AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined 40 organizations of the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) supporting proposed legislation (HR 7875) that would establish a new SAMHSA grant program responding to gambling addiction. AAHD is a MHLG member; both Lakeshore and AAHD have joined lead sponsor Rep Houchin (IN) press release, listing supporters including other […]
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined 23 mental health and SUD organizations of the Coalition for Whole Health, led by the Legal Action Center, submitting a statement to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Health Subcommittee, hearing with a focus on the Medicaid Provider Landscape. CWH focused on access and treatment coverage and, in […]
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined mental health and SUD organizations, led by NAMI and the Legal Action Center, submitting a statement to the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on fraud in Medicare and Medicaid. The March 17 statement is here: PDF. […]
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): What’s At Stake If Cut New Issue Brief Documents What’s at Stake if Medicaid HCBS Are Cut article; February 16 Association of Health Care Journalists article shared Feb 27 by Self-Direction News. Summarizes a Kaiser Family Foundation report (previously included in AAHD news). Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – Federal Cuts, State […]
Potential Medicaid Disability Service Reductions: State Perspectives Survey Results: State Perspectives on Potential Medicaid Disability Service Reductions – CHCS Blog; Center for Health Care Strategies – February 24. Medicaid Fraud – CMS Announces RFI on its CRUSH Initiative The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information (RFI) Related to its Comprehensive Regulations […]
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – “We Can Not Fix What We Refuse To Define” A Message from Theo Braddy: We Cannot Fix What We Refuse to Define blog; National Council on Independent Living (executive director blog) – February 17. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Person-Centered Service Planning Process: Ensuring Rights, Choice, and Control Home & Community […]
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – Reconciliation (HR 1) Waiver Expansion Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – Reconciliation (HR 1) Waiver Expansion letter; AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Task Force on LTSS writing CMS for clarification and guidance on the Reconciliation Act (HR 1) Medicaid HCBS expanded waiver […]
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Workforce Medicaid Payment – MACPAC Medicaid Payment Policies to Support the Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Workforce meeting resource; Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) – January 29. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Self-Direction and a Federal Policy Framework – MACPAC Federal Policy Framework for Beneficiary Health and Welfare in […]
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined the Coalition for Whole Health, led by the Legal Action Center, writing CMS on mental health and substance use disorder exemptions for the Medicaid work and community engagement requirements. The February 9 letter is here: PDF. […]
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): CAHPS Survey Data Available Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Survey Database announcement; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) – January 26. Case for Inclusion: Community Services Data Snapshot Case for Inclusion Data Snapshot: The Looming Impact of Funding Cuts on Access to Community […]