Week of November 18, 2025

Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): How States Can Mitigate The Harm of HCBS Cuts

How States Can Mitigate The Harm Of HCBS Cuts | Health Affairs article; Health Affairs Forefront – September 22.

Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Where Is Integration Headed – State-by-State Intelligence

HMA Weekly Roundup: Trends in Health Policy summary (scroll down for document); Health Management Associates – November 12.

Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Challenges Facing State Medicaid Agency Implementation

Challenges with Implementing Work Requirements: Findings from a Survey of State Medicaid Programs summary;  Kaiser Family Foundation survey of state Medicaid programs summary – October 31.

Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Coverage Losses Reduction Guide

A Guide to Reducing Coverage Losses Through Effective Implementation of Medicaid’s New Work Requirement; Center for Budget and Policy Priorities – November 3.

Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – How States Can Build a Data-Driven Framework

Meeting the Moment: Using Data to Drive Medicaid Community Engagement Implementation white paper; Mathematica – November 12.

Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Checklist for State Medicaid Agencies

Navigating H.R. 1: A Medicaid Checklist for Government Agencies; Governing shared Equifax – November 13.

Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – How States Can Incorporate Human-Centered Design in Reporting Requirements

How States Can Incorporate Human-Centered Design in Medicaid Work Reporting Requirement Systems blog;  Manatt Health 80 Million Project – November 13.

Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Challenges Facing Community Health Centers

What’s In a Name? Challenges Facing Community Health Centers After HR 1 article; Health Affairs Forefront – November 6.

ACA Premium Tax Credits: Expanding Health Savings Accounts Would Do Little To Improve Access To Affordable Health Care

Expanding Health Savings Accounts Would Do Little to Improve Access to Affordable Health Care blog; Center for Budget and Policy Priorities – November 11.

ACA: Could Obamacare Collapse Under Trump Plan?

Obamacare could collapse under Trump’s new plan, policy experts say article; Politico – November 11.

Discriminatory Provider Behaviors Contribute to Persons with Disabilities Delaying and Forgoing Medical Care

Discriminatory Provider Behaviors Contribute to Disabled People Delaying and Forgoing Medical Care article; Council on Quality and Leadership – September 25.

Direct Care Workforce – Policy Priorities

PHI-Policy-Priorities-2025-ID-comp brief on needed policies; PHI – November 13.

Public Health Workforce Funding

929: PHIG Funding for PH Workforce interview recording; ASTHO – November 13.

Strengthening Partnerships with Patients and Families To Assess and Improve The Experience of Care – CAHPS

AHRQ Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Research Meeting 2025 materials and recording – September 18 shared be AHRQ November 11.

Evaluating and Measuring the Impact of Patient and Family Advisory Councils and Committees

Login or Register: Institute for Patient and Family-Centered Care webinar materials (one has to become an IPFCC member at no charge to access materials);– November 13.

The 340B Public Health Medication Discount Program: Examining Growth and Impact

The 340B Program: Examining Its Growth and Impact on Patients Senate Hearing Testimony; Government Accountability Office (GAO) testimony to the Senate Committee on HELP – October 23.

Home-Based Primary Care: Financial Sustainability Recommended Policy Actions

Duke-Margolis Policy Memo: Three Immediate Policy Actions to Enhance Financial Sustainability of Home-Based policy brief; Hartford Foundation posted Duke Margolis Institute for Health Policy – October 31.

Closing the Distance in Rural Primary Care

Closing the Distance in Rural Primary Care report; Primary Care Collaborative – November 12.

States Submit Rural Health Transformation Applications: Trends and Opportunities

HMA Weekly Roundup: Trends in Health Policy summary; Health Management Associates – November 12.

Site Neutrality Payment: What CMS New Rules Get Right; What’s Still Missing

A Promising Step Toward Site Neutrality: What The 2026 OPPS And ASC Rule Gets Right—And What’s Still Missing article; Health Affairs Forefront – November 13.

Health Data Utility (HDU) Capability Model

Introducing-CSRI-HDU-Capability-Model webinar slides; Civitas for Health and Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability (CSRI) – October 28.