The Direct Support Workforce and COVID-19: What We Know and What We Need To Do November 10 Univ of MN ICI and NADSP webinar slides Learn more here. The Mental Health of Medicare Beneficiaries with Disabilities During the Pandemic November 11 Council on Quality and Leadership article Learn more here. Longer Participation in a Medicaid […]
Cross-Agency Partnerships for Health Equity: Medicaid and Public Health Agencies November 4 RWJ Fd funded, CHCS and ASTHO announced brief Learn more here. Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Raising the Bar and Supporting State Efforts To Integrate October 28-29 MACPAC (Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission) meeting discussion paper Learn more here. […]
Streamlining and Simplifying State Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) Authorities October 26 Bipartisan Policy Center report and briefing Learn more here. Money Follows the Person – Mandated MACPAC Analysis October 28 MACPAC (Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission) mandated analysis Learn more here. Community-Based Long Term Services and Supports: Are the Needs of Older Adults and […]
CMS Launches Webpage To Share Innovative State Actions To Expand Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) October 21 CMS announcement Learn more here. Workforce Displacement and Re-Employment During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Implications for Direct Care Recruitment and Retention October 21 Hartford Foundation shared PHI report Learn more here. Workers with Long COVID-19 and the Americans with […]
AAHD has joined the Mental Health Liaison Groutp (MHLG) advocating enactment of legislation to remove the 190 day lifetime Medicare limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital treatment. Available here are he October 18 letters to House and Senate. […]
Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination Status, Intent, and Perceived Access – By Disability Status October 1 CDC MMWR report Learn more here. Challenges and Opportunities for Strengthening the U.S. Public Health Infrastructure: Findings From a Scan of the Literature October 5 National Network of Public Health Institutes shared June 16 report Learn more here. Dollars and […]
Disability, Health Equity, and COVID-19: Infographics September 21 NIHCM Foundation infographics Learn more here. Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) – Disability Community Statement September 21 Disability and Rehabilitation Research Coalition (DRRC) submitted statement in response to the Congressional SDOH Caucus request for information (RFI). AAHD was actively involved in providing ideas and text to the […]
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Evaluating COVID-19 Response Could Help CMS Prepare for Future Emergencies September 8 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report Learn more here. Mental Health and Substance Use Among Adults with Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic (CDC) August 27 CDC MMWR study Learn more here. Effect of the Digital Divide on People with Disabilities […]
What Will It Take To Recruit and Retain Public Health Workers August 12 Governing posted article Learn more here. Integrating Community Health Workers Into a Community Hearing Collaborative To Understand the Social Determinants of Health in Children with Hearing Loss August 13 Disability and Health Journal announced article; there is a fee for the entire […]
State Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) Programs Responses to COVID-19: 50 State Survey August 10 Kaiser Family Foundation study Learn more here. Translating Lived Experience To Becoming a Community Health Worker August 12 HRSA supported NACHW shared Aug 5 webinar materials Learn more here. Integrating Peers (Mental Health) in Crisis Response Services August 10 SAMHSA-NASMHPD-NAMI webinar […]