Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): What’s At Stake If Cut
New Issue Brief Documents What’s at Stake if Medicaid HCBS Are Cut article; February 16 Association of Health Care Journalists article shared Feb 27 by Self-Direction News. Summarizes a Kaiser Family Foundation report (previously included in AAHD news).
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – Federal Cuts, State Choices, and the Future of Aging and Disability Care: Protecting HCBS
Federal Cuts, State Choices, and the Future of Aging and Disability Care policy brief; Caring Across Generations – March 4.
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – Disability and Aging Leaders To Congress on Critical Role of HCBS (and fraud attacks)
Co-Chairs Letter to Congressional Oversight Committee on Critical Role of HCBS; Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) and Disability and Aging Collaborative (DAC) – March 2.
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – New Waiver Opportunity
Initial Considerations for Adopting the New 1915c Waiver Design as Enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR1) summary; Rockefeller Institute of Government, shared by Self-Direction News – February 25.
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – Delayed Grievance Enforcement
Exercise of Enforcement Discretion for Requirements for a Medicaid Fee For-Service (FFS) Grievance System for Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Until December 2027 bulletin; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) – February 26.
Medicaid and State Legislatures, 2026
Medicaid and State Legislatures in 2026 slide presentation to the Coalition for Whole Health slides; National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) – March 3.
Medicaid Program Integrity: Three-Part National Medicaid Directors Blog
Medicaid Program Integrity: A Three-Part Blog; National Association of Medicaid Directors – February 27.
Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment Tracker – State-by-State = Declining
New State-by-State Medicaid and CHIP Tracker Shows Declining Enrollment as H.R. 1 Cuts Loom blog; Georgetown Center for Children and Families blog – February 26.
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Strengthening Integration – State Medicaid Directors Comments
Comments to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Strengthening Medicare-Medicaid Integration: NAMD’s Recommendations on Proposed CMS Duals Policies; National Association of Medicaid Directors – February 26.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Engaging Clinics and Pharmacies To Prevent Disenrollment
Medicaid Work Requirements: Engaging Clinics and Pharmacies to Prevent Disenrollment essay| ; Milbank Quarterly, Milbank Memorial Fund – February 18.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Relationship To SUD Privacy Laws
New Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements-42 CFR Part 2 summary; Legal Action Center – February 2026.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Strategies for Supportive Housing Providers
HR 1 Implementation Series: Preparing for Medicaid Work Requirements: Strategies for Supportive Housing Providers slides; Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) – February 26.
Medicaid Compliance with the Behavioral Health Insurance Parity Law (MHPAEA)
The Parity Protection Medicaid Compliance with the Parity Act in the Context of Public Law analysis (119-21); Legal Action Center – March 3.
Medicaid Behavioral Health Payment Overview
Medicaid Primer: An Overview of Medicaid and Behavioral Health February primer; The National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Agency Directors (NASADAD), The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Financing Reform and Innovation (CFRI), March 5 shared.
Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act – S. 3934 and HR 6199
Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act – S. 3934 and HR materials and legislative text; AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined 60 organizations led by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics supporting legislation (S. 3934 and HR 6199) establishing a Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy benefit – Feb 27.
Medicare ACOs – Strengthening Primary Care Participation in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
Strengthening Primary Care Participation in ACOs webinar materials;– Primary Care Collaborative – February 24.
Medicare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse: Risks, Strategies, Future Direction
Medicare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Historical Context: Risks, Mitigation Strategies, and Future Directions research paper; American Institutes for Research – March 6.
Section 504 Disability Non-Discrimination Nine States Litigation – Webinar Update
Texas v. Kennedy (formerly Texas v. Becerra): What it is and How You Can Help Stop the Attack on Section 504 webinar recording and materials; Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF)- Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law – American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)- National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) litigation update – February 19.
ACA Marketplace: CMS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) Proposed Rule: What State Leaders Need to Know
What State Leaders Should Know about CMS’ New Annual Proposed Health Insurance Rule blog; National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) – March 3.
ACA Marketplace: CMS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) Proposed Rule: Higher Deductibles, More Barriers, Fewer Protections
Higher Deductibles, More Barriers, Fewer Protections: How the New Marketplace Rule Would Further Erode Access to Affordable, Quality Health Coverage summary; Families USA – February 27.
Support Person-Centered Outcome Quality Measures in National Committee Quality Assurance (NCQA) Heathcare Effectiveness Data Information Set (HEDIS)
Support Person-Centered Outcome Quality Measures in NCQA – HEDIS response submission by AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation – AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation response – March 4 submission and the Feb 13 NCQA HEDIS proposed PCO document are in the link.
Member Experience Data Collection: Coming Soon To a Community Care Hub Near You
Webinar presentation slides to the Partnership To Align Social Care; EVISET – Feb 24.