Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – MACPAC Recommendations and Updated Implications
Implementing Community Engagement Requirements in Medicaid: Recommendation and Updated Implications meeting discussion of recommendations and slides; Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) – May 7.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Community Engagement Determinations
Medicaid, Mental Health, and H.R. , A State Guide to Using Data for Community Engagement Determinations; Inseparable – April 21.
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): HCBS Impacts Tracker – Updates Including Project Webpage
Home and Community Based Services Impacts Tracker Project webpage; The project webpage has been launched with updates planned every two weeks. This tracker is owned by The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health; Human Services Research Institute (HSRI); LeadingAge LTSS (Long-Term Services and Supports) Center at the University of Massachusetts – Boston; and ATI Advisory. May 11.
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – HCBS Access Act Reintroduced in Congress (2)
Toward Holistic Health Services under Medicaid summary update; AAHD – National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative (NDNRC) – May 8.
Medicaid Home Health Quality Measures – Updates
Letter to State Medicaid Directors concerning FFY 2027 Updates to the Health Home Core Quality Measure Sets; Deputy Administrator and CMS Director, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services – May 5.
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Role of Medicaid in the PACE Program – MACPAC
Exploring the Role of the State Medicaid Agency in the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly: Recommendations and Updated Implications meeting discussion of recommendations and slides; PACE: Programs for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly – May 7.
Medicaid Prior Authorization – Automation – MACPAC
Automation in Medicaid Prior Authorization: Recommendations meeting discussion of recommendations and slides; Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission– May 7.
Community Care Hubs: The Networks They Lead; Data Overview
Community Care Hubs and the Networks They Lead brief; ACL funded Aging and Disability Business Institute – May 5.
Section 504: Web Content and Mobile App Accessibility – Interim Final Rule Published
Interim Final Rule; Federal Register – May 7.
HUD Proposed Rental Assistance Work Requirements and Term Limits – (2) – Harm To People with Disabilities
HUD Proposed Rental Assistance Work Requirements and Term Limits – (2) – Harm To People with Disabilities letter;- AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD), Task Force on Housing, comments to HUD opposing proposed work requirements and term limits in HUD project-based rental assistance programs. May 1 CCD submission. (AAHD and Lakeshore Foundation earlier joined a Disability Belongs led comments to HUD submitted April 24).
Federal Rental Assistance – Housing Outcomes – Households and Disability
Federal rental assistance and housing outcomes among disability households: Cost burden relief without health or housing quality gains article; Disability and Health Journal – shared May 7.
Carving in Behavioral Health: Foundation for True Integration
Carving-in-Behavioral-Health-The-Foundation-for-True-Integration-Policy-Center brief; Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health – May 6.
Promoting Integrated Physical and Behavioral Health Care for Older Adults
Advisory: Promoting Integrated Physical and Behavioral Health Care for Older Adults; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) – May 7.
State Organizational Responsibilities for Mental Health/SUD/IDD
Organization of State Mental Health Agencies (SMHA), 2025 NRI 2024-2025 State Profiles study; NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc. (NRI) April 30 shared July 2025 study.
Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH) – Centralized Web Based Data Inventory
Michigan and Illinois Public Health Institutes DASH program webinar slides; Illinois Public Health Institute, Michigan Public Health Institute, and Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH) – April 22.
Medicare Advanced Primary Care Management – Successful Adopters
Advanced Primary Care Management: Successful Adopters Tell Their Stories webinar recording and summary;- Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) – April 28.
Medicare Special Needs Plans (SNPs) – Enrollment by State and SNP Type
Enrollment by Special Needs Plan (SNP) Type interactive map;– Special Needs Plan (SNP) Alliance – April 30.
Community-Initiated Care in Behavioral Health: Exploring Funding Mechanisms for Substance Use (2)
Center for Financing Reform & Innovation (CFRI) webinar materials; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) – April 21. (AAHD April 28 news #16 included the SAMHSA report.)
SSI (Supplemental Security Income): Policy Reforms
Policy Reforms to Better Connect Older Adults and Individuals with Disabilities to SSI and Other Benefits policy brief; Justice in Aging policy brief – April 27.
Navigating the Social Security Administration: Options for Advocates
Navigating the Social Security Administration: Options for Advocates webinar materials; Justice in Aging – April 15.
Advancing Rural Health Transformation: The Role of the Aging Network
Advancing Rural Health Transformation: The Role of the Aging Network webinar materials; ACL funded Aging and Disability Business Institute and ATI Advisory– April 23.