Week of June 11, 2019

Serving Medicaid Beneficiaries Who Need LTSS: High-Cost HCBS Users; Money Follows the Person; Community First Choice in Tennessee

June 5  Mathematica Center for Studying Disability Policy webinar slides
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Defining Health Literacy for Healthy People 2030: AHRQ Invites Public Comments

June 4 AHRQ invitation; submission deadline is July 20
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Four Strategies To Help New Health Officials Become Successful Leaders

June 6 ASTHO blog
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So You Built a Dashboard: State Medicaid Agency Experiences

January 17 CMS Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program webinar slides
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A System of Prevention: Applying a Systems Approach to Public Health

June 6 Prevention Institute announced Sage journal article
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Financing Self-Directed Care

June 6 Temple University Collaborative of Community Inclusion announced podcast transcript with Dr. Judith Cook, Director, Univ of IL at Chicago Center on Integrated Health Care and Self Directed Recovery
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People with Lived Experience: Achieving Meaningful Involvement in Advisory Groups

June 7 SAMHSA Homeless and Housing Resource Network webinar slides
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Chronic Physical Health Management for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness: Integrated Care

May 31 SAMHSA-American Psychiatric Association SMI Advisor Program webinar slides
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Treating Substance Use Disorder in Primary Care – New Jersey

June 6 Center for Health Care Strategies blog interviews
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Faith-Health Collaborations To Improve Community and Population Health

June 7 National Academy of Medicine workshop proceedings
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Accountable Care Organizations More Likely To Use Home Visits To Assist Patients with Complex Care Needs

June 4 AHRQ announced Health Affairs article
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U.S. Senators Release CMS List of Hundreds of Under-Performing Nursing Homes

June 4 National Consumer Voice for Quality Ling-Term Care shared reports by U.S. Senators Casey and Toomey of Pennsylvania
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Updated – Criteria and Benchmarks for Achieving the Goal of Ending Veteran Homelessness

June 4 U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
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Advancing City-Level Healthy Housing: The Role of Partners

May 30 National League of Cities webinar slides
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Developing a Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) Measure – Lessons from National Alopecia Areata Foundation

June 3 National Health Council blog summarizing their May 14 webinar
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CMS Finalizes Medicare PACE Regs: (Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly)

May 28 CMS fact sheet on the regulations
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FDA – Enhancing the Diversity of Clinical Trial Populations – Public Comments Sought – Disability Largely Neglected

June 6 FDA draft guidance document for public comment; Deadline for public comment is August 6.
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