Medicaid Home Care Support for Family Caregivers
Medicaid’s Home Care Support for Family Caregivers in 2025 paper; Kaiser Family Foundation– January 5.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Defining a “Serious or Complex Medical Condition”
Implementing Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements: Defining A ‘Serious Or Complex Medical Condition’ article ; Health Affairs – January 12.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Exemptions Based on Medical Frailty – We’d Better Get Them Right This Time
Work Requirement Exemptions Based On Medical Frailty: We’d Better Get Them Right This Time article ; Health Affairs – January 12.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Family Caregiver Continuity of Coverage State Steps
Medicaid Work Requirements: Protecting Family Caregivers paper; AARP – January 7.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements
Protecting People With Disabilities Within New Medicaid Work Requirements (PL 119-21) toolkit ; The Arc – January 12.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): State Budget Advocacy
HR 1 Implementation Series -State Budget Advocacy webinar slides ; Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) featuring National of State Budget Officers (NASBO) – January 6.
Medicaid T-MSIS Behavioral Health Data Book
2023 T-MSIS Behavioral Health Data Book – CMS release of Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information – released December 22.
Medicaid Prescription Drug Coverage
Why Did They Do It That Way? Prescription Drugs issue brief; National Association of Medicaid Directors– January 5.
How Medicare Beneficiaries Choose Plans – And CMS Medicare Advantage Proposed Rules
How Medicare Beneficiaries Choose Plans — And What the CY 2027 Medicare Advantage Proposed Rule Might Change webinar materials – Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms and Arnold Ventures – January 14.
The Building Blocks of Care Coordination: Medicare Basics, Billing, and Looking Beyond PAC – Part 3
The Building Blocks of Care Coordination: Basics, Billing, and Looking Beyond to PACE- Part III: Starting or Contracting with a PACE Organization webinar slides; National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) – January 8. (Parts one and two were included in the December 23 Disability and Public Health News).
Health Care Accessibility – GAO: Further Efforts Needed To Address Barriers for People with Disabilities
Health Care Accessibility: Further Efforts Needed to Address Barriers for People with Disabilities report; Government Accountability Office (GAO-26-107120) – December 19.
Disability Discrimination in Health Care and Emergency Department Use
Disability Discrimination in Healthcare Is Associated with Increased Emergency Department Use analysis; The Council on Quality and Leadership – January 7.
Access To Health Care by Rurality and Disability Status
Access to Health Care by Rurality and Disability Status policy brief; Rural Health Research and Policy Centers shared Univ of Minnesota brief – January 14.
Homebound Status – by Health and Functional Limitations – Rural-Urban Differences
Rural-Urban Differences in Homebound Status by Health and Functional Limitations – The University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center – Rural Health Research and Policy Centers shared Univ of Minnesota brief – January 12.
The Fundamentals of How To Conduct the Person-Centered Planning Process (CMS)
The Fundamentals of How to Conduct the Person-Centered Service Planning Process webinar slides; CMS LTSS branch with contractor New Editions – January 14.
Direct Support Professionals as a Social Determinant of Health of People with IDD
DSPs as a Social Determinant of Health of People with IDD article; The Council on Quality and Leadership – January 13.
Experience Survey: Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (and Medicare)
Introducing the NRI Psychiatric Inpatient Experience (PIX) Survey! | NRI: No Person’s life will be limited by mental illness or addiction; National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) National Resource Institute (NRI) launched experience survey – January 8 shared.
Strengthening Crisis Response While Managing Risk and Liability (988 and 911)
988 & 911: Strengthening Crisis Response While Managing Risk and Liability article; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) shared resource – January 15.
Opioid Settlement Funds – Policy Recommendations and Implementation Insights
Milbank Quarterly Webinar: Opioid Settlement Funds — Policy Recommendations and Implementation Insights webinar materials; Milbank Memorial Fund – January 9.
President’s “Great Healthcare Plan” – Kaiser Family Foundation Quick Summary
The ‘Great Healthcare Plan’ Leaves Open Questions for People with Pre-existing Conditions article; Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Quick Takes – January 16.