Week of October 28, 2025

Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Disparities in Quality of Life and Quality of Supports

Disparities in Quality of Life and Quality of Supports in HCBS article; Council on Quality and Leadership – September 21.

Medicaid Home Care – Five States Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) Eligibility Algorithm – MO, MS, NB, NJ, DC

Calculated Need: Algorithms and the Fight for Medicaid Home Care report; Upturn – October 21.

Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Impact on State Budgeting

HMA Weekly Roundup: Trends in Health Policy analysis; Health Management Associates– October 22.

Medicaid Beneficiary Advisory Councils: Engaging Medicaid Members and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs)

Engaging Medicaid Members and Community-Based Organizations Through Beneficiary Advisory Councils – Center for Health Care Strategies webinar materials; Center for Health Care Strategies – October 22.

ACA Marketplaces: Coverage at a Crossroads: Marketplace Affordability and the End of Enhanced Premium Tax Credits

Coverage at a Crossroads: Marketplace Affordability and the End of Enhanced Premium Tax Credits webinar materials ; Commonwealth Fund – October 20.

ACA: Enhanced Premium Tax Credit Expiration

Ask an Expert: Enhanced Premium Tax Credit (PTC) Expiration blog ; Center for Budget and Policy Priorities – October 22.

ACA Marketplaces: The Millions of Americans Whose Health Care Costs Are At Stake in Shutdown

PressReader.com – Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions article; Washington Post – October 18.

ACA Marketplaces: “Improper Enrollees” and “Phantom Enrollees” (Paragon Institute)

Don’t Believe AHIP – Improper and Phantom Obamacare Enrollees Are Both Major Problems report; Paragon Institute, Project 2025 co-author, fraud claims cited by ACA critics in Congress -– August 20.

Community Health Workers – State Policies – Trends

State Community Health Worker Policies: 2024–2025 Trends blog; National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) – October 21.

Collecting Better Health Care Workforce Data To Inform State Policy and Planning

Making Data Work: Collecting Better Health Care Workforce Data to Inform State Policy and Planning blog; Milbank Memorial Fund – October 21.

Primary Care: Medicare Hybrid Payment

Why a Hybrid Payment Model Offers Hope for Primary Care as Medicare Turns 60 blog; Primary Care Collaborative – September 3.

Primary Care Administrative Burdens – Solutions

Teams, Tech and Tools: Solutions for Administrative Burdens in Primary Care – PCC webinar; Primary Care Collaborative – October 16.

Behavioral Health Integration – Collaborative Care Model – Building System-Wide Support

Building System-wide Support for the Collaborative Care Model webinar recording; National Council for Mental Wellbeing (NCMW) – Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions (CoE-HIS) – September 23.

State SUD and Opioid Strategies To Lower Funding Barriers for Community-Based Organizations (CBOs)

State Strategies to Lower Funding Barriers for Community-Based Organizations webinar materials; National Academy for State Health (NASHP) Policy– October 1

Medicare Open Enrollment – FAQs

Kaiser Family Foundation Medicare Open Enrollment FAQs; Advancing States shared – October 17.

No Wrong Door – Aligning Hospital and Community Health Center Care

No Wrong Door: Aligning Hospitals and Community Care for Sustainable Health podcast; Health Management Associates – October 22.

Limited Behavioral Health Provider Networks and Inactive Providers – in Medicare Advantage and Medicaid Managed Care Plans

Many Medicare Advantage and Medicaid Managed Care Plans Have Limited Behavioral Health Provider Networks and Inactive Providers report;  Office of Inspector General | Government Oversight | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – October 2.

Measuring Health Disparities – Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

Advancing Health Equity: An Approach to Systematically Identify and Evaluate Health Disparities | Institute for Healthcare Improvement white paper; Institute for Healthcare Improvement– October 14.

Engaging People with Lived Experience: Assess Your Program

Engagement Assessment; Special NeedsPlan Alliance (SNP)  shared Center to Advance Consumer Partnership self-assessment – shared October 23.

What Is Health Literacy?

What is Health Literacy?, a fact sheet; Center for Health Care Strategies – March 2024 shared October 23.