Week of October 5, 2021

Medicaid LTSS: Leveraging American Rescue Plan Investments To Drive Lasting Transformation for People with Complex Needs

October 1 Self Direction shared Sept 27 National Association of Medicaid Directors, Long Term Services and Supports report
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 The State of America’s Direct Support Workforce

September 29 ANCOR shared report
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 Direct Support Professionals (DSPs): Predictors of Annual Turnover

September 28 Elsevier shared UMN ICI paper
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Programs That Directly Address the Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) Workforce Crisis

September 20 Council on Quality and Leadership paper
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Building the Community Health Workforce of the Future

September 22 NACHW and Partners in Health webinar materials
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 Health and Behavioral Health Workforce Projections

September 24 NASMHPD shared HRSA National Center for Health Workforce Analysis reports
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Creating and Enhancing Pathways To a Racially/Ethnically Diverse Behavioral Health Workforce

August 18 SAMHSA supported National Network To Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health webinar materials
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Exploring Short Term Strategies To Address Workforce Shortages – Behavioral Health

September 14 SAMHSA supported, NCMW webinar materials; scroll down the archive to the Sept 14 webinar
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Preparing Physicians To Care for People with Disabilities: Core Competencies and the ADA

September 23 NIDILRR supported, Pacific ADA Center webinar materials
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Modernizing Health Care To Improve Physical Accessibility: A Primer for Providers

July 30 ADvancing States shared CMS OMH resource
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Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Disparities in Medicare Advantage Health Care

September 28 CMS shared and commissioned RAND study using HEDIS quality measures

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CDC State Disability and Health Programs – Project Successes

September 30 CDC NCBDDDD shared 2016-2021 project successes web page
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Identifying and Addressing Health-Related Social Needs Through Primary Care Innovation in Medicaid Managed Care

September 29 Commonwealth Fund-Center for Health Care Strategies webinar slides
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Building the Value Case for Complex Care – Mission and Margin Alignment

September 29 National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs announced toolkit
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Care Communication and Care Coordination Measurement: Electronic Health Records and Impacting Social Determinants of Health

September 24 National Quality Forum environmental scan report
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Health Equity Tracker

Morehouse College of Medicine, Satcher Health Leadership Institute health equity tracker web page
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Equity and Policy Preparedness During Public Health Emergencies

August 25 National Governors Association webinar materials
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Opioids and Behavioral Health – Individuals with Co-Occurring BH Conditions: NQF Releases New Measurement Framework

September 29 NQF announced September 14 final report
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Medicaid and CHIP Core Quality Measures: CMS Publishes 2020 Data

September 28 CMS announced reports and data
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