Week of October 15, 2024

Community Participation: The What’s, Why’s, and How’s

September 26 Temple University Collaborative webinar slides.
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Persons Dually-Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Integration of Medicare and Medicaid – Justice in Aging Guiding Principles

October 8 Justice in Aging shared guiding principles when designing and implementing integration programs.
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Community Health Workers: Building Successful Managed Care Programs Using CHW Expertise

October 8 Center for Health Care Strategies issue brief.
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Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Addressing Problems in the Age of Rebalancing

October Health Affairs commentary. Abstract only to non-subscribers.
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How Do We Measure Strong and Equitable Ecosystems of Care, For Persons with Complex Health and Social Needs?

September 19 Camden Coalition Ecosystem Assessment Tool webinar recording and slides; move down the page to locate the slides.
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Health-Related Social Needs (HRSNs): North Carolina’s Opportunity Pilots Evaluation Results

October 2 SIREN webinar materials.
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Medicaid Managed Care – External Quality Review – MACPAC Review

September 20 MACPAC (Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission) meeting review.
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Strengthening Public Health for the Next Administration and Congress

October 8 TFHA shared report.
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Understanding PACE – MACPAC Review

September 20 MACPAC (Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission) meeting review. PACE – Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly.
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States and Rural Communities With and Without PACE Programs

September 25 HRSA Rural Health Research and Policy Center announced Univ. of MN report.
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Medicare Advantage – Service Level Data Collection

October 8: AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation joined the Coalition To Preserve Rehabilitation (CPR) writing CMS on Medicare Advantage site-specific service level data collection proposals. The CPR letter focused on health plan prior authorization; health plan reviewer qualifications; and health plan network adequacy.
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Medicare and Medicare Advantage: Behavioral Health Benefits

October 10 NASADAD shared Sept GAO report.
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Medicare Advantage: CMS MA Plans Star Ratings

October 10 CMS announced MA health plan Star ratings.
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Medicare Advantage: What Policies To Watch This Fall

October 9 Health Management Associates summary.
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House Committee Examines Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment

September 18 House Committee on Ways and Means, Health Subcommittee hearing details and materials.
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Acute Hospital Care at Home – CMS Initiative Report

October 1 CMS announced report.
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Building a Sustainable Rural Health Workforce

October 10 HRSA FORHP shared National Rural Health Resource Center report.
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The Role of CCBHCs- Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics

September 10 SAMHSA presentation slides to the MHLG Bi-directional Integration Workgroup meeting.
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Health Center (FQHCs) Performance Improvement Toolkit

October 9 HRSA Health Center Program announced toolkit.
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State Opioid Response Grants Experiences

October 10 NASADAD series of briefs.
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