Week of January 18, 2022

Health Disparity Populations Designation for People with Disabilities: National Council on Disability

December 7 NCD statement to NHI and AHRQ

Advancing Health Equity Through the Legislative Process – ASTHO

January 11 ASTHO shared prospectus

Medicare Advantage: Trends in Racial, Ethnic, Sex, and Rural-Urban Inequities

January 11 CMS OMH announced report

Achieving Progress Toward Health Equity Using Race and Ethnicity Data: State Strategies and Lessons Learned

November 15 National Governors Assn with NASHP and Duke Univ paper

New Health Equity Scorecard Finds Deep-Seated Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Every State

November 18 Commonwealth Fund scorecard of state performance

The Spectrum of State Models To Support Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS)

January 12 Applied Self-Direction shared ATI Advisory summary

Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce: Scan of State Strategies

December Center for Health Care Strategies state scan report

New ACL Public Health Workforce Grant Recipients

January 11 ACL announced list and descriptions

Medicare Coverage of Home Health Services

January 12 Center for Medicare Advocacy webinar slides

Long Term Services and Supports: Annual Medicaid Expenditures; Medicaid Section 1915 © Expenditures

January 12 CMS announced Medicaid reports

Behavioral Health – Higher Risk Populations – and COVID-19

December GAO report for Congress

Medicaid Funded Mobile Crisis Programs – Federal Policy Recommendations To Support States

January 13 TAC recommendations paper

Supporting Family Caregivers: A Collection of Evidence, Tools, and Case Studies

January 13 Playbook Better Care for People with Complex Needs announced collection

Rural Health: State Investment in Health Care Infrastructure

January 13 ASTHO shared prospectus

Connecting Justice-Involved Populations To Medicaid Coverage – State Policies

January 11 TFAH announced Kaiser Family Foundation report

PACE – Aligning Care-Quality Measures-Patient Priorities

January 10 National PACE Assn webinar slides

Medicare Star Ratings: Impact of COVID-19

January 12 HMA shared Wakely white paper

Sharing Health Data: The Why, The Will, and the Way Forward

January 11 National Academy of Medicine special publication

Housing and Health-Related Services Resource Center – HHS & HUD

December 8 HHS announced center

PCORI Proposed Research Agenda: Share Comments by January 31

January 11 (and earlier) PCORI announced agenda for public comments