Week of March 31, 2026

Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Publicly Available Data Bases and Tools

Dually Enrolled Medicaid and Medicare Beneficiaries: Publicly Available Databases and Tools to Improve Understanding and Provide Relevant Services webinar and report; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center on Financing Reform and Innovation – March 25.

Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Building Medicare Knowledge in State Integration Programs

Building Medicare Knowledge to Advance State Medicare-Medicaid Integrated Care Programs brief; Center for Health Care Strategies – March 24.

Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Reconciliation Law (HR 1) Impacts

How H.R. 1 Impacts People Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid fact sheet; Justice in Aging– March 24.

Why Medicaid Matters for Americans Living with Disabilities

Why Medicaid Matters for Americans Living with Disabilities blog; Modern Medicaid Alliance blog – March 25.

Medicaid – Medical Frailty – Preventing Coverage Loss

Using Medical Frailty to Protect Medicaid Coverage Under H.R.1 blog on Medical Reconciliation (HR 1) provisions; Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) – March 26.

Accountable Health Communities CMS Model for Medicaid and Medicare Beneficiaries – Responding to Upstream Drivers of Health – Final External Evaluation Report

Accountable Health Communities Model: RTI final evaluation report;– Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network (SIREN) – March 19.

Medicaid Section 1115 Waivers: Addressing Health-Related Social Needs (HRSNs)

Addressing Health-Related Social Needs Through Medicaid Section 1115 Waivers: Challenges And Opportunities article; Health Affairs – March 12.

Long-Term Services and Supports Are Becoming Even More Unaffordable

Long-Term Services and Supports Are Becoming Even More Unaffordable for Middle-Class Americans brief; – AARP Insight on the Issues – March.

Home Care is Health Care

Home Care is Health Care newsletter article – AAHD National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative (NDNRC) newsletter – March 20.

Medicaid Financing – Local Governments Role

Local Governments Play An Important Role In Medicaid Financing article; Health Affairs – March 9.

Medicaid Fraud Claims – CMS New Approach

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) New Approach to Federal Medicaid Spending in Cases of Potential Fraud brief; Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) – March 16.

ACA Marketplace: CMS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) Proposed Rule: (3): National Health Council Submission

ACA Marketplace: CMS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) Proposed Rule: (3): National Health Council Submission comments; AAHD is a National Health Council (NHC) member. AAHD earlier posted the AAHD-Lakeshore submission, and rehabilitation/habilitation coalitions (CPR/HAB) submission, to CMS on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) proposed rule. March 13.

2026 Disability Statistics Compendium

2026 Annual Disability Statistics Compendium (ADSC);– Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) – Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) shared University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability annual compendium – March 26.

Rural Populations: Health Professional Shortage Areas and Medically Underserved Areas – Chartbook

Examining Rural Population Characteristics and Access to Care in 2022: A Study of Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) chartbook; – Rural Health Research and Policy Centers shared NORC (National Opinion Research Center) chartbook – March 20.

Expanding Behavioral Health Teams in Care Deserts with Community Health Workers and Peer Support Specialists

Advisory: Expanding Behavioral Health Teams in Care Deserts With Community Health Workers and Peer Support Specialists; – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) – March 20.

Behavioral Health Crisis Care Workers – Model Standards

Advisory: Model Standards for Crisis Care Workers; National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) shared Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) advisory standards – March 20.

Behavioral Health Crisis Services State Bed Registries

Behavioral Health Crisis Service and Bed Registries- 2025 state mental health agency report; National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD NRI) shared– March 19.

The Future of Quality in Medicare and Medicaid

The Future of Quality in Medicare and Medicaid: Themes from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Conference March 16-18 summary; Avalere Health on March 26.

Service Coordination Partnerships Toolkit: For Housing Providers

Service Coordination Partnership Toolkit: Housing Providers  – Administration for Community Living (ACL) Housing and Services Resource Center – March 26.

HUD Proposes Work Requirements and Term Limits on Public Housing Residents

Federal Register: Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits proposed rule; Department of Housing and Urban Development – March 2.

Recovery Housing Funding Sources and Sustainability

Recovery Housing: Funding Sources and Financial Sustainability – Insights from NARR-Certified Recovery Residences publication; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) webinar shared report – March 11.

The American Association on Health & Disability (AAHD) Research Agenda, 2025-2028

AAHD Research Agenda 2025-2028; AAHD– March 2026

States Confront a New Era of Federal Funding Uncertainty: Public Finance in a Time of Structural Volatility

Public Finance in a Time of Structural Volatility article; Governing.com – March 24.