Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS): The Perfect Storm Is Here for Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS): HCBS At Immediate Risk The Perfect Storm Is Here for Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports essay: Part 1; Manatt 80 Million Project on Substack – March 19. Federal Cuts, State Choices, and the Future of Aging […]
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 March 17, 2026
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – Wage Transparency for HCBS Workers – MACPAC To Congress Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) March 2026 Report to Congress ; Chapter One (Pages 1-28): Medicaid Payment Policies to Support the Homeand Community-Based Services Workforce – released March 12. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – Unfounded Fraud Allegations Threaten Vital Medicaid […]
Week of March 10, 2026
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): What’s At Stake If Cut New Issue Brief Documents What’s at Stake if Medicaid HCBS Are Cut article; February 16 Association of Health Care Journalists article shared Feb 27 by Self-Direction News. Summarizes a Kaiser Family Foundation report (previously included in AAHD news). Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – Federal Cuts, State […]
Week of March 3, 2026
Potential Medicaid Disability Service Reductions: State Perspectives Survey Results: State Perspectives on Potential Medicaid Disability Service Reductions – CHCS Blog; Center for Health Care Strategies – February 24. Medicaid Fraud – CMS Announces RFI on its CRUSH Initiative The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information (RFI) Related to its Comprehensive Regulations […]
Week of February 24, 2026
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – “We Can Not Fix What We Refuse To Define” A Message from Theo Braddy: We Cannot Fix What We Refuse to Define blog; National Council on Independent Living (executive director blog) – February 17. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Person-Centered Service Planning Process: Ensuring Rights, Choice, and Control Home & Community […]
Week of February 17, 2026
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – Reconciliation (HR 1) Waiver Expansion Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – Reconciliation (HR 1) Waiver Expansion letter; AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Task Force on LTSS writing CMS for clarification and guidance on the Reconciliation Act (HR 1) Medicaid HCBS expanded waiver […]
Week of February 10, 2026
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Workforce Medicaid Payment – MACPAC Medicaid Payment Policies to Support the Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Workforce meeting resource; Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) – January 29. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Self-Direction and a Federal Policy Framework – MACPAC Federal Policy Framework for Beneficiary Health and Welfare in […]
Week of February 3, 2026
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): CAHPS Survey Data Available Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Survey Database announcement; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) – January 26. Case for Inclusion: Community Services Data Snapshot Case for Inclusion Data Snapshot: The Looming Impact of Funding Cuts on Access to Community […]
Week of January 27, 2026
Medicaid Money Follows the Person: Updated Grant Recipient Transitions Money Follows the Person: Updated MFP Grant Recipient Transitions as of December 31, 2023 report; ADvancing States shared CMS LTSS report – shared January 16. What New Long Term Services and Supports Data Show About Rebalancing – and How States Can Respond What New Long-Term Services […]
Week of January 20, 2026
Medicaid Home Care Support for Family Caregivers Medicaid’s Home Care Support for Family Caregivers in 2025 paper; Kaiser Family Foundation– January 5. Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Defining a “Serious or Complex Medical Condition” Implementing Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements: Defining A ‘Serious Or Complex Medical Condition’ article ; Health […]