Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Facilitators and Barriers To Person-Centered Planning From the Perspectives of Recipients and Care Managers June 26 Disability and Health Journal announced article Assessing and Improving Patients’ Experiences During Phone-Based Social Needs Screening and Referral Implementation June 22 RWJ Fd funded SIREN webinar slides Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid – […]
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 June 27, 2023
Medicare and Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Recent Trends and Policies June 21 Alliance for Health Policy briefing materials Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Proposed Rules To Enhance Access, Quality, and Workforce June 1 Manatt webinar materials on CMS proposed rules Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): An Equity Framework for Evaluating and Improving June 8 CMS Health Equity […]
Week if June 20, 2023
Access To Medicaid HCBS (Home-and-Community-Based Services): MACPAC to Congress June 15 MACPAC (Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission) report to Congress, chapter four. Medicaid HCBS (Home-and-Community-Based Services): Outcome-Based Payments (Performance-Based Pay) June 14 CMS webinar slides Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Integrating Care – MACPAC to Congress June 15 MACPAC (Medicaid and […]
Week of June 13, 2023
Health Care Delivery of Preventive Services for People with Disabilities: NCD Submission to AHRQ May 30 National Council on Disability submission to AHRQ RFI Community Living Policy: State of Science Webinar Series June 9 ACL shared Brandeis University Community Living Policy Center webinar series Medicaid HCBS (Home-and-Community-Based Services): An Equity Framework for Older Adults and […]
Week of June 6, 2023
Delivering Adult Respite Care Strategies in Medicaid HCBS (Home-and-Community-Based Services) – 7 States May 26 National Academy for State Health Policy report What Do NCI-IDD Data Tell Us About Paying Family Caregivers May 25 HSRI-NASDDDS shared NCI-IDD data brief Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid – Disparities in Health Care in Medicare Advantage May […]
Week of May 23, 2023
Power Wheelchair Seat Elevation Systems: CMS Medicare Coverage Decision May 16 CMS announced Medicare coverage decision Access to Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) -MACPAC Draft Report April 14 MACPAC (Medicaid and CHIP Payment Access Commission) meeting draft chapter for June report. Equitably Identifying Individuals for Care Management: California Medicaid Strategies May 15 Center for Health Care […]
Week of May 16, 2023
Health Care Delivery of Preventive Services for Persons with Disabilities: Comment To AHRQ May 5 AHRQ resources and questions; submission deadline is May 26. “Hospital at Home” – Latest Research May 9 John Hartford Foundation shared April 26 research posting. Collaborating Across Systems for Program Implementation April 30 RWJ Systems for Action announced toolkit. ACL […]
Week of May 9, 2023
Understanding Medicaid Policymaking: Priorities and Constraints April 10 National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) paper Medicaid Reimbursement for Home Visiting May 1 National Academy for State Health Policy shared 50 state analysis Medicaid Characteristics of and Expenditure for Persons with ID/DD April 24 US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report CMS Medicaid Managed Care Proposed Rules […]
Week of May 2, 2023
Discharge From Inpatient Facilities To Home-Based Setting for Medicaid Participants: Public Comments by May 24 April 25 Lewin Group for CMS and NCQA quality measure framework for public comment Supporting Independence and Inclusion Through a Community Participation Measure April 21 ACL sponsored Commit To Connect project webinar featuring a Temple Univ CCI participation measure set […]
Week of April 25, 2023
How Disability Models Affect Person-Centeredness in (Medicaid) Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) April 19 NIDILRR NARIC shared Shirley Ryan Ability Lab ACL project paper Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Population Statistical Profiles Pages 2-3 chart from March 27 CMS MMCO annual report to Congress; report shared in April 18 news. What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid? April […]