Improving Systems
National Voter Registration Day is a time to empower communities and ensure that every voice is heard. With their trusted roles and community presence, providers, enrollment assisters, community health workers, and other health professionals are uniquely positioned to support voter registration efforts. This webinar will explore how the health sector can integrate nonpartisan voter registration […]
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) recent final regulation on Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services (“Access Rule”) is ushering in a new era of participation for people enrolled in Medicaid and their families and caregivers. (We summarized the new regulation here, and its companion managed care regulation here.) The Beneficiary Advisory Councils (BACs) […]
As National Community Health Worker Awareness Week approaches at the end of August, we want to take stock of the advances in Medicaid’s role in financing community health worker (CHW) services and the road ahead. CHWs have a long history of supporting community public health by engaging individuals in communities that the traditional health system […]
The community health worker (CHW) workforce saw an infusion of funds during the COVID-19 pandemic from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and American Rescue Plan of approximately $300 million and $200 million, respectively. Other federal entities like the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded grants to complement state efforts, all with […]
On April 17, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), issued new guidance sharing a new opportunity for states interested in improving transitions from state incarceration to the community. The grotesque racial inequities in justice-involved populations, combined with abrupt transitions back into community settings without health supports after incarceration, lead to poor post-release health […]
Medical Care Advisory Committees are powerful tools—available in every state—for advancing effective health policies on behalf of children and families. Anyone working on state Medicaid policies needs to know about MCACs! What is an MCAC? Medical Care Advisory Committees, known as “MCACs”, are advisory bodies that provide state Medicaid agencies with formal feedback and recommendations […]
