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Arizona DDD Begins Using A New Developmental Disability Assessment For Children To Determine Eligibility For Medicaid Paid Parent Provider Program
October 15, 2025On October 1, 2025, the Arizona Medicaid program began implementing a new, standardized assessment tool to determine the need for extraordinary care for children served through the Parents as Paid Caregivers (PPCG) program. The new assessment is required by Arizona… -
New York, Hawaii & New Jersey Ranked Best In The Nation Across Common Measures Of Mental Health In 2022 & 2023; Nevada & Arizona Rank Lowest
October 15, 2025New York, Hawaii, and New Jersey ranked best in the nation across common measures of mental health in 2022 and 2023, according to state rankings developed by Mental Health America. These states have lower rates of mental illness among youth… -
Florida Medicaid MCO For People With I/DD Reports Enrollment Growth
October 15, 2025Florida Community Care (FCC), a Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) serving beneficiaries with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD), reportedly enrolled 323 new members after the state’s Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Comprehensive Managed Care (ICMC) Program expanded from a pilot to a statewide… -
Senior Living Occupancy Increased To 88.7% In The Third Quarter Of 2025
October 15, 2025he national occupancy rate for senior living properties for the third quarter of 2025 was 88.7%, which was an increase of 70 basis points from the previous quarter, according to the latest analysis by the National Investment Center for Seniors… -
Colorado Medicaid To Align Reimbursement Rates To Families Caring For An Adult With Disabilities To Host Home Rates
October 15, 2025The Colorado Medicaid program plans to align the reimbursement rates for Individual Residential Services and Supports (IRSS) for people with developmental disabilities for family caregiver homes with rates paid to Host Homes providing IRSS, according to a fact sheet issued… -
AI-Supported Health & Lifestyle Coaching Program Can Improve Outcomes For People Type 2 Diabetes
October 15, 2025About 71% of people with type 2 diabetes who used an artificial intelligence (AI)-supported health and lifestyle coaching program reduced their hemoglobin A1c level (HbA1c) to 6.5%, without taking glucose-lowering medications other than metformin, according to a recent study. In… -
5.5 Million U.S. Adults Were Under Correctional Supervision At Year-End 2023
October 15, 2025At the end of 2023, an estimated 5,530,300 persons were under the supervision of adult correctional systems in the U.S, according to a federal report. This is a reported increase of 1% (up 49,700 persons) from year-end 2022. At year-end… -
Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Rhode Island & District Of Columbia Have The Best Health Care System Performance In Commonwealth Fund Ranking
October 15, 2025Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and the District of Columbia have the best health care system performance, according to a new ranking by The Commonwealth Fund. The lowest-ranked states are Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and West Virginia. Performance was… -
Delaware Fines UnitedHealthcare $450,000 For Mental Health Parity Penalties
October 15, 2025On September 17, 2025, the Delaware Insurance Commission announced that it issued a corrective action plan and assessed a penalty of $450,000 to UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company, after completing a follow-up Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (“Mental Health Parity”)… -
Ohio Primary Care Professionals More Willing To Treat Type 2 Diabetes Than Opioid Use Disorder
October 15, 2025A survey of primary care professionals (PCPs) in Ohio found that respondents were more willing to treat type 2 diabetes than opioid use disorder (OUD), even though type 2 diabetes was viewed as more complicated to treat, those with type…
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