Improving the Medicaid Buy-In for Workers with Disabilities December 20 Bipartisan Policy Center webinar and report Learn more here. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Supporting People with ID/DD Transition to the Community January 5 Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL) resource article Learn more here. Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid with ID/DD: Improving Care […]
Category: Disability & Public Health News
Welcome to AAHD’s weekly electronic update, “Disability and Public Health News.” Each Tuesday, AAHD will provide an overview of the prior week’s media coverage on topics related to disability and public health. Our goal is to keep our colleagues and friends informed of disability and public health topics in the media at the local, state and national level. It is our intent that this weekly information will support you in your work. Please send us your comments to contact@aahd.us and feel free to share the weekly updates with your colleagues.
Week of December 13, 2022
Leveraging Multi-Payer Partnerships with Community Care Hubs December 6 Partnership To Align Social Care webinar slides Learn more here. 42 State and Local Public Health Agencies Improving Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Responses December 7 NACCHO shared, CDC NCCDPHP sponsored, ASTHO-NACCHO administered 42 “further faster” programs Learn more here. Social Determinants of Health (SDOH): Examining […]
Week of December 6, 2022
Improving Health and Well Being Through Community Care Hubs November 29 CMS shared, Nov 30 ACL shared, Nov 29 Health Affairs blog Learn more here. Working with Community Care Hubs To Address Social Drivers of Health: A Playbook for State Medicaid Agencies November 22 Partnership To Align Social Care/Manatt/Scan shared report Learn more here. Better […]
Week of November 15, 2022
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Delivery of Personal Assistance Services for Persons with Disabilities November 9 NIDILRR NARIC Research in Focus article Learn more here. People with Long COVID Face Barriers To Government Disability Benefits November 9 Kaiser Health News article Learn more here. No Wrong Door – Fundamentals and Engagement with Community Organizations […]
Week of November 8, 2022
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Payment Policy and Challenges of Medicare and Medicaid Integration October 20 Health Affairs policy brief Learn more here. Medicaid Money Follows the Person: Program Permanency November 2 Justice in Aging fact sheet Learn more here. Community Care Hubs: Making Alignment Between Health and Social Care Services October 27 […]
Week of November 1, 2022
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Designing a Strategy – Guide for States October 24 Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy webinar and guide Learn more here. Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Expanding States’ Medicaid Capacity To Meet the Needs of Medicare Beneficiaries October 6 Center for Health Care Strategies Health Affairs […]
Week of October 25, 2022
These Doctors Admit They Don’t Want Patients with Disabilities October 19 New York Times column by Dr. Lisa Iezzoni Learn more here. Cross-Sector Data Sharing To Address Health-Related Social Needs October 14 Aligning for Health shared CMS Accountable Health Communities Lessons Learned Learn more here. Developing a Medicaid Payment and Spending Strategy To Advance Health […]
Week of October 18, 2022
Equity Measurement in Medicaid October 11 National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) white paper and webinar slides; includes AAHD Learn more here. 5 Strategic Components To Support Health Equity in Medicaid October 11 Center for Health Care Strategies brief Learn more here. Equitable Data Engagement and Accountability: Persons with Disabilities and Housing October 3 CCD […]
Week of October 11, 2022
Advancing Health Equity and Reducing Health Disparities for People with Disabilities in the United States October 4 web posted, October 13 Health Affairs research paper Learn more here. Disability and Telehealth Since the COVID-19 Pandemic: Barriers, Opportunities, and Policy Implications October 5 NIDILRR NARIC shared Univ of MI CDHW research brief Learn more here. Background […]
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)-People with Disabilities-COVID-19 September 22 Disability and Health Journal shared editorial Learn more here. Coordinating Funding and Data To Address Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) September 29 Aligning for Health briefing video and materials Learn more here. Measures and Approaches To Account for Social Risk and Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) […]