Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Improving Your HCBS Waiver Through Public Comment Improving Your HCBS Waiver Through Public Comment paper; National Health Law Program– December 1. Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements: Nebraska the First CMS Recognized State To Implement Gov. Pillen, Dr. Oz Announce Nebraska is First in the Nation to […]
Category: Disability & Public Health News
Welcome to AAHD’s weekly electronic update, “Disability and Public Health News.” Each Tuesday, AAHD will provide an overview of the prior week’s media coverage on topics related to disability and public health. Our goal is to keep our colleagues and friends informed of disability and public health topics in the media at the local, state and national level. It is our intent that this weekly information will support you in your work. Please send us your comments to contact@aahd.us and feel free to share the weekly updates with your colleagues.
Week of December 16, 2025
Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS): Strengthening the HCBS Grievance Process Strengthening the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Grievance Process – National Health Law Program issue brief; National Health Law Program – December 1. Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements: Considerations in Implementing Community Engagement (3) 02_December-meeting slides on stakeholder […]
Week of December 9, 2025
Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Beneficiaries Data Book Data Book: Beneficiaries Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid; Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission and Medicare Payment Advisory Commission data book – December 2. Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: How Federal-State Collaboration Can Continue To Advance Integrated Care Health Affairs Blog […]
Week of December 2, 2025
Whole Person Health – AAHD Public Policy Objective Whole Person Health blog; AAHD public policy blog discussing patient-centered health homes; behavioral health integration; and health beyond silos. November 17. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Supporting Older Adults in Rural Areas Supporting Older Adults in Rural Communities: Home and Community-Based Care brief; Center for Health Care Strategies […]
Week of November 18, 2025
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): How States Can Mitigate The Harm of HCBS Cuts How States Can Mitigate The Harm Of HCBS Cuts | Health Affairs article; Health Affairs Forefront – September 22. Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Where Is Integration Headed – State-by-State Intelligence HMA Weekly Roundup: Trends in Health Policy summary (scroll down […]
Week of November 11, 2025
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Consumer-Reported Unmet Service Needs – Role of State Policies and Administration Factors Article: Impact of State Policies on Unmet Home and Community-Based Services Needs Among Consumers; ADvancing States shared HSRI article in the Journal of Market Access and Health Policy – October 31 shared October 2. Medicaid Beneficiary Advisory Councils: A […]
Week of November 4, 2025
Medicaid Managed Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS): State Strategies and Innovations Strategies and Innovations in Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS): Lessons Learned from a State Learning Collaborative blog; National Academy for State Health Policy blog – October 27. Growing Cost of Inaction: A Practical Framework for Addressing Long Term Care Financing Challenge […]
Week of October 28, 2025
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Disparities in Quality of Life and Quality of Supports Disparities in Quality of Life and Quality of Supports in HCBS article; Council on Quality and Leadership – September 21. Medicaid Home Care – Five States Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) Eligibility Algorithm – MO, MS, NB, NJ, DC Calculated Need: Algorithms and the Fight […]
Week of October 21, 2025
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Self-Direction for Older Adults Self-Direction in HCBS for Older Adults report; Council on Quality and Leadership – October 9. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): Who Chooses Consumer-Directed Personal Care? – New York Who chooses consumer-directed personal care? Characterizing users and switchers under New York Medicaid – PMC article ; Health Affairs Scholar […]
Week of October 14, 2025
Risk of Institutionalization – Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid – Non-Elderly Adults with IDD – State Variations Disability and Health Journal article – October 2. Sates Are Increasing Enrollment of Seniors and People with Disabilities in Medicaid Managed Care States are Increasingly Enrolling Seniors and People with Disabilities in Medicaid Managed Care Research […]