Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: How State Medicaid Agencies and State Health Insurance Programs Collaborate
How State Medicaid Agencies and SHIPs Work Together brief; National Council on Aging – March 20.
The Perfect Storm Is Here for Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports (Part 2): The Need for Durable Solutions
The Perfect Storm is Here for Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports: Part 2 essay; Manatt 80 Million Project essay number two on Substack – March 26. (Part one on HCBS at Immediate Risk was the lead item in AAHD news #11 of March 24.)
Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) and Rural Health
RUPRI Health Panel Releases Report on Long-Term Services and Supports; Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) – March 18.
Geographic Fragmentation in Publicly Funded Disability Support Services
The Case for Continuity: Geographic Fragmentation in Publicly Funded Disability Support Services blog; University of Southern California (USC) Dornsife – March 4.
Medicaid and CHIP Core Quality Measures – Recommended Addition: Social Need Screening and Intervention – Comment by May 1
Medicaid and CHIP Core Set Annual Review; Draft Mathematica for CMS annual report for public comment. Public comment deadline – May 1. Social Need Screening and Intervention – pages 16-17; Measure gap areas – pages 21-22; Behavioral Health measure gap areas – page 21. Released April 1.
Medicare and Medicaid Quality – CMS Roadmap
Optimal Health for All Within Out Nation’s Health and Long-Term Care Systems strategic roadmap; ADvancing States shared CMS Center for Clinical Standards and Quality – March 27.
Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Claims – Disability and Aging Advocates Response to CMS CRUSH RFI
Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Claims – Disability and Aging Advocates Response to CMS Comprehensive Regulations to Uncover Suspicious Healthcare (CRUSH) RFI submission; AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined 107 organizations of the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) and Disability and Aging Collaborative (DAC) responding to the CMS CRUSH (RFI. The CCD-DAC focus: Medicaid home-and-community-based services (HCBS). March 30.
Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Claims – State Medicaid Directors Association – Submission to CMS CRUSH RFI
Medicare andMedicaid Fraud Claims – State Medicaid Directors Association – Response to CMS Comprehensive Regulations to Uncover Suspicious Healthcare (CRUSH) RFI; The National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) – March 27.
Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Claims – Paragon Health Institute – Submission to CMS CRUSH RFI
Paragon Health Institute CMS Comprehensive Regulations to Uncover Suspicious Healthcare (CRUSH) Fraud RFI 20260330 RELEASE V1; Paragon Health Institute is the leading analytical advocate claiming massive U.S. health care fraud –March 30 submission to CMS.
Medicare and ; Fraud Claims – National Health Council Submission to House Committee
Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Statement on Medicare and Medicaid Fraud; AAHD is a National Health Council (NHC) member – NHC submission to House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Medicare and Medicaid fraud claims – March 17.
Medicaid Managed Care: 10 Things To Know
10 Things to Know About Medicaid Managed Care article; Kaiser Family Foundation – March 23.
Striking a Balance in Utilization Management: State Strategies for Medicaid Managed Care Accountability
Striking a Balance in Utilization Management: State Strategies for Medicaid Managed Care Accountability brief; Center for Health Care Strategies – March 31.
Medicare – Making Care Primary – CMS CMMI Evaluation
Making Care Primary Evaluation At a Glance evaluation report; CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)– March 27.
Medicare Telehealth Services in ACOs (Accountable Care Organizations) – CMS Report to Congress
Report to Congress: Providing Accountable Care Organizations the Ability to Expand the Use of Telehealth report; CMS report to Congress – January -shared March 27.
Behavioral Health Care Coordination and Referral Partnerships in the Integrated Care Field
Care Coordination and Referral Partnerships in the Integrated Care Field webinar slides; Center for Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions –National Council for Mental Wellbeing (NCMW), SAMHSA and HRSA funded – March 31.The State of Primary Care – How Well Your State Is Delivering Primary Care
The State of Primary Care – How Well Your State is Delivering Primary Care state specific fact sheets; Primary Care Collaborative (PCC)– March 30.
Strengthening Primary Care in ACOs (Accountable Care Organizations)
Strengthening Primary Care Participation in ACOs webinar materials; Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) – February 24.
Persons with IDD: Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Trends
2021 In-home and Residential Long-term Supports and Services for Persons with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities report; NIDILRR NARIC shared University of Minnesota RISP report – April 1.
Persons with IDD: 43 Years of Funding Trends
KU study tracks 43 years of intellectual and developmental disability funding trends report; Self-Direction shared Kansas University Life Span Institute announced State-of-the-States project report –shared March 23 report on March 27.
DASH (Data Across Sectors for Health) – Social Network Analysis Report
Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI) /Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH) Report without Appendix; Funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – shared April 1.