPAC annual report, chapter three.
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Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage

June 12 MedPAC annual report, chapter two.
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Access and Quality of Mental Health Services in Rural and Urban America

July 1 HRSA funded RHRC shared Univ of SC RHRC brief.
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Behavioral Health and Community Health Centers

June 23 NACHC infographic.
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Reconciliation: Proposed Medicaid Policy Changes Threaten Behavioral Health Care Access at Community Health Centers

July 2 Commonwealth Fund blog.
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ACA Preventive Services: Supreme Court Affirmation; Story Continues

June 27 Kaiser Family Foundation overview.
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Protecting the Integrity of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

July 9 AAHD and Lakeshore Foundation joined 104 organizations through the Friends of AHRQ, led by Academy Health, asking Congress to protect the integrity of the USPSTF.
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Reconciliation Law Weakens Nonprofit Sector Ability To Serve Communities

July 4 National Council of Nonprofits statement on the new Reconciliation law.
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