Week of November 12, 2024

Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Timely Access-Provisional Plans of Care

October 31 MACPAC (Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Advisory Commission) meeting presentation slides.
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Community Health Workers: The Evolution of the CHW Hub Within Public Health

October 24 Dialogue 4 Health webinar materials.
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Social Determinants of Health (SDOH): Referral Management and Data Exchange

November 5 ACL ADBI shared Leavitt Partners and CyncHealth playbook.
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Social Determinants of Health (SDOH): Beyond Screening – Using SDOH Data for Effective Solutions

October 22 HITEQ webinar materials.

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Health-Related Social Needs (HRSNs): NIH Science Perspective

October 30 NIH Pub Med on the integration of social needs into health care.
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Rural Health: Access To Health Care – Trends and Challenges

October 31 HHS ASPE report.
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Frontier Community Health Integration Demo Status and Learning Updates

October 23 CMS announced project updates fact sheet.
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Strengthening How Clients Are Connected To Benefits: I&R/A National Survey Report

November 8 Applied Self-Direction shared ADvancing States national survey report.
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Who Do I Contact – Social Security or Medicare?

October 31 Center for Medicare Advocacy shared SSA chart.
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Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

November 1 CMS announced final rule and fact sheets. Issues that AAHD commented on include advanced primary care, three HRSNs payments, caregiver training, and telehealth. Seven mid-September AAHD comment web postings are here.
On the CMS final rule: click here.

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Clarifies Dental Services

November 7 Center for Medicare Advocacy explanation of Medicare payment of dental services necessary for other medical treatments.
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Insurance Coverage, Payment, and Coding for Persons with IDD

November 7 Special Olympics-Leavitt Partners-HMA-Institute for Exceptional Care report.
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Medicaid Managed Care: States Use of “Directed Payments”

October 31 MACPAC (Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission) meeting presentation slides.
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Medicaid Managed Care: External Quality Review Policy Options

October 31 MACPAC (Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission) meeting presentation slides.
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Annual State Medicaid Budget Survey

October 23 Kaiser Family Foundation annual report.
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9-8-8 Crisis Lifeline – State-by-State Profiles and Appropriations

November 8 NASMHPD shared Vibrant web resource.
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Advancing Crisis Care, Personal and Community Safety, and Wellbeing: Seven Steps

November 8 NASMHPD shared July 22 conference session slides.
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Barriers To Obtaining and Using Interoperable Information Among Non-Federal Acute Care Hospitals

November 5 HHS ASTP shared October 14 JAMIA article.
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Private Equity’s Impact on the Disability Community

October 31 DREDF shared report.
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Quality Measures: AAHD and Lakeshore Foundation to NCQA

November 7 AAHD and Lakeshore Foundation submission to the NCQA CAC meeting.
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