How to Get the Most Out of Your Health Insurance This spring, the American Association on Health and Disability is hosting a series of live interviews with disability community members to learn how they make the most of their private or public insurance coverage. From March 9th through April 6th, tune in on Wednesday afternoons […]
Talking About Complex Care: A Guide for Clear and Effective Communications February 24 RWJ Fd & Scan Fd funded, Center for Health Care Strategies resource Learn more here. Making the Case for Complex Care: Choosing Measures February 24 seven foundations funded, Playbook Better Care for People with Complex Needs blog Learn more here. Leveraging Payment […]
AAHD has joined 56 members of the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) supporting legislation to strengthen the 9-8-8 Crisis Response and Lifeline program, to be launched in July. The February 18 letter to the seven House legislative sponsors, including lead Rep Cardenas (CA), is here: PDF. […]
Health Equity Framework for Persons with Disabilities (and February 23 Discussion) February 15 National Council on Disability announced framework and upcoming Feb 23 stakeholder discussion Learn more here. “Black Women and Girls with Disabilities”: Improving Health February 17 TFAH shared Center for American Progress first in a series Learn more here. Social Health Access Referral […]
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: MACPAC-MedPAC Data Book February 1 Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) and Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) jointly prepared data book. 49% of the 12.2 million dual-eligible beneficiaries had at least one ADL limitation; 25% had 3-to-6 ADL limitations. Learn more here. Behavioral Health-General Health Integration […]
The Veteran Peer Specialist legislation (S. 2386 and HR 4575) is now included as Section 401 in Supporting Resilience of the Nation’s Great Veterans (HR 6411). The legislation is scheduled for House Veterans Affairs Committee mark-up on Feb 2. Available here is the October 21 Mental Health Liaison Group support letter, that includes AAHD: PDF. […]
COVID-19 Long Haulers: Rehabilitation Professionals Experiences and Challenges January 26 NIDILRR NARIC Research in Focus article Learn more here. Disability and Crisis Standards of Care in the Age of COVID-19 January 19 ASHTO voices of state public health Learn more here. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) Settings Regulation: Where Are We Now and Where Are We […]
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Integration Programs, Network Adequacy, D-SNPs January 19 HMA Focus on the January 12 CMS proposed Medicare Advantage rule Learn more here. Measuring Unmet LTSS Need Among Adults Under 65 with Disabilities January 18 LTQA shared August 12 Health Affairs and Commonwealth Fund announced long-term services and supports blog […]
U.S. Physicians Knowledge About the Americans with Disabilities Act and Accommodation of Patients with Disability: Considerable Improvements Needed January 4 Health Affairs article Learn more here. Integrating Primary Care and Public Health To Save Lives and Improve Practice During Public Health Crises: Lessons from COVID-19 December 22 PCC shared Johns Hopkins Univ School of PH […]
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Addressing the Care Fragmentation Crisis November 1 University of Chicago NORC webinar slides Learn more here. Initiating Cross-Sector Partnerships To Advance Population Health December 10 ASTHO shared November 23 ASTHO report Learn more here. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services: Targeting and Tailoring Income and Resource Disregards December 7 CMS State […]