This week we’re on SCOTUS watch (along with everyone else), as the Supreme Court prepares to issue a decision on federal insurance subsidies. We’re also reading about innovative solutions to accessible housing; breaking the “school-to-prison pipeline”; the anniversaries of the ADA and Olmstead; and recommendations for expanded rehabilitation benefits for older adults. Kaiser Health News, [...]
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What We’re Reading: June 15, 2015
This week we’re reading about new Medicaid initiatives to fund supportive housing; pay and benefits for home care workers; the results of a new fall-prevention initiative; state efforts to pay for (and rebalance) LTSS; and a trio of new reports on employment and disability, affordable housing and Medicaid BIP. Kaiser Health News is taking a [...]
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What We’re Reading: June 8, 2015
This week our focus is still on mental health following Thursday’s news of the latest in mental health reform legislation. We’re also gearing up to celebrate the 16th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Olmstead decision later this month, we’re reading up on the intersection of disability and employment, with a cover story from Governing magazine. [...]
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What We’re Reading: June 1, 2015
It’s a week full of announcements! This week we’re reading up on the Medicaid managed care regulation released last Tuesday, news from Google of a $20 million investment in universal access, and changes at the Administration for Community Living (ACL). Spoiler alert: ACL announced the new Administration on Disabilities. Called “epic” and a “milestone,” the [...]
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What We’re Reading: May 26, 2015
Returning from an extended holiday weekend, we’re deep in catch-up mode. This week we’re turning the focus to states’ implementation of mental health parity in Medicaid and CHIP, the incarceration of individuals with mental health and substance use conditions, the rise in hospital observations, and recent advocacy on voting and access rights. Once the public [...]
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Happy Memorial Day!
The National Advisory Board thanks the men and women serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, and pauses to remember those who died while in service to our country. We extend best wishes on this Memorial Day. What We're Reading will resume on Tuesday, May 26 in observance of the holiday.
What We’re Reading: May 18, 2015
This week we’re reading about an ‘epic’ regulation in the works for Medicaid managed care, home health worker pay, disability-informed police training, graduation rates, and more. New Medicaid regulations – expected any day now – could be ‘epic’ for managed long-term care, writes the National Journal. More: “When the rules were last updated 13 years [...]
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What We’re Reading: May 11, 2015
This week we’re reading about the need for new and different strategies to support aging in place, mental health parity, employment of people with disabilities, and access to home and community-based services. The Atlantic explores older Americans’ desire to age in place, suggesting if “staying independent is what people want,” attitudinal changes about natural supports [...]
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What We’re Reading: May 4, 2015
This week we are reading a lot. Its reports galore following releases this week from the National Council on Disability (NCD), the Employment Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Child Mind Institute. Plus, spotlights from others on the wearable device market, supported employment, WIOA’s unified plans for workers with disabilities, and more Americans with Disabilities Act [...]
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What We’re Reading: April 27, 2015
This week we’re reading up on the Fair Housing Act in celebration of Fair Housing Month with the Disability.gov Blog, as well as staying current on the White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA), tech accessibility, and entrepreneurship for workers with disabilities. As April comes to a close, the Disability.gov Blog is marking Fair Housing Month [...]
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