State Strategies To Increase Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) Provider Capacity July 28 ATI Advisory shared tool kit Big Stakes in Home-and-Community-Based Services: Medicaid Leaders July 15 National Assn of Medicaid Directors leadership exchange podcast Americans Aging with Disability – More Likely To Have Multiple Chronic Conditions July 29 NACCHO shared Journal of Disability Policy Studies […]
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 July 26, 2022
CMS Releases Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) Quality Measure Set July 21 CMS announced SMD #2022-003 CMS Releases Medicaid HCBS Quality Measure Set (2) – AAHD Highlights July 21 complete CMS SMD 22-003 on the HCBS quality measure release (40 pages). Also available are seven one page excerpts sharing AAHD highlights. AAHD has been working with […]
Week of July 19, 2022
9-8-8- SAMHSA-NASMHPD Playbooks July 6 NCMW-NASMHPD-SAMHSA webinar materials 9-8-8 – What It Means for Families of People with Serious Mental Illness July 17 NAMI and Federation of Families webinar video Preparing for the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency July 12 CMS presentation slides to the Coalition for Whole Health Medicaid Public Health Emergency […]
Week of July 12, 2022
9-8-8- Crisis Call System: Partner Toolkit July 1 HHS OIEA shared SAMHSA toolkit Implementing the SAMHSA/NASMHPD 9-8-8 Convening Playbooks July 6 SAMHSA-NASMHPD-NCMW webinar; awaiting webinar slides and recording to be posted on the webinar page 9-8-8 Crisis Call System: State Funding and Implementation June 29 National Academy for State Health Policy updates 9-8-8: Effective Communication […]
Week of June 28, 2022
Aging with Disabilities in America June 23 Hartford Foundation shared Next Avenue special report Improving Behavioral Health Care for Older Americans: If Not Now, When? June 8 Health Affairs paper Building a National Public Health System June 21 Commonwealth Fund report released at Bipartisan Policy Center briefing What Would a National Public Health System Look […]
Week of June 14, 2022
Long COVID Could Change How We Think About Disability June 7 Washington Post front page article Diversity of Disability Pathways for Middle-Aged Adults: Implications for Services and Supports June 8 NIDILRR NARIC shared CEDAR-Midwest infographic Disability and the Digital Divide June 10 DOL ODEP shared paper Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Integrated Care […]
Week of June 7, 2022
Barriers To Access and Utilization of Care Persist for Individuals with Disabilities in Rural and Urban Settings May 31 NIDILRR funded, Shirley Ryan Ability Lab HCBS RRTC blog Rural Seniors and People with Disabilities Face Challenges Accessing Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) May 31 NIDILRR funded, Shirley Ryan Lab HCBS RRTC blog People with Disabilities […]
Week of May 24, 2022
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), COVID-19 Indicators, and Marginalized Communities May 2 Cambridge University Press Core research review article; abstract only Social Determinants of Health (SDOH): Medicaid Coverage and Payment May 17 HRSA shared NACHC resource Addressing Social Determinants of Health (SDOH): The ROI Calculator for Partnerships May 19 Playbook Better Care for People with […]
Week of May 17, 2022
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Disabilities: NIDILRR Research May 5 ACL shared, May 11 NIDILRR NARIC shared, ACL April research summary Preparing Our Public Health Data Systems for the Future April 22 NACCHO shared April 22 Data Elemental To Health Campaign Congressional briefing video Public Health’s Use of Digital Tools During […]
Week of May 10, 2022
White House Recommendations For Advancing Use of Equitable Data – Includes Disability Status April 22 White House announcement and recommendations report. Disability status is discussed in the report, pages 2, 6, and 7. Chronic health conditions and mental health status are discussed page 6. Foundations of Population Health: Training for Public Health Professionals May 3 […]