Health Equity Framework for Persons with Disabilities (and February 23 Discussion) February 15 National Council on Disability announced framework and upcoming Feb 23 stakeholder discussion “Black Women and Girls with Disabilities”: Improving Health February 17 TFAH shared Center for American Progress first in a series Social Health Access Referral Platforms – Health Care Organization-Community-Based Organization […]
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 February 15, 2022
New HHS Guidance for Health Care Providers on Civil Rights Protections for People with Disabilities February 4 HHS OCR announced new guidance No Wrong Door – ACL Initiative for Accessing Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) February 8 ACL No Wrong Door web resources No Wrong Door – 2021 ACL-NIDILRR Grantees October 21 ACL-NIDILRR announced 2021 […]
Week of February 8, 2022
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. Behavioral Health-General Health Integration and Medicaid February […]
Week of February 1, 2022
COVID-19 Long Haulers: Rehabilitation Professionals Experiences and Challenges January 26 NIDILRR NARIC Research in Focus article Disability and Crisis Standards of Care in the Age of COVID-19 January 19 ASHTO voices of state public health Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) Settings Regulation: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going January 27 ACL and CMS […]
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 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 Complex Care: Applying […]
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 Advancing Health Equity Through the Legislative Process – ASTHO January 11 ASTHO shared prospectus Medicare Advantage: Trends in Racial, Ethnic, Sex, and Rural-Urban Inequities January 11 CMS OMH announced report Achieving Progress Toward Health Equity […]
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 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 Dec 14 report […]
Week of December 14, 2021
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Addressing the Care Fragmentation Crisis November 1 University of Chicago NORC webinar slides Initiating Cross-Sector Partnerships To Advance Population Health December 10 ASTHO shared November 23 ASTHO report Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services: Targeting and Tailoring Income and Resource Disregards December 7 CMS State Medicaid Director letter (#2021-004) on state […]
Week of December 7, 2021
10 Essential Questions for Disability Inclusion in Health Agencies December 2 ASTHO shared Nov 23 ASTHO brief Long COVID: New Research and Supporting Patients November 17 NIHCM webinar recording, shared December 2 Experiences with Self-Direction: An Evaluation with Focus on Sustainability (in New York) December 3 ARCH Respite shared ISS and Univ MN ICI report […]
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 Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Guaranteeing Integrated Care November 18 Bipartisan Policy Center briefing and report Assessing Progress with Person-Centered Requirements in the CMS HCBS Settings Rule November […]