Disability Community Speaking Out Against the DOJ Olmstead Memo
Disability Community Speaking Out Against the DOJ Olmstead leadership statement; Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) June 22. (AAHD is a CCD member.)
AAHD Continues To Support the Promise of Olmstead
AAHD Continues to Support the Promise of Olmstead statement in response to DOJ public memo; AAHD – June 22.
DOJ Olmstead Memo – “Application of Rehab Act and ADA to State Institutionalization of Patients with Severe Mental Illness or Disability”
Application of the Rehabilitation Act and Americans with Disabilities Act to State Institutionalization of Patients with Severe Mental Illness or Disabilities public memo; DOJ public memo – June 18.
27 Years of Olmstead: People with Disabilities Belong in the Community
27 Years of Olmstead: People With Disabilities Belong in the Community summary; Brandeis Community Living Policy Center – June 22.
Direct Care Workers Serving People with Disabilities: Toolkit on Understanding New Medicaid Requirements
A Toolkit to Help Direct Care Workers Serving People with Disabilities Understand New Medicaid Requirements; Bazelon Center and Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) – June 28.
Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) – Annual Report To Congress – Six Topics – Community Engagement Requirements; Prior Authorization
MACPAC’s June 2026 Report to Congress on Medicaid and CHIP; MACPAC – June 15.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements: Medical Frailty Exemption – Key Takeaways from the CMS Interim Final Rules
The Medical Frailty Exemption from Medicaid Work Requirements: Key Takeaways from the CMS Interim Final Rule policy brief; Kaiser Family Foundation – June 23.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements: How Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) Can Prepare
How can MCOs Prepare for Medicaid “Community Engagement” (Work) Requirements? paper; Avalere Health Advisory – June 15.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements: CMS Interim Rules Impact on Persons with Substance Use Disorder
Understanding the IFR Work Requirements & What’s at stake for Medicaid Beneficiaries webinar slides; Legal Action Center – June 16.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements: Impact on States
National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative blog; AAHD – June 26.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements: Rules Could Reduce Poverty Debated
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) in the Department of Health and Human Services Analysis Of Medicaid Work Requirements: Argument By Assumption former ASPE staff observations on current ASPE statements; Health Affairs Forefront – June 12.
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – Supporting Rural Older Adults
Supporting Rural Older Adults in Home and Community-Based Settings: Perspectives from Area Agencies on Aging paper; The University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center – June 11.
Medicaid Asset Limits and Older Adults and People with Disabilities – and Medicaid Enrollment
Medicaid Asset Limits And Enrollment Among Older Adults And People With Disabilities research article; Health Affairs – June 1.
Medicaid Program Integrity: Tracking State-Specific and Nationwide Federal Actions
Medicaid Program Integrity: Tracking State-Specific and Nationwide Federal Action resource announced; Kaiser Family Foundation – June 25.
Medicare and Managed Care Prior Authorization – Patient Protections and Access
Medicare and Managed Care Prior Authorization – Patient Protections and Access letter; AHD and Lakeshore joined the Medicare Access for Patient Rx (MAPRx) Coalition submission to CMS on interoperability and prior authorization – June 15.
Medicare Advantage Fraud, Waste, and Abuse: Policy Options
Medicare Advantage Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Policy Options research paper; American Institutes for Research – May 19.
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Special Needs Plans – Basics
Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) Basics – Justice in Aging – Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs): What Advocates Need to Know webinar materials and issue brief; Justice in Aging – June 9 & June 10.
ACA: Long-Awaited CMS Rule Aims To Boost ACA Choices Embracing Higher Deductibles
Long-Awaited Rule Aims To Boost ACA Choices While Embracing Higher Deductibles article; Kaiser Family Foundation Health News – June 15.
Administration Announced Transfer of Department of Education Special Education and Civil Rights Programs – Broad Disability and Education Coalition Denounce/Oppose
Administration Announced Transfer of Dept of Education Special Education and Civil Rights Programs – Broad Disability and Education Coalition Denounce/Oppose via statement; AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation joined 450 organizations denouncing and opposing the transfer – June 18.
DOJ Delay in Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Apps – Disability Community Objects
DOJ Delay in Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Apps – Disability Community Objection letter to DOJ; AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation joined the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD – June 22.
Medicare Advantage and Wheelchair Repairs
Streamlining Wheelchair Repairs for Medicare Advantage Enrollees statement; AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation endorsed legislation to streamline wheelchair repairs in Medicare Advantage – June 17 {Rep. Pressley (MA) statement}.
Advocates to Congress: Rescind CMS Limits on Medicare Low Vision Aids
Letter Advocates to Congress: Rescind CMS Limits on Medicare Low Vision Aids; – AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined the Independence Through Enhancement of Medicare and Medicaid (ITEM) Coalition asking Congress to rescind CMS limits on Medicare low vision aids – May 21.
SAMHSA Announces 10 New States to Medicaid Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Program
HHS Welcomes 10 New States into CCBHC Medicaid Demonstration Program announcement; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) – May 28.