The Case for Inclusion: Blazing Trails To Sustainability for Community Disability Services March ANCOR and UCP annual inclusion report Influence of Disability Models on Person-Centeredness in Home-and-Community-Based Services March 23 NIDILRR NARIC announced Shirley Ryan Ability Lab HCBS Center research brief Reducing Costs for Families and States By Increasing Home-and-Community-Based Services March 22 Community Living […]
AAHD has joined the Mental Health Liaison Group and 106 organizations endorsing legislation led by Rep Tony Cardenas (CA) to enhance implementation of 9-8-8. The March 17 overview of the legislation and list of endorsing organizations is here: PDF. […]
Available here are the March 16 CEO Alliance for Mental Health statement and poster preparing for the July 16 9-8-8- Crisis Hotline Launch. […]
Collectively Supporting Behavioral Health of People Living with Disabilities During COVID February 23 ASTHO public health review podcast The Most Common Changes To Routine and Daily Schedule During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Persons with ID/DD March 3 HSRI shared National Core Indicators infographic “For the Disabled Community, The Pandemic Has Had Hidden Costs” March 4 […]
How to Get the Most Out of Your Health Insurance This spring, the American Association on Health and Disability is hosting a series of live interviews with disability community members to learn how they make the most of their private or public insurance coverage. From March 9th through April 6th, tune in on Wednesday afternoons […]
Talking About Complex Care: A Guide for Clear and Effective Communications February 24 RWJ Fd & Scan Fd funded, Center for Health Care Strategies resource Making the Case for Complex Care: Choosing Measures February 24 seven foundations funded, Playbook Better Care for People with Complex Needs blog Leveraging Payment Reforms To Expand Home-Based Care for […]
AAHD has joined 56 members of the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) supporting legislation to strengthen the 9-8-8 Crisis Response and Lifeline program, to be launched in July. The February 18 letter to the seven House legislative sponsors, including lead Rep Cardenas (CA), is here: PDF. […]
Health Equity Framework for Persons with Disabilities (and February 23 Discussion) February 15 National Council on Disability announced framework and upcoming Feb 23 stakeholder discussion “Black Women and Girls with Disabilities”: Improving Health February 17 TFAH shared Center for American Progress first in a series Social Health Access Referral Platforms – Health Care Organization-Community-Based Organization […]
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: MACPAC-MedPAC Data Book February 1 Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) and Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) jointly prepared data book. 49% of the 12.2 million dual-eligible beneficiaries had at least one ADL limitation; 25% had 3-to-6 ADL limitations. Behavioral Health-General Health Integration and Medicaid February […]
The Veteran Peer Specialist legislation (S. 2386 and HR 4575) is now included as Section 401 in Supporting Resilience of the Nation’s Great Veterans (HR 6411). The legislation is scheduled for House Veterans Affairs Committee mark-up on Feb 2. Available here is the October 21 Mental Health Liaison Group support letter, that includes AAHD: PDF. […]