Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Payment Policy and Challenges of Medicare and Medicaid Integration October 20 Health Affairs policy brief Learn more here. Medicaid Money Follows the Person: Program Permanency November 2 Justice in Aging fact sheet Learn more here. Community Care Hubs: Making Alignment Between Health and Social Care Services October 27 […]
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 November 1, 2022
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Designing a Strategy – Guide for States October 24 Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy webinar and guide Learn more here. Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Expanding States’ Medicaid Capacity To Meet the Needs of Medicare Beneficiaries October 6 Center for Health Care Strategies Health Affairs […]
Week of October 25, 2022
These Doctors Admit They Don’t Want Patients with Disabilities October 19 New York Times column by Dr. Lisa Iezzoni Learn more here. Cross-Sector Data Sharing To Address Health-Related Social Needs October 14 Aligning for Health shared CMS Accountable Health Communities Lessons Learned Learn more here. Developing a Medicaid Payment and Spending Strategy To Advance Health […]
Week of October 18, 2022
Equity Measurement in Medicaid October 11 National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) white paper and webinar slides; includes AAHD Learn more here. 5 Strategic Components To Support Health Equity in Medicaid October 11 Center for Health Care Strategies brief Learn more here. Equitable Data Engagement and Accountability: Persons with Disabilities and Housing October 3 CCD […]
Week of October 11, 2022
Advancing Health Equity and Reducing Health Disparities for People with Disabilities in the United States October 4 web posted, October 13 Health Affairs research paper Learn more here. Disability and Telehealth Since the COVID-19 Pandemic: Barriers, Opportunities, and Policy Implications October 5 NIDILRR NARIC shared Univ of MI CDHW research brief Learn more here. Background […]
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)-People with Disabilities-COVID-19 September 22 Disability and Health Journal shared editorial Learn more here. Coordinating Funding and Data To Address Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) September 29 Aligning for Health briefing video and materials Learn more here. Measures and Approaches To Account for Social Risk and Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) […]
Week of September 20, 2022
Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Workforce and Enabling Technology August 31 LTQA sharing of ADvancing States summary papers Learn more here. Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Measuring California’s Progress August 25 Justice in Aging announced issue brief Learn more here. HHS Approves First Medicaid Mobile Crisis Intervention Services Program September 12 CMS announcement Learn more here. Supporting Whole-Person Care […]
Week of September 13, 2022
Medicaid Beneficiaries Who Use Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) August 26 CMS announced report Learn more here. Community Services in Crisis: No Staff, No Services August 4 NASDDDS-HSRI-ICI/Univ of MN paper Learn more here. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) Quality Measurement – What Happens Now? August 10 Health Management Associates/Leavitt Partners webinar materials on the CMS […]
Week of August 2, 2022
State Strategies To Increase Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) Provider Capacity July 28 ATI Advisory shared tool kit Learn more here. Big Stakes in Home-and-Community-Based Services: Medicaid Leaders July 15 National Assn of Medicaid Directors leadership exchange podcast Learn more here. Americans Aging with Disability – More Likely To Have Multiple Chronic Conditions July 29 NACCHO […]
Week of July 26, 2022
CMS Releases Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) Quality Measure Set July 21 CMS announced SMD #2022-003 Learn more here. CMS Releases Medicaid HCBS Quality Measure Set (2) – AAHD Highlights Available here is the July 21 complete CMS SMD 22-003 on the HCBS quality measure release (40 pages). Also available are seven one page excerpts sharing […]