Disability Data Collection and Usage: Promising State Practices December 9 National Governors’ Association brief. Learn more here. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Self-Direction State Practices – Persons with IDD December 17 Council on Quality and Leadership analysis. Learn more here. Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Integrated Care and Persons with IDD December 23 Health […]
Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS): Community Living Equity Dashboard December 3 Brandeis CLPC announced dashboard on LTSS – Who Needs; Who Receives; Disparities Learn more here. Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: D-SNPs and State Medicaid Agencies November 20 ATI Advisory webinar slides. Learn more here. Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: CMS […]
Access and Inclusion in the Twitterverse We’re leaving Twitter. Since 2022, accessibility on the platform has been dismantled as part of a broader set of cuts, turning the platform away from recent gains. The Accessibility Experience Team was eliminated in November 2022. This happened just after the launch two months prior of expanded alt-text features […]
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Updated Waiting Lists Data October 31 Kaiser Family Foundation updated report. Learn more here. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Feasibility of Obtaining Identifiers in Self-Directed Medicaid HCBS Claims November 4 HHS ASPE report. Learn more here. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Waiver Rate Setting for Remote Delivery of Services November 13 CMS Div […]
The next season of Marketplace Open Enrollment is about to start on November 1, 2024 on Healthcare.gov! People who want to sign up for comprehensive health coverage have until January 15, 2025 at midnight to complete the sign-up process. Those who enroll by December 15th will be able to start using their insurance on January […]
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Payment Adequacy July 30 CMS HCBS training webinar slides. Learn more here. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Quality Measure Set Mathematica for CMS Review Workgroup October 16 Mathematica for CMS HCBS QM review workgroup orientation meeting materials, as well as August 12 and July 15 call for measures meeting materials. Learn more […]
Persons Dually-Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Medicaid Termination of Paid Medicare Premiums September 30 CMS MMCO ICRC shared CMS presentation slides. Learn more here. Persons Dually-Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Coordination of Behavioral Health Benefits September 30 CMS MMCO ICRC shared April 30 ICRC webinar materials. Learn more here. Community Health Workers: Medicaid Reimbursement Challenges […]
AAHD Calls for Action Following Census Bureau Meeting on Disability Data Collection The U.S. Census Bureau held a much-anticipated stakeholder convening this Monday, September 30th with disability leaders and key federal partners across the country. This gathering was a space for advocates to affirm the urgent need for comprehensive disability data collection. Efforts to expand […]
Persons Dually-Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Challenges in Integration Faced by Beneficiaries September 10 Medicare Rights Center paper. Learn more here. Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) – Final Rules September 10 CMS posting of 536-page Federal Register pre-publication final rule and NAMI-led, including AAHD and Lakeshore Foundation, statement. Learn more here. Medicare […]
AAHD has joined 11 behavioral health and disability advocates, led by Mental Health America, calling on HHS-CMS-DOJ to examine certain psychiatric hospital patient abuses. The September 13 letter is here: PDF. […]