Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): FMAP Implementation
Implementation of Increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for Home- and Community-Based Services under the American Rescue Plan Act: Key Takeaways – meeting presentation slides; Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) – September 18-19.
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) Payment: Interested Parties Advisory Groups
Interested Parties Advisory Groups: Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement to Ensure Adequate HCBS Payment Rates and Help Strengthen the Direct Care Workforce brief; Brandeis Community Living Policy Center and NHeLP– September 23.
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Plan Transitions
Medicare-Medicaid Plan Transition – meeting presentation slides; Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) – September 18-19.
Reconciliation Law (HR 1): How States Can Mitigate The Harm of Home-and-Community-Based Services Cuts and Persons Dually-Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid
How States Can Mitigate The Harm Of HCBS Cuts article; – Health Affairs Forefront article focused on “full-benefit dually eligible” persons and HCBS – September 22.
Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Medicaid Work and Community Engagement Requirements Will Make Hospitals and Communities Pay
Impact Medicaid Work Requirements Hospital Revenues Margins policy brief ; Commonwealth Fund – September 18.
Extend ACA Premium Tax Credits (3) and Repeal Reconciliation Act (HR 1) Health Care Provisions (2)
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined 355 organizations, led by the Disability and Aging Collaborative (DAC) and Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD), asking Congress to legislatively extend the Affordable Care Act premium tax credits and repeal the Reconciliation Act (HR 1) health care provisions. The letter was submitted on September 25. Also see our web public policy updates: September 25 Mental Health Liaison Group ACA premium letter and September 12 Community Catalyst led 350 organizations on both the ACA premium letter and HR repeal.
Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Extend ACA Premium Tax Credits
Extend ACA Premium Tax Credits (2) – letter to Congress; Mental Health Liaison Group, including AAHD, advocating extension of ACA premium tax credits, September 24. On September 12, we posted Community Catalyst letter to Congress, joined by AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation.
Reconciliation Law (HR 1): ACA Marketplace Uncertainty Given Premium Tax Credit Changes
Five Key Changes to ACA Marketplaces Amid Uncertainty Over Premium Tax Credit Enhancements blog; Center on Budget and Policy Practices – September 22.
Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Using Paperwork To Discourage ACA Marketplace Enrollment
Using Paperwork to Discourage Insurance Enrollment blog; Commonwealth Fund – September 4.
Autism – Advocates Call for Quality Science and Compassion in Decision-Making
Autism – Call for Quality Science and Compassion Decision-Making statement – AAHD joined leading national autism and disability organizations statement on recent administration announcements – September 24.
Public Health Infrastructure in Crisis
Public Health Infrastructure in Crisis: HHS Workforce Cuts, Reorganizations, and Funding Reductions: Impacts and Solutions report; Trust for America’s Health – September 18.
Medicaid and CHIP Core Quality Measures Sets – CMS Web Posted
Medicaid & CHIP Data Products; Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMS) – September 22 announced.
Health-Related Social Needs (HRSNs): Using AI in Clinical Notes
Using artificial intelligence to screen for health-related social needs in clinical notes brief; Camden Coalition – September 23.
No Wrong Door – ACL Fact Sheet
ACL: No Wrong Door Fact Sheet – July 2025 – Essential NWD Resources – NWD Technical Assistance Community fact sheet; ACL – September 22.
Key Role of Cross-Sector Partnerships in Navigating Barriers
The Key Role of Cross-Sector Partnerships in Navigating Barriers blog; ASTHO – September 17.
Coordinated Community Health Care – Person-Centered Strategies
Patient Centered Strategies for Coordinated Community Health Care presentation slides; Association of Asian and Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) – September 18.
Coordinating Care Across Systems: Behavioral Health and Older Adults
Behavioral Health Services and Older Adults: Coordinating Care Across Systems and the Lifespan paper; NASMHPD and SAMHSA TA – September 19 NASMHPD.
Empowering Behavioral Health Peer Support Professionals – 8 Takeaways
Act With Hope: 8 Takeaways to Empower Peer Support tool; National Council for Mental Wellbeing – September 24 shared August 19.
Community Engagement in Mental Health Systems
Patient Centered Strategies for Coordinated Community Health Care webinar slides; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and Center for Mental Health Implementation Support (CMHIS) – September 16.
9-8-8 Behavioral Health Crisis Services – SAMHSA Overview
SAMHSA presentation slides to the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) ; SAMSHA – September 12.
Rural Health Transformation Program – Reshaping Rural Care
HMA Weekly Roundup: Trends in Health Policy; Health Management Associates Insights – September 17.