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NCI-AD 21-22 National Report

This report is the most comprehensive and representative assessment of self-reported outcomes among older adults and people with physical disabilities receiving publicly funded LTSS since 2018. These data were collected from 13,663 people between June 2021 and July 2022. The sample includes individuals from 15 regionally representative states and a variety of LTSS programs, including: Medicaid HCBS, Nursing Facilities, and Older Americans Act recipients.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/74507

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Connecting Older Adults to Housing: Examining Disparities

A new report from the Alliance’s Homelessness Research Institute analyzes 2018 data from the Vulnerability Index Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool to examine the different ways in which older adults exit homelessness; identify disparities in types of exits by shelter status, race, ethnicity, and gender; and recommend issues that need further research and policy attention.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/74475

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New Poll Report Shows Trends in Loneliness Among Older Adults

Earlier this week University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation released findings from the University of Michigan National Poll on Health Aging. The new report share results gathered in late January 2023 that add to previous data from polls fielded in 2018 and during all three years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report shared that one in three (34%) of older adults reported feeling isolated from others in the past year, a decline from the 2020 report findings.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/74472

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KFF Releases New Report on Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment

KFF released a new report that shares a range of strategies states are using as they prepare to resume Medicaid disenrollment. The twenty-first annual KFF survey of state Medicaid Health Insurance (CHIP) Programs officials found that many states are using an array of strategies to promote continuity of coverage. The report shares findings from all states on their strategies to promote continuous coverage.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/74470

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MACPAC's March 2023 Report to Congress on Medicaid and CHIP

On Wednesday, March 15, 2023, MACPAC released it's March 2023 Report to Congress on Medicaid and CHIP. The report recommends a series of measures aimed at improving the collection of race and ethnicity data, increasing transparency in nursing facility payment data, and giving states greater flexibility in following Medicare drug coverage decisions. It also includers MACPAC's annual, statutorily required report examining payment policy for safety net hospitals.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/74469

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Senate Finance Committee Releases New Report on Failures of the Long- Term Care Facilities to Protect Residents from Extreme Weather Conditions

On Thursday, February 23, 2023 the United States Senate Finance Committee and Senate Special Aging Committee released a report that focuses on the catastrophic weather events in Texas in February 2021. The report details how widespread power outages affected nursing homes and residential facilities resulting in more than 1,400 nursing home residents being evacuated.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/74426

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Opportunities to Advance Health Equity for Seniors and People with Disabilities in California and Beyond

A new article from the Centers for Health Care Strategies explores a new effort to improve and align care across California Medicaid. The article explores racial disparities in access to and quality of LTSS, integration of dually eligible individuals, and more.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/74399

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Advancing Social Connectedness through the Work, Employment, and Labor Sector

The Foundation for Social Connection has released Systems Of Cross-sector Integration and Action across the Lifespan (SOCIAL) Framework: The Work, Employment, and Labor (WEL) Sector. This report offers evidence-based solutions and policies to advance social connectedness and address social isolation and loneliness through the work, employment, and labor (WEL) sector. This report aims to provide the information needed by employers, business leaders, policymakers, researchers, and others to develop, test, and implement solutions through the WEL sector. The solutions presented can improve the social connectedness not only of employers and workers, but also, customers, communities, and society at large.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/74387

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As States Prepare to “Unwind” the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision, Past Patterns Show that Most People Who are Disenrolled from Medicaid Become Uninsured for All or Part of the Next 12 Months

The KFF recent analysis, “As States Prepare to “Unwind” the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision, Past Patterns Show that Most People Who are Disenrolled from Medicaid Become Uninsured for All or Part of the Next 12 Months”, indicates that many individuals currently enrolled in Medicaid may go without health insurance coverage for several months.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/74337

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