Medicaid Reconciliation – House Committee Reports Cuts – Disability and Aging Communities Opposition Shared with the House May 20 AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation joined 160 national organizations and over 550 state and local organizations, led by the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) and Disability and Aging Collaborative (DAC), opposing House committee Medicaid cuts, […]
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 13, 2025
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Measuring Nonmedical HCBS Personal Outcomes May 3 Disability and Health Journal shared article. Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare an Medicaid: Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs)-State Medicaid Agency Contract Tool Kit May 5 Justice in Aging tool kit. Medicaid Managed Care Organization Experiences with Network Adequacy May 5 Health Affairs March 13 article. […]
Week of May 6, 2025
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Role for Older Adults with Functional Impairments and Mental Illness April 4 Brookings posted paper. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Quality Measures Advisory Group Voting Outcomes April 9 HSRI NCI-IDD shared NCI measure-by-measure voting outcome by the April 8-9 Mathematica for CMS HCBS quality measures advisory group. No Medicaid Cuts – 436 […]
Week of April 29, 2025
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): 3 Infographics April 24 Brandeis CLPC three infographics – overview; optional services impact; Federal Medicaid cuts impact on LTSS. Scholl down the page to locate each. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Self-Direction April 10-11 MACPAC (Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission) meeting draft report chapter materials. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Workforce […]
Week of April 15, 2025
Expanding Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) for Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid with Behavioral Health Needs April 4 Health Affairs article. Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Understanding and Supporting April 10 AAHD blog. Home-and-Community-Based Services: Quality Measures Review Workgroup April 8 and 9 and March 11 Mathematica for CMS review committee meetings slides […]
Week of April 8, 2025
HHS Announced HHS Restructuring: House and Senate Appropriations Democratic Leaders Letter to HHS March 31 House and Senate Democratic Appropriations Committee leaders letter to HHS. 316 Organizations to the U.S. Senate: Don’t Harm Medicaid March 26 FUSA led letter including AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation. 90 Organizations to Congress: Reject Unprecedented Cuts to Medicaid April […]
Week of April 1, 2025
HHS Announced HHS Restructuring, Elimination of ACL (Administration for Community Living), Creation of Administration for a Healthy America, Merging HRSA-SAMHSA-AHRQ-Others (1) – HHS March 27 HHS press release and fact sheet. HHS Announced HHS Restructuring, Elimination of ACL (Administration for Community Living), Creation of Administration for a Healthy America, Merging HRSA-SAMHSA-AHRQ-Others (2) – Disability Organizations […]
Week of March 25, 2025
2025 County Health Rankings and Roadmaps Includes Disability Functional Limitations Measure (2) March 19 RWJ Foundation and Univ of WI Population Health Institute released data. AAHD March 18 news included the preview webinar recording and materials. Medicaid and CHIP Coverage by U.S. Congressional District March 11 Center for American Progress web-based interactive map. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based […]
Week of March 18, 2025
NIH Strategic Plan for Disability Health Research – Submissions March 12 three submissions. AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have submitted direct comments; and, AAHD has joined the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Coalition (DRRC) submitting comments to the NIH Strategic Plan for Disability Research draft framework. AAHD is a DRRC steering committee member. The AAHD and […]
Week of March 11, 2025
CMS Rescinds Health-Related Social Needs (HRSNs) Guidance March 4 CMS Info Bulletin rescinding prior HRSNs guidance. A Cut To Medicaid Is A Cut To Medicare March 4 JiA-MRC-CMA-Comm Catalyst fact sheet and issue brief. Medicaid: The Math is Conclusive: Major Medicaid Cuts Are the Only Way To Meet House Budget Resolution Requirements March 7 Kaiser […]