CMS Requires State Medicaid Programs To Revalidate “High Risk Providers” (1) CMS Administrator Dr. Oz letter to all state Medicaid programs; Not available on the CMS web site as of April 25. Letter is posted on the Leading Age website. Dr. Oz requires a “National Provider Identifier” number. April 23 CMS Requires State Medicaid Programs […]
No Medicaid Cuts in Any Additional Budget Reconciliation Legislation – 359 Disability and Aging Organizations No Medicaid Cuts in Any Additional Budget Reconciliation Legislation – 359 Disability and Aging Organizations letter to Congress; AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined 359 organizations led by the Disability and Aging Collaborative (DAC) and Consortium for Constituents with […]
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Health and Welfare in Self-Directed HCBS Health and Welfare in Self-Directed Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS): Environmental Scan slides; Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) April 9 meeting. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Acute Services Use Jama Health Forum Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Initiation and Acute Services Use Health […]
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Publicly Available Data Bases and Tools Dually Enrolled Medicaid and Medicare Beneficiaries: Publicly Available Databases and Tools to Improve Understanding and Provide Relevant Services webinar and report; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center on Financing Reform and Innovation – March 25. Persons Dually Eligible for […]
Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS): The Perfect Storm Is Here for Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS): HCBS At Immediate Risk The Perfect Storm Is Here for Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports essay: Part 1; Manatt 80 Million Project on Substack – March 19. Federal Cuts, State Choices, and the Future of Aging […]
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 […]