Toolkit: State Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes for PLWH

The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) recently released a comprehensive toolkit designed to support state public health...

Jan 02, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

  • Join Now! New HHS Hepatitis C Medicaid Affinity Group

    The Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP), in collaboration with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...

    Oct 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • CMS Issue Brief: Increasing Physical Accessibility in Health Care Facilities

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Minority Health recently released a new issue brief, titled:...

    Jun 07, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Improving Health Care Access and Delivery for Everyone

    The National CLAS (Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services) Standards are a framework to guide healthy equity efforts among...

    Feb 24, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Report: Preliminary Findings of “Hepatitis C: The State of Medicaid Access”

    The National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) and the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School (CHLPI)...

    Nov 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • CMS, CDC, and HRSA Launch HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group

    The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Health Resources...

    Jun 23, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • Toolkit: State Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes for PLWH

    The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) recently released a comprehensive toolkit designed to support state public health and Medicaid collaborations aimed at improving health outcomes among people living with HIV (PLWH). This toolkit was developed based on the experiences of 19 states that participated in the HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group (HHIAG), a […]

    Jan 02, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Join Now! New HHS Hepatitis C Medicaid Affinity Group

    The Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP), in collaboration with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH), has launched a new joint initiative: the Hepatitis C Medicaid Affinity Group. […]

    Oct 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    CMS Issue Brief: Increasing Physical Accessibility in Health Care Facilities

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Minority Health recently released a new issue brief, titled: “Increasing the Physical Accessibility of Health Care Facilities.” This resource provides an overview of barriers faced by individuals with disabilities attempting to enter or navigate health care facilitates; the current federal and state-level policies designed...

    Jun 07, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Improving Health Care Access and Delivery for Everyone

    The National CLAS (Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services) Standards are a framework to guide healthy equity efforts among health care organizations. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Minority Health worked with NCQA (National Committee for Quality Assurance) to develop a toolkit to help organizations implement the National CLAS Standards. The toolkit...

    Feb 24, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Report: Preliminary Findings of “Hepatitis C: The State of Medicaid Access”

    The National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) and the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School (CHLPI) recently released the preliminary findings of Hepatitis C: The State of Medicaid Access – a comprehensive assessment of state Medicaid programs’ discriminatory restrictions on curative treatments for hepatitis C, the nation’s deadliest blood-borne disease. The full...

    Nov 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    CMS, CDC, and HRSA Launch HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group

    The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently launched a new joint initiative: the HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group. The HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group will bring together state public health and Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)...

    Jun 23, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

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