Person-Centered Planning: 5 Staff Competency Domains November 17 ACL funded and shared, NCAPPS guide Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) Core Quality Measures; CMS RFI – Consumer Comments In response to the CMS RFI, posted to the AAHD public policy updates web page: Nov 17 AAHD & Lakeshore Fd comments; Nov 19 Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities; […]
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 December 1, 2020
Person-Centered Practices Self-Assessment November 20 ADvancing States shared, ACL funded, NCAPPS guide COVID-19 Accessible Materials for People with Disabilities – 4 Upcoming Webinars November 25 CDC NCBDDD announced GA Tech Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation Dec-Feb upcoming webinars Maximizing Community Health Needs Assessments November 20 PFCC webinar materials Advancing Health, Equity, and Well-Being Through […]
Week of November 17, 2020
Facilitation for Choice and Control: Person-Centered Planning’s Best Kept Secret October 29 ACL funded HSRI NCAPPS webinar slides Safety-Net Providers Focus on Population Health and Community Outreach as Part of Their Pandemic Response November 2 Commonwealth Fund blog States Connect Their Health Improvement Priorities To Hospital Community Benefits November 2 National Academy for State Health […]
Week of November 10, 2020
Rebalancing Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports State Systems: CMS Toolkit November 2 CMS announced toolkit State Medicaid Programs Respond To COVID-19 Challenges: Results From a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey October 14 National Association of Medicaid Directors and Kaiser Family Foundation annual survey report CMS Medicaid and CHIP Performance Scorecard November 2 CMS announced scorecard Impact […]
Week of November 3, 2020
Frontline Providers Serving Persons with Complex Health and Social Needs – Core Competencies October 27 Camden Coalition and Nat Ctr for Complex Health and Social Needs report Addressing the Social Determinants of Mental Health: Educating Health Professionals October 29 National Academy of Medicine shared workshop proceedings Improving Social Determinants of Health – Request for Funding […]
Week of October 27, 2020
Advancing Health, Well-Being, and Equity Through Community-State Data Sharing Partnerships October 19 Center for Health Care Strategies blog Medicaid Agencies-Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs)-Community-Based Organizations (CBOs): Partnerships for Payment and Reimbursement October 16 NCOA-Health Management Associates blog Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): States Use of Emergency Waivers and Appendix K in the Response to COVID-19 October […]
Week of October 20, 2020
Disabilities Disparities in Social Determinants of Health September 30 ACL/NIDILRR funded Collaborative on Health Reform and Independent Living webinar summarizing their new report Equity’s Role in Social Determinants of Health Interventions October 6, August 20, June 4, and April 7 Health Leads webinars materials Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Using Medicare Data To […]
Week of October 13, 2020
The Need for Modernizing Public Health Data in Responding To COVID-19 October 6 ASTHO blog A Framework for Public Sector Leadership, Including Medicaid October 8 NAMD shared CHCS-Milbank-NAMD Public Sector Leadership Consortium paper The Impact of Caregiving on Mental and Physical Health October 4 ARCH Respite Center shared Sept 9 Blue Cross/Blue Shield report Challenges […]
Week of October 6, 2020
10 Essential Public Health Services – Revised Framework October 1 CDC announced Sept 9 PHNCI & de Beaumont Fd revised framework Frequent Mental Health Distress Among Adults, by Disability Status, Disability Type, and Selected Characteristics – United States Sept 30 CDC NCBDDD shared Sept 11 CDC MMWR article Aligning for Social and Health Needs in […]
Week of September 29, 2020
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – Proposed Quality Measures for Public Comment by October 19 September 18 CMS announced request for information Medicaid Money-Follows-the-Person Program: CMS Announces $165 Million in Supplemental Funding to 33 Participating States Sept 23 CMS announcement Medicaid Money-Follows-the-Person Programs: State Transitions in 2019 Sept 25 ADvancing States shared Mathematica for CMS report […]