Protecting the Vulnerable: How Public Health Can Better Serve People with Disabilities May 24 ASTHO Experts blog Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services: American Rescue Plan Act Funding June 1 Arc webinar slides; NHeLP staff served as the faculty COVID-19 Health Care Flexibilities: Hospital To Home June 2 John A. Hartford Fd shared May 19 U.S. Senate Committee […]
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 May 18, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccines and Adults with Disabilities Survey Project – Additional Information May 11 AAHD announced project updates COVID-19 Vaccines for Caregivers and Personal Care Assistants May 12 CDC Fd funded GA Tech Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation webinar materials, to be posted during the week of May 17. Characteristics of Homebound Older Adults: Potential […]
Week of May 11, 2021
Building a Medicaid Strategy To Address Health-Related Social Needs May 6 Center for Health Care Strategies environmental scan document Building Strong Community Partnerships To Address Social Needs: Accountable Health Communities April 23 CMS announced case study Medicaid Health Homes: Consideration of Core Quality Measures April 27 CMS-Mathematica project committee meeting slides Tools for Community-Based Integrated […]
Week of May 4, 2021
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 […]
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 […]