Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Beneficiaries Data Book
Data Book: Beneficiaries Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid; Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission and Medicare Payment Advisory Commission data book – December 2.
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: How Federal-State Collaboration Can Continue To Advance Integrated Care
Health Affairs Blog | How Federal-State Collaboration Can Continue to Advance Integrated Care for Dually Eligible Individuals; Center for Health Care Strategies shared Health Affairs blog – December 4.
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: State Medicaid Agency Contract Template Toolkit – Consumer Protection Language
State Medicaid Agency Contract (SMAC) Template Toolkit: Consumer Protection Language Advocates Need to Know – Justice in Aging webinar materials, including D-SNPs; Justice in Aging – December 2.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements: CMS Principles for Community Engagement Regulatory Guidance
CMS Issues New State Guidance on Transformative Medicaid Reforms press release; CMS press release – December 8.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements: CMS Community Engagement Guidance
State Requirements to Establish Medicaid Community Engagement Requirements information bulletin; CMS – December 8.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Recommendations for Mitigating Harms To People with Disabilities, Older Adults, and Caregivers
Recommendations for Mitigating Harms to People with Disabilities, Older Adults, and Caregivers from Medicaid Work Requirements NHeLP guide; Bazelon Center for MH Law, Justice in Aging– December 2.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): More Frequent Medicaid Eligibility Checks – How To Ensure Health Care Coverage
How to Ensure Health Care Coverage for Medicaid Recipients Despite H.R.1’s More Frequent Eligibility Checks blog; Corporation for Supportive Housing – November 21.
Preserving Medicaid Coverage for People with Disabilities: What Federal Disability Rights Laws Require of States
2025 Medicaid Guide; Bazelon Center for MH Law and CSH – December 1.
Tools To Harness Medicaid Data
Unlock the Power of Medicaid Data to Drive Meaningful Results – list of data tools; Mathematica– November 20.
National Association of Medicaid Directors Conference – Five Key Takeaways
HMA Weekly Roundup-summary of NAMD conference – Health Management Associates (HMA) – December 3.
Reconciliation Law (HR 1): States Brace for Budget Shock Amid Federal Changes
States Brace for Budget Shock Amid Federal Changes – article; Governing.com – December 1.
ACA Expiring Premium Tax Credit Enhancements: Three Evaluation Factors by CBPP
How to Evaluate Proposals to Address Expiring Premium Tax Credit Enhancements blog; Center on Budget and Policy Priorities – December 4.
ACA Premium Tax Credits: GAO – Fraud Risks Persist
GAO-26-108742, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Preliminary Results from Ongoing Review Suggest Fraud Risks in the Advance Premium Tax Credit Have Persisted report; U.S. Government Accountability Office – December 3.
Medicaid’s Essential Investments To Address Health-Related Social Needs (HRSNs)
Medicaid’s Essential Investments to Address Health-Related Social Needs opinion article; Milbank Quarterly – December 2 shared November 21 opinion.
Healthcare Partnerships To Address Social Needs: Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator
The Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator for Healthcare Partnerships to Address Social Need; ACL Aging and Disability Business Institute shared US Aging Center of Excellence To Align Health and Social Care calculator – shared December 2.
Medicare Home Health Prospective Payment: CMS Final Rules
Breaking News – HH CY 2026 PPS Final Rule summary; Accreditation Commission for Health Care – December 2.
Advancing Integrated Behavioral Health Care: How States Are Modernizing Facility Licensure
How States Are Modernizing Facility Licensure to Advance Integrated Care blog; National Academy for State Health Policy – November 18.
Site Neutrality Payment: Model Legislation
Site Neutral Payment Model Legislation Webinar: Nov. 18 webinar materials based on 2023 MedPAC recommendations; National Academy for State Health Policy– November 18.
Strengthening the Respite Care Workforce: State Training and Registries
Strengthening the Respite Care Workforce issue brief;– National Academy for State Health Policy – November 26.
American Community Survey: Add Family Caregiver Questions
Family Caregiving Counts: Adding Family Caregiver Questions to American Community Survey issue brief; Brandeis Community Living Policy Center – November 21.
Caregiver Assessments – Checklist
NCSC Checklist for Caregiver Assessments; Assistance with Residential Care in the Home (ARCH Respite) shared Administration for Community Living -National Caregiver Support Collaborative roadmap – May 13 shared December 1.
Family Caregivers Assessments: Strategies and Resources
State Strategies and New Resources to Advance Family Caregiver Assessments web resources; National Academy for State Health Policy – November 19.
Digital Health: An Opportunity To Advance Health Equity for People with Disabilities
Digital Health: An Opportunity to Advance Health Equity for People With Disabilities article; National Health Council (NHC) shared with its members Milbank Quarterly article – NHC shared December 3 the August 28 article.
CMS Rescinds Nursing Home Nurse Staffing Rule
CMS Takes Action to Rescind Minimum Staffing Rule summary; National Consumer Voice for Quality Long Term Care summary – December 3.