Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): CMS Seeks Comment on HCBS Quality Measure Set
Federal Register: Public Inspection: Medicaid Program: 2028 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measure Set pre-publication notice and request for comment; CMS announcement with Federal Register – April 27.
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – HCBS Access Act Reintroduced in Congress
Dingell, Colleagues Introduce Bills to Strengthen Home Care Access | Congresswoman Debbie Dingell press release; April 29 reintroduction of the HCBS Access Act by Representatives Dingell (MI) and Schakowsky (IL). And The HCBS Access Act—Realizing the Promise of Olmstead – Justice in Aging June 2023 fact sheet.
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Family Caregivers and HCBS
Medicaid Budget Forecasting
The Art and Science of Medicaid Budget Forecasting brief; National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) – April 28.
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: D-SNPs with Affiliated Medicaid Managed Care Plans
Mathematica ICRC tip sheet on CMS Medicare Advantage rules impacts; Integrated Care Resource Center (ICRC) – April 23.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Medical Frailty Exemptions: Data and Analytic Approaches
Data and Analytic Approaches for Medical Frailty Exemptions to Federal Medicaid Work Requirements tip sheet; Center for Health Care Strategies – April 29.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – KFF Early Look at State Policy Decisions
An Early Look at Policy Decisions as States Get Ready to Implement Work Requirements report; Kaiser Family Foundation – April 30.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Nebraska’s “Rushed” Implementation
Nebraska’s Rushed Implementation of Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Puts Residents’ Health at Risk blog; Families USA – April 28.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Nebraska Launching “Punitive” Medicaid Work Requirements
Nebraska Launching Punitive Medicaid Work Requirements Early, Even as States Lack Information and Time blog; Center on Budget and Policy– April 29.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Building Nimble Procurement Approaches for State Medicaid Tech Systems
Building Nimble Procurement Approaches for State Medicaid Tech Systems tip sheet; Center for Health Care Strategies – April 29.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): State-Level Medicaid Impacts
State-Level Impacts of Key Medicaid Provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act study; RAND study, February 26. Presented to Modern Medicaid Alliance meeting – April 29.
Fighting Fraud with Dr. Oz – Paragon Health Institute Event Summary
Fighting Fraud with Dr. Oz — Recapping Paragon’s Event at the National Press Club summary; Paragon Health Institute – April 28.
Medicaid Fraud – Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) Can’t Be Trusted (Paragon)
Medicaid Waste, Fraud, and Abuse policy brief;Paragon Health Institute (co-author of Project 2025) – April 27.
Assessing Community Health Needs – Frameworks and Methods
Assessing Community Health Needs: Frameworks & Methods – Part 1 of the Training Series webinar slides; Emory University Prevention Resource Center – April 20.
Applying Behavioral Health Peer Workforce Resources in Integrated Care Teams
Applying New Peer Workforce Resources in Integrated Care Teams webinar slides; National Council for Mental Wellbeing – Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions – April 22.
HUD Proposed Rental Assistance Work Requirements and Term Limits Undermine the Importance of Housing Stability
HUD Proposed Rental Assistance Work Requirements and Term Limits Undermine the Importance of Housing Stability letter from Disability Belongs; AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined disability organizations, initiated and led by Disability Belongs, comments to HUD proposing work requirements and term limits in HUD project-based rental assistance programs. The letter emphasizes the importance of housing stability – April 24.
HUD Proposed Rental Assistance Work Requirements and Term Limits
HUD’s Proposal on Work Requirements and Time Limits Would Take Away Housing Assistance From Older Adults fact sheet; Justice in Aging – March 30.
Caregivers with Disabilities: An Overloaded and Under-Supported Caregiving Population
Caregivers with Disabilities: An Overlooked & Under-supported Caregiving Populati brief; The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Community Living Policy Center– April 24.
Under-Resourced and High Need Rural Counties
Identification and Characteristics of Under-Resourced and High Need Rural Counties policy brief; Rural Health Research and Policy Centers shared University of South Carolina brief – April 13.