Improving Health and Well Being Through Community Care Hubs November 29 CMS shared, Nov 30 ACL shared, Nov 29 Health Affairs blog Learn more here. Working with Community Care Hubs To Address Social Drivers of Health: A Playbook for State Medicaid Agencies November 22 Partnership To Align Social Care/Manatt/Scan shared report Learn more here. Better […]
AAHD has joined over 50 organizations, led by MHA, asking Congress to add Medicare funding support to proposed Medicaid and SAMHSA funding of mobile crisis teams. The November 15 mental health community letter is here: PDF. […]
AAHD has joined a No Health without Mental Health led, AAHD, Clinical Social Work Association, International Society for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses, and Lakeshore Foundation submission to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) responding to the AHRQ RFI. The November 14 statement, focused on the TEAMcare intervention for integrating behavioral health and chronic […]
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 […]