We interviewed caregivers and reviewed medical records of 278 adults with mental retardation with and without Down syndrome, 45 to 74 years of age. Standardized morbidity ratios were used to compare frequency of medical disorders in these adults to frequency in the general population. In adults with mental retardation, the frequency of common age-related disorders […]
Disability Community Speaking Out Against the DOJ Olmstead Memo Disability Community Speaking Out Against the DOJ Olmstead leadership statement; Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) June 22. (AAHD is a CCD member.) AAHD Continues To Support the Promise of Olmstead AAHD Continues to Support the Promise of Olmstead statement in response to DOJ public memo; […]
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements: Reporting Requirements New CMS Interim Final Rule on Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements webinar materials; Princeton University State Health and Value Strategies– June 9. Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements: Improving Applicant and State Staff Experience Improving Applicant and State Staff Experiences […]
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – Quality Measures – Advocate CMS Submissions (part 2) Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – Quality Measures – Advocate CMS Submissions (part 2); May 18 we web posted AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation submitted comments to CMS on proposed 2028 HCBS quality measures. The May 18 posting includes AAHD-Lakeshore submission and the […]
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – CMS Interim Final Rules Medicaid Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (CMS-2454-IFC) fact sheet; CMS – June 1. Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Six Governors Identify Implementation Challenges Governors’ CMS Guidance Letter […]
Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) – Quality Measures – AAHD and Lakeshore Submission to CMS AAHD and Lakeshore Foundation sumbitted comments to CMS on Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Quality Measures; AAHD-Lakeshore submitted on May 18 and the April 27 CMS Federal Register proposal for public comment. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): […]
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – What Do We Know So Far About State Materials and Consumer Outreach What Do We Know So Far About State Materials & Consumer Outreach on Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements? blog; Georgetown Univ Center for Children and Families – May 7. Federal Disability Measurement: Risks and […]
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – MACPAC Recommendations and Updated Implications Implementing Community Engagement Requirements in Medicaid: Recommendation and Updated Implications meeting discussion of recommendations and slides; Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) – May 7. Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Community […]
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 […]