Medicaid in House and Senate Reconciliation: Comparison June 17 Kaiser Family Foundation chart and materials. Medicaid in Senate Committee on Finance Reconciliation June 18 Modern Medicaid Alliance report. Protecting Medicaid From Cuts in Congress June 17 Justice in Aging webinar slides. Medicaid Expansion: Data-Driven Insights into Health Care Needs June 16 Health Management Associates shared […]
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 June 17, 2025
Protect Medicaid for People with Mental Health Conditions and Substance Use Disorders – Reject House Reconciliation June 10 AAHD, as a member, joined the Mental Health Liaison Group, asking the Senate to protect Medicaid for people with mental health conditions and substance use disorders and reject the House Reconciliation Medicaid legislation. Protect Medicaid – Reject […]
Week of June 10, 2025
1,100 Disability and Aging Organizations to U.S. Senate – Oppose House Medicaid and ACA Reconciliation Provisions June 5 AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation joined 1,100 organizations, including 226 national organizations, led by the Disability and Aging Collaborative (DAC) and Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD), writing the U.S. Senate opposing the House passed Medicaid and […]
Week of June 3, 2025
Community Living Policy: Progress, Uncertainty, Research May 20 Disability and Health Journal article by Brandeis CLPC. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Medicaid Spending on HCBS and Nursing Home Use by Individuals Under the Age of 44 April 22 Shirley Ryan Ability Lab shared Journal of Health Care Provision and Public Health article. Medicaid’s Role in Substance […]
Week of May 20, 2025
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, […]
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 […]