Medicaid Meets Public Health: A Blueprint for Collaboration
July 15 National Association of Medicaid Directors blueprint.
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Reconciliation Law: Medicaid Work and Community Engagement Requirements (3)
July 31 Center for Health Care Strategies summary. Two items in July 22 news.
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Reconciliation Law: Medicaid Work and Community Engagement Requirements (4)
July 30 Kaiser Family Foundation “Closer Look” issue brief. Two items in July 22 news.
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Embedding Disability Inclusion in Public Health: Strengthening Systems and Workforce Capacity
July 30 NACCHO webinar slides.
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Direct Care Workforce: Measuring and Monitoring Adequacy
August 1 Self-Direction News shared Brandies CLPC and LTQA report.
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Family Caregiving in America
July 24 National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP annual report.
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Integrating Home Health Care – Aging at Home
July 29 Accreditation Commission for Health Care webinar slides.
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Hospital at Home for Medicaid Enrollees: Evidence Roundup
July 24 Playbook Better Care for People with Complex Needs announced evidence.
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Senate Appropriations Committee – HHS Appropriations Reported to the Chamber – HHS Proposed Reorganization Rejected; Many Disability Programs Level Funded
July 31 Senate Appropriations Committee reported (26-3 vote) Labor-HHS-Ed Appropriations report. SAMHSA and NIH programs increased.
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Appropriations Advocacy for Federal Discretionary Grant Programs
Appropriations Advocacy: Previous AAHD and Lakeshore website posted appropriations advocacy efforts to maintain and fund: July 29, 5 ACL programs – UCEDDs; DD Programs of National Significance; Limb Loss and Paralysis Resource Centers; and P&A Voting Access (CCD); July 29, all P&A System Budget Items, including a focus on PAMI and ACL DD programs (CCD); July 24, ACL and NIDILRR (DRRC); July 15, Limb Loss and Paralysis RCs (ITEM); July 8, AHRQ HES (Friends of AHRQ); July 1, UCEDD (CCD); June 17, Lifespan Respite (Nat Respite Coalition); June 12, SAMHSA (MHLG); June 10, NIH MCMRR (DRRC); and June 10, NIH (Research America).
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Role of Federal Discretionary Grants – 55 Year Overview Ideas
July 22 Clarke Ross (AAHD) shared outline.
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Federal Discretionary vs Block Grants and Serving Persons with Disabilities, Senate 1981 Hearing
November 2, 1981 Clarke Ross (UCP) testimony. U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. S. 807 – Federal Assistance Improvement Act of 1981. Pages 20-31.
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Federal Umbrella Agencies-Federal Categorial Grants – Persons with Disabilities, 1980-1981
1980 and 1981 two journal articles by Clarke Ross (UCP): The Case for Categorial Grants; Resisting Umbrella Agency Approaches.
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Aligning Medicare and Medicare Advantage
July 22 House Committee on Ways and Means joint two subcommittees hearing.
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Reconciliation Law: The Rural Health Transformation Fund: What States and Providers Need To Know (and Do) Now (1)
July 30 Manatt 80 Million Project paper.
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Reconciliation Law: Rural Hospitals and the Rural Health Transformation Program: What Comes Next (2)
July 10 Bipartisan Policy Center paper.
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Homelessness, Civil Commitment, President’s Executive Order
July 24 Bazelon-NDRN-CPR-NHeLP-DREDF-the Arc statement
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Persons with IDD – Financing and Delivery Systems – Challenges and Steps
July 25 Self-Direction Center shared AAIDD May brief.
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Long Term Care: Employee Perspectives (1)
July 29 LTC Discussion Group replay and slides.
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Long Term Care: Employee Perspectives (2)
July 29 LTC Discussion Group meeting on May 1 EBRI issue brief.
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HHS Announces “Living HHS Open Data Plan”
July 30 HHS announced plan.
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