New HHS Guidance for Health Care Providers on Civil Rights Protections for People with Disabilities February 4 HHS OCR announced new guidance Learn more here. No Wrong Door – ACL Initiative for Accessing Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) February 8 ACL No Wrong Door web resources Learn more here. No Wrong Door – 2021 ACL-NIDILRR […]
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.
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: MACPAC-MedPAC Data Book February 1 Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) and Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) jointly prepared data book. 49% of the 12.2 million dual-eligible beneficiaries had at least one ADL limitation; 25% had 3-to-6 ADL limitations. Learn more here. Behavioral Health-General Health Integration […]
Week of February 1, 2022
COVID-19 Long Haulers: Rehabilitation Professionals Experiences and Challenges January 26 NIDILRR NARIC Research in Focus article Learn more here. Disability and Crisis Standards of Care in the Age of COVID-19 January 19 ASHTO voices of state public health Learn more here. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) Settings Regulation: Where Are We Now and Where Are We […]
Week of January 25, 2022
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Integration Programs, Network Adequacy, D-SNPs January 19 HMA Focus on the January 12 CMS proposed Medicare Advantage rule Learn more here. Measuring Unmet LTSS Need Among Adults Under 65 with Disabilities January 18 LTQA shared August 12 Health Affairs and Commonwealth Fund announced long-term services and supports blog […]
Week of January 18, 2022
Health Disparity Populations Designation for People with Disabilities: National Council on Disability December 7 NCD statement to NHI and AHRQ Learn more here. Advancing Health Equity Through the Legislative Process – ASTHO January 11 ASTHO shared prospectus Learn more here. Medicare Advantage: Trends in Racial, Ethnic, Sex, and Rural-Urban Inequities January 11 CMS OMH announced […]
Week of January 11, 2022
U.S. Physicians Knowledge About the Americans with Disabilities Act and Accommodation of Patients with Disability: Considerable Improvements Needed January 4 Health Affairs article Learn more here. Integrating Primary Care and Public Health To Save Lives and Improve Practice During Public Health Crises: Lessons from COVID-19 December 22 PCC shared Johns Hopkins Univ School of PH […]
Week of Dec. 14, 2021
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Addressing the Care Fragmentation Crisis November 1 University of Chicago NORC webinar slides Learn more here. Initiating Cross-Sector Partnerships To Advance Population Health December 10 ASTHO shared November 23 ASTHO report Learn more here. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services: Targeting and Tailoring Income and Resource Disregards December 7 CMS State […]
Week of December 7, 2021
10 Essential Questions for Disability Inclusion in Health Agencies December 2 ASTHO shared Nov 23 ASTHO brief Learn more here. Long COVID: New Research and Supporting Patients November 17 NIHCM webinar recording, shared December 2 Learn more here. Experiences with Self-Direction: An Evaluation with Focus on Sustainability (in New York) December 3 ARCH Respite shared […]
Week of November 30, 2021
Newly Revised Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals November 17 Public Health Foundation and Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice revised competencies Learn more here. Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Guaranteeing Integrated Care November 18 Bipartisan Policy Center briefing and report Learn more here. Assessing Progress with Person-Centered Requirements in […]
Week of November 16, 2021
The Direct Support Workforce and COVID-19: What We Know and What We Need To Do November 10 Univ of MN ICI and NADSP webinar slides Learn more here. The Mental Health of Medicare Beneficiaries with Disabilities During the Pandemic November 11 Council on Quality and Leadership article Learn more here. Longer Participation in a Medicaid […]