Building the Capacity of the Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) Direct Service Workforce (DSW) April 28 CMS webinar summarizing the CMS December 3 DSW conference Training Approaches for Community Health Workers and Promotores To Support Medi-Cal Members April 29 Center for Health Care Strategies shared California Health Care Foundation report Community Health Workers: A Key Support […]
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 April 27, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Adults with Disabilities April 21 AAHD announced and web-posted the COVID-19 Vaccine Survey Project Indicators of Poor Mental Health and Stressors During the COVID-19 Pandemic, By Disability Status: A Cross-Sectional Analysis April 21 Disability and Health Journal article Raising COVID-19 Vaccine Rates in Underserved Populations April 16 APHA Security and Sustainability […]
Week of April 20,2021
Federal Legal Standards Prohibiting Disability Discrimination in COVID-19 April 13 ACL announced OCR guidance document Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) and COVID-19 April 2 ICI and NADSP report on nationwide 6 months experience COVID-19 Vaccines and Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) April 15 NADSP and NACDD webinar with link to NADSP COVID-19 webinar resources COVID-19 Vaccines for […]
Week of April 13, 2021
Creating an Accessible Vaccine Experience for People with Disabilities and Older Adults April 8 ACL supported collaboration effort which includes AAHD State-Level Health Care Expenditures Associated with Disability March 26 CDC NCBDDD shared National Library of Medicine public health report Persons with Co-Occurring ID/DD and Psychiatric Disabilities: Promoting Community Integration April 7 Council on Quality […]
Week of April 6, 2021
New Obstacles and Widening Gaps: A Qualitative Study of the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S. Adults with Disabilities March 30 Disability and Health Journal article Healthcare and Face Coverings – Reducing Communication Barriers for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patients March 31 NIDILRR NARIC shared NW ADA Regional Center fact sheet Primary Care […]
Week of March 30, 2021
Disability Prevalence and Participation in Social Security Administration Programs – State and County Interactive Maps March 23 Mathematica for SSA announced web maps and data Financing Community Health Workers Through Medicaid March 23 ASTHO blog Medicaid Managed LTSS: Enrollee Experience Better Than Fee-For-Service LTSS March 24 Mathematica for CMS Long-Term-Services and Supports evaluation using NCI-AD […]
Week of March 23, 2021
Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) – Congress Seeks Stakeholder Ideas – By April 26 U.S. Senators Hassan (NH), Casey (PA) and Brown (OH) and Representative Dingell (MI) have released the discussion draft legislative text of the Medicaid HCBS Access Act. Deadline for public comment is April 26. Navigating the Challenges of Cross-Sector Partnerships To […]
Week of March 16, 2021
State Strategies for Vaccinating Individuals Experiencing Homelessness Against COVID-19 March 8 National Academy for State Health Policy blog CMS Office of Minority Health – New COVID-19 Vaccine Resources for Vulnerable Populations March 11 CMS announcement Significant Racial Disparities – People with ID/DD in Public DD Systems March 9 NASDDDS and HSRI shared National Core Indicators […]
Week of March 9, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccine Access for People with Disabilities (Focus on Medicaid Populations) March 1 Kaiser Family Foundation report Medicaid Service Use During COVID-19 March 2 CMS Centers for Medicaid & CHIP Services opening presentation slides at CMS Quality Conference Increasing Vaccine Uptake in Diverse Communities: A Working Guide for Health Care CEOs March 2 Health Evolution […]
Week of March 2, 2021
Unfair and Unequal: The Effects of COVID-19 on People with ID/DD February 22 Brandeis University Community Living Policy Center webinar slides Changes in Capacity To Absorb Clinical-to-Community Referrals During the COVID-19 Pandemic February 24 RWJ Fd Systems for Action-CO School of PH webinar materials Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Reference Guide To Emerging […]