Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Designing a Strategy – Guide for States October 24 Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy webinar and guide Learn more here. Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Expanding States’ Medicaid Capacity To Meet the Needs of Medicare Beneficiaries October 6 Center for Health Care Strategies Health Affairs […]
These Doctors Admit They Don’t Want Patients with Disabilities October 19 New York Times column by Dr. Lisa Iezzoni Learn more here. Cross-Sector Data Sharing To Address Health-Related Social Needs October 14 Aligning for Health shared CMS Accountable Health Communities Lessons Learned Learn more here. Developing a Medicaid Payment and Spending Strategy To Advance Health […]
Equity Measurement in Medicaid October 11 National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) white paper and webinar slides; includes AAHD Learn more here. 5 Strategic Components To Support Health Equity in Medicaid October 11 Center for Health Care Strategies brief Learn more here. Equitable Data Engagement and Accountability: Persons with Disabilities and Housing October 3 CCD […]
Advancing Health Equity and Reducing Health Disparities for People with Disabilities in the United States October 4 web posted, October 13 Health Affairs research paper Learn more here. Disability and Telehealth Since the COVID-19 Pandemic: Barriers, Opportunities, and Policy Implications October 5 NIDILRR NARIC shared Univ of MI CDHW research brief Learn more here. Background […]
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)-People with Disabilities-COVID-19 September 22 Disability and Health Journal shared editorial Learn more here. Coordinating Funding and Data To Address Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) September 29 Aligning for Health briefing video and materials Learn more here. Measures and Approaches To Account for Social Risk and Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) […]
State Strategies To Increase Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) Provider Capacity July 28 ATI Advisory shared tool kit Learn more here. Big Stakes in Home-and-Community-Based Services: Medicaid Leaders July 15 National Assn of Medicaid Directors leadership exchange podcast Learn more here. Americans Aging with Disability – More Likely To Have Multiple Chronic Conditions July 29 NACCHO […]
CMS Releases Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) Quality Measure Set July 21 CMS announced SMD #2022-003 Learn more here. CMS Releases Medicaid HCBS Quality Measure Set (2) – AAHD Highlights Available here is the July 21 complete CMS SMD 22-003 on the HCBS quality measure release (40 pages). Also available are seven one page excerpts sharing […]
AAHD has joined an American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) led, through the Mental Health Liaison Group, support of legislation (S. 4461) that would reauthorize SAMHSA’s mental health training program with an emphasis on mental health crisis services and living with mental health disorders. S. 4461 is co-sponsored by Senators Rosen (NV) and Cassidy (LA). […]
9-8-8- Crisis Call System: Partner Toolkit July 1 HHS OIEA shared SAMHSA toolkit Learn more here. Implementing the SAMHSA/NASMHPD 9-8-8 Convening Playbooks July 6 SAMHSA-NASMHPD-NCMW webinar; awaiting webinar slides and recording to be posted on the webinar page Learn more here. 9-8-8 Crisis Call System: State Funding and Implementation June 29 National Academy for State […]
Aging with Disabilities in America June 23 Hartford Foundation shared Next Avenue special report Learn more here. Improving Behavioral Health Care for Older Americans: If Not Now, When? June 8 Health Affairs paper Learn more here. Building a National Public Health System June 21 Commonwealth Fund report released at Bipartisan Policy Center briefing Learn more […]