Week of July 29, 2025

Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Moving to Medicaid Managed Care and Addressing Stakeholder Concerns

July 22 Center for Health Care Strategies announced materials.
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The Value of Rebalancing Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS)

July 21 Shirley Ryan Ability Lab policy brief.
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Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: The Case for Integrated ACOs

July 14 Health Affairs article.
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Medicaid Payment Approaches To Strengthen Disability-Competent Primary Care

July 24 Center for Health Care Strategies blog.
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Reconciliation Law: Meaning for Medicare Beneficiaries (Older Adults and People with Disabilities)

July 21 Commonwealth Fund blog.
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Reconciliation Law: Medicaid Provider Tax Provisions

July 22 Avalere Health Advisory summary.
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Reconciliation Law: ACA Expiring Tax Credits

July 24 FUSA Big Tent meeting presentation slides.
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Reconciliation Law: Allocating CBO Estimates of Federal Medicaid Reductions

July 23 Kaiser Family Foundation brief on Congressional Budget Office estimates.
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CMS Focuses on Persons Enrolled in Duplicative Medicaid and ACA Health Plans

July 17 CMS announcement.
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ACL and NIDILRR Reductions – Disability and Rehabilitation Research Coalition Opposition and Dismay

July 23 DRRC statement. AAHD is a Disability and Rehabilitation Research Coalition (DRRC) steering committee member. DRRC has issued a statement of opposition and dismay at recent staffing and operations reductions at the Administration for Community Living (ACL) and its impact on the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).
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Designing With, Not For: Stakeholder-Centered Approaches to Disability Health Data

July 22 ASTHO blog.
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Medicare Physician Fee Schedule – Proposed Quality Measures of AAHD Interest

July 21 AAHD memo to coalition partners, with proposed regulatory text: 5 Quality Measures of AAHD Interest.
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Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rules (Cont)

July 23 HMA summary. July 22 AAHD news included three fee schedule items.
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Medicare Supplemental Benefits: Challenges and Effectiveness

July 8 Health Affairs policy briefing video replay.
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No Wrong Door – Seamless Transitions Supporting Patients with Chronic Illness

July 16 No Wrong Door Resource Center webinar slides.
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No Wrong Door – ACL announces 12 State Grants

July 18 ACL announced 12 state No Wrong Door grants (CA, MD, MA, MI, MO, NC, RI, TX, UT, VT, VA, WIS).
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Navigating a Quickly Changing Public Health Landscape

July 15 County Health Rankings and Roadmaps webinar materials.
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The Advisory Councils Transformed (ACT) Framework

July 17 PFCC Partners announced resource.
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Digital Quality Measures: Data Opportunities for Stakeholders

July 16 HMA with NCQA webinar replay and materials.
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AHRQ Annual National Health Care Quality and Disparities Report: Updated Framework

July 22 AHRQ shared July 11 updated framework.
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