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. […]
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services: Money-Follows-the-Person – CMS Report August 20 Mathematica for CMS MFP report on recipient transitions to the community. Learn more here. Persons Dually-Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: 10 State Factsheets on D-SNPs August 28 Justice in Aging Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) factsheets for CA, CO, FL, GA, MA, MI, NJ, OH, […]
There are many different paths to recovery. Over 50 million adults in the United States reported recovering from their mental health or substance use as of 2021. Staying healthy in this process can be shaped by many factors and is unique to each person’s needs and story. The knowledge of lived experience in recovery is […]
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined a Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) workgroup on peer support specialists submission to DOL and OMB on Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) for PSSs. The August 12 MHLG letter is here: PDF. […]
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have submitted comments with No Health without Mental Health to Senators Whitehouse (RI) and Cassidy (LA) on their proposed legislation (S. 4338) and RFI to revise the Medicare Payment of Primary Care. We also joined and signed the Families USA led coalition submission. Available here are the August 2 publicly […]
Advancing Self-Direction in Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS): Empowering Individuals, Mitigating Workforce Crisis July 16 Long Term Quality Alliance webinar slides. Learn more here. Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS): Unmet Needs; Associations with Health Outcomes July 30 Disability and Health Journal announced article. Learn more here. How States Can Support Individuals in the Long-Term Services […]