Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): CAHPS Survey Data Available
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Survey Database announcement; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) – January 26.
Case for Inclusion: Community Services Data Snapshot
Case for Inclusion Data Snapshot: The Looming Impact of Funding Cuts on Access to Community Services (January 2026) annual report; American Network of Community Options and Resources and United Cerebral Palsy (ANCOR-UCP) report – shared January 23.
Algorithms and the Fight for Medicaid Home Care
Calculated Need: Algorithms and the Fight for Medicaid Home Care (Fact Sheet) ; Upturn – January 21.
Section 504 Nondiscrimination: Texas, 8 Other States – Litigation = Declare Section 504 Rule Unlawful
TX v. Kennedy Joint Statement – Bazelon Center on Mental Health Law and six organization colleagues on Texas and 8 other states revised Texas vs Kennedy filing to declare Section 504 non-discrimination protections, including most integrated setting appropriate requirement, unlawful – January 28.
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Medicaid Directors Comments on CMS Medicare Contract Rules
NAMD Comments on Proposed Policies Impacting Care for Dually Eligible Individuals – National Association of Medicaid Directors to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) – January 26.
Managed Long-Term Services and Supports: Enabling Technology
New Resource: Unlocking the Value of Enabling Technology in Managed Long Term Services and Supports report ; – National MLTSS Health Plan Association (Managed Long-Term Services and Supports) – January 26.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Principles and Policy Considerations for Implementing
Considerations for Implementing Community Engagement Requirements: Principles and Policy Option – MACPAC slides; Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) – Recommended transparent plan for monitoring and evaluation – January 29.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1) Changes: Implications for ACA Marketplace
Medicaid Changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and Implications for the Marketplace and Individual Market in 2027 analysis; Health Management Associates – January 29.
Medicaid Provider Tax: CMS Announces Partial Final Rule
Preserving Medicaid Funding for Vulnerable Populations – Closing a Health Care-Related Tax Loophole Final Rule ; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) – January 29.
Medicare Home Care “Reasonable and Necessary Care” Documentation
Mastering Documentation of Reasonable and Necessary Care in Home Health webinar slides – Accreditation Commission for Health Care – January 20.
No Medicare AI Medical Necessity Decisions (HR 5940 and S. 3480)
No Medicare AI Medical Necessity Decisions (HR 5940 and S. 3480) support letter; AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined the Coalition To Preserve Rehabilitation (CPR) supporting legislation (HR 5940 and S. 3480) to protect against the CMS WISeR model use of AI to make Medicare medical necessity decisions – January 27.
Medicare Primary Care and Bidirectional Behavioral Health Integration – Submission to Congressional Caucus
Medicare Primary Care and Bidirectional Behavioral Health Integration – Submissions to Congressional Caucus; AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined No Health without Mental Health (NHMH) and CSWA-ISPMHN-PCMMH submitting comments to the House GOP Doctor’s Caucus RFI on the MIPS (Medicare provider improvement of quality of patient care and outcomes) program with an emphasis on primary care and bidirectional health integration. Also, the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) submitted to both the Congressional GOP Doctor’s Caucus and the Congressional Doctor’s Caucus (the NHMH letter endorses the major PCC recommendations) (PCC shared in January 27 AAHD news) – January 27.
Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D Rules – Protecting Beneficiary Access and Affordability
Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D Rules – Protecting Beneficiary Access and Affordability letter; AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined the Medicare Access for Patients Rx (MAPRx) Coalition comments to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on protecting beneficiary access and affordability in CMS Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D rules – January 26.
Medicare CMS ACCESS Model (Advancing Chronic Care) – Includes Behavioral Health Focus
ACCESS (Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions) Model innovation announcement with detailed outline; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) – Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) – December 1.
Medicare CMS ACCESS Model (Advancing Chronic Care) – Includes Behavioral Health Focus – part 2
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center’s ACCESS Model: What Medicare Organizations Need to Know summary; Health Management Associates – December 11.
Medicare CMS ACCESS Model (Advancing Chronic Care) – Includes Behavioral Health Focus – part 3
Webinar Replay – The ACCESS Model: Essentials for Applicants webinar recording; Health Management Associates – January 22.
ACA Marketplace: Tax Credit Band-Aids
Tax Credit Band-Aids policy blog; AAHD – January 23.
ACA State-Based Marketplace Enrollment Data
State Market Network (SMN) Open Enrollment Data – January 2026 Factsheet; National Academy for State Health Policy – January 27.
Community Care Hubs: Sustainability (Including Finances) Roadmaps
Community Care Hub Financial Stability | Partnership to Align Social Care webinar and briefs; Partnership To Align Social Care and Camden Coalition– January 27.
Community Health Workers and Patient Navigators for Health Centers Serving Public Housing Residents
Optimizing Community Health Workers & Patient Navigators for Health Centers that Serve Residents of Public Housing- Session 1 video on Vimeo and webinar materials;
National Nurse-led Care Consortium– January 22.
Health Information Exchange Organizations – National Survey Findings
Health Information Organization (HIO) Survey 2025 Deep Dive – Part 1_2026_01_21 – webinar slides; Civitas Networks for Health – January 21.
Integrating Substance Use Disorder Prevention in Physical Health Care Settings – Progress in States
Integrating Substance Use Disorder Prevention with Physical Health Care: Progress in States webinar and report focused on adolescents; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Financing and Reform funded, Westat administered webinar and report – January 28.