Week of February 18, 2020

Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – Key State Policy Choices

February 7 ADvancing States shared Kaiser Family Foundation issue brief
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Direct Support Professionals in State ID/DD Systems: Workforce Stability Data

February NASDDDS-HSRI State-by-State National Core Indicators report
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Supporting the Non-Traditional Health Care Workforce: Community Health Workers and Promotores

February 11 Center for Health Care Strategies blog
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Mental Health Peer Support Workers: Supervision Basics

February 12 SAMHSA BRSS TACS shared two page fact sheet and Feb 27 webinar announcement
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Peer Support Specialists: State Credentials, Continuing Education, and Retention/Recruitment Strategies (2)

February 6 NCBH & Rutgers School of Health Professionals webinar – part 2 – slides; resource list was shared last week (part one)
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Primary Care Behavioral Health Model: Tips & Tools for Implementing

January 22 NCBH Center for Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions webinar slides
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Collaborative Care: Behavioral Health and General Health in Health Care Settings

December 18 NCBH Center for Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions webinar slides
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Stabilizing Community-Based Organizations – New Toolkit

February 12 ACL announced ADvancing States HCBS Business Acumen Center toolkit step #3
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Population Health for High-Risk Health Plan Members Who Rely on Family Caregivers

February 12 Population Health Alliance webinar recording featuring Medicare Advantage Ceresti digital health program
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Long Term Opioid Management in Primary Care

February 10 AHRQ announced How-To-Guide
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Expanding Access to Community-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment – MN & WI Case Study

January 27 Center for Health Care Strategies case study
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Addressing Homelessness: Permanent Supportive Housing and Housing First for People with Serious Mental Illness and CODs

February 11 SAMHSA Homeless and Housing Resource Network webinar slides
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Annual Disability Statistics Compendium

February 11 Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire, ACL funded annual event materials and report
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SAMHSA Announces Outpatient Engagement 20 Grantees

February 14 NASMHPD weekly update list of 16 states, 3 territories, and DC
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Consumer and Family Engagement in Health Organizations – 3 New Case Studies

February 6 Community Catalyst announced studies in Kansas City, New York’s Hudson Valley, and Trinity Health programs across the US; RWJ Foundation funded
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CMS Medicaid Block Grant Demonstrations (2)

Seven resources posted on the AAHD public policy website page; the CMS letter to state Medicaid directors was the lead item in AAHD weekly news #2020-5.
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