Defining Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS)
Defining Home- And Community-Based Services article on a proposed consensus definition; Health Affairs Forefront article by Human Services Research Institute (HSRI) and a SCAN Foundation initiative funded project – September 17.
Medicaid Money Follows the Person (MFP) Program: CMS Releases Progress Report
Money Follows the Person Demonstration: Report on Transitions; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) – September 17.
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Designing Programs Centered on Enrollee Experience
Designing Medicare-Medicaid Integrated Care Programs Centered on Enrollee Experience: A Toolkit for States; Center for Health Care Strategies – September 15.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements: CMS Interim Final Rules – What Advocates Are Saying About Risks to Beneficiaries
What They Are Saying: MMA Partners Warn Medicaid Work Requirements Put Coverage for Eligible Beneficiaries at Risk excerpted quotes from our submissions to CMS, in a MMA blog; Modern Medicaid Alliance partners, including AAHD, – September 18.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements: CMS Interim Final Rules – Massachusetts vs Oz Amicus (Number Two)
Public Health Leaders and 161 Scholars File Amicus Brief Challenging CMS Medicaid Work Requirement Rule; Media Relations -The George Washing University – September 10. AAHD issue of September 15 included the NHeLP and 69 other organizations amicus.
Medicare Preventive Services and Persons Aged or Disabled
Medicare Preventive Services Information for Aging and Disability Networks 4.24.26 brief; Advancing States and National Council on Aging – September 11 shared April brief.
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Submission – FUSA Consumers First – Focused on Primary Care
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation joined Families USA (FUSA), Consumers First in submission of first letter on proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule focused on Primary Care; AAHD web posting – September 14.
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Submission – NHMH on Bidirectional Integrated Behavioral and Medical Health including Primary Care
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined No Health without Mental Health (NHMH) and six allies submission letter to CMS on the proposed Medicare physician fee schedule focused on bidrectional behavioral health integration in accountable whole person quality measurement and payment. AAHD web posting – September 14.
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Submission – Family Caregivers Alliance
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined the Family Caregiver Nation Coalition and National Alliance for Caregiving submission letter to CMS on the proposed Medicare physician fee schedule focused on Medicare support of family caregivers. AAHD web posting – September 14.
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Submission – Alliance for Connected Care on Continuing Remote Therapeutic Monitoring
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined the Alliance for Connected Care submission letter to CMS on the proposed Medicare physician fee schedule focused on CMS allowing continuation of remote physiologic monitoring and remote therapeutic monitoring. AAHD web posting – September 14.
Medicare BH Peer Support Services Legislation (HR 6841 and S. 3521)
PEERS in Medicare Act legislative alert; National Council for Mental Wellbeing– September 15.
Behavioral Health Peer Support Specialists Legislation (HR 2741 and S. 1329)
PEER Support Act legislative alert; National Council for Mental Wellbeing – September 15.
Integrating and Sustaining Behavioral Health in Primary Care Settings: Financing and Sustaining
Financing and Sustaining Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care Settings Toolkit; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Integration Academy – June 10 shared July 7.
Transportation Coordination and Access To Support Community Living and Wellness for Disabled People and Older Adults
Driving Inclusion: Advancing Transportation Coordination and Access to Support Community Living and Wellness for Disabled People and Older Adults report; Brandeis Community Living Policy Center – The Heller School – September 10.
Prior Authorization: Modernizing and Streamlining
Webinar Replay – Modernizing and Streamlining Health Plan Prior Authorization webinar replay and materials; Health Management Associates – September 9.
Measuring Whether Behavioral Health Crisis Services Reach People in Need
Measuring Whether Behavioral Health Crisis Systems Reach People in Need; – Milbank Quarterly – Milbank Memorial Fund – August 14.
Financing Behavioral Health Crisis Services
Paying the fair share: Federal policy and financing of crisis services research article; Brookings– July 16.
Behavioral Health Crisis Services Systems Workforce Shortages Worsen
Crisis Workforce Shortages Worsen as States Rapidly Expand 24/7 Crisis Service Systems update report; National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) NRI – September 10 shared August update report.
U.S. Public Health System: Weakened by Chronic Underinvestment and Recent Disruptions
Chronic Underinvestment and Recent Disruptions Have Weakened U.S. Public Health System report; Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) – September 10.
Strengthening Disability Data: Partnership, Participation, Research
Make It Count: Strengthening Disability Data Through Partnership, Participation and Representation Report and Webinar; National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) report and webinar – July.
National Health Interview Survey Redesign: CDC Seeks Public Comments by October 20
2028 NHIS Questionnaire Redesign – National Health Interview Survey; ACL September 17 shared CDC NCHS request for comment.
National Health Interview Survey Redesign: HSRI Disability Focus Guides for Responding to CDC NCHS
2028 National Health Interview Survey: Proposed Changes; Human Services Research Institute proposed two guides for disability inclusion in responding to the CDC request – September 18.
NCQA Health Plans Report Cards
Report Card – NCQA – National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) – September 16.