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Justice in Aging has published a fact sheet aimed at aging and disability advocates, providing an overview of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) proposed rule on the Fair Housing Act's (FHA's) Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) mandate. The fact sheet summarizes the proposed rule's key features, which include setting out obligations for HUD grantees to identify and address fair housing issues in their communities. Advocates can provide input on the proposed rule until April 24, 2023.

Feeding America recently published an annual report that provides a broad overview of the extent and distribution of food insecurity among older adults in the United States in 2021. This resource also details trends in food insecurity over the past two decades using national, state-level, and metropolitan-level data from the December Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS).

On Friday, April 28th, CMS released the latest enrollment figures for Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP. As of January 2023, over 65.5 million people are enrolled in Medicare; more than 33.9 million are enrolled in fee-for-service Medicare and nearly 31.6 have a Medicare Advantage plan. Over 93 million enrollees have Medicaid and CHIP; more than 85.9 million individuals have Medicaid and nearly 7.1 million have coverage through CHIP. Over 12 million individuals are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid and are counted in the enrollment figures for both programs.

CMS has published this report which presents summary information on the quality of health care received by Medicare Advantage enrollees nationwide. The report highlights racial, ethnic, and gender differences in health care experiences and clinical care. The report highlights data regarding patient experiences and compares enrollees responses to national averages.

The National Alliance for Caregiving published this guide intended to assist patient advocacy groups and others who interact with family caregivers in reaching diverse family caregivers and providing culturally responsive resources and supports to them. The guide includes research findings on the needs and concerns of diverse family caregivers as well as recommendations on the best ways to communicate with and support caregivers.

This Health Affairs article, written by Katie McEvoy of the National Association of Medicaid Directors argues for structural stability and continued federal financial support for Medicaid. The article highlights the importance of Medicaid in supporting older adults and people with disabilities, its important role in Health Care Infrastructure And State Economies, and the public support for the program.

CMS issued the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital prospective payment system Reporting (IQR) program and are meaningful electronic health record (EHR) users is projected to be 2.8% for FY 2024. Hospitals may be subject to payment adjustments under the IPPS. The proposed increase in operating and capital IPPS payment rates will generally increase hospital payments in FY 2024 by $3.3 billion.

The Nutrition and Aging Resource Center has created this resource to support Title IIIC meal programs navigating the expiration of the Public Health Emergency (PHE). The factsheet reviews what nutrition programs should expect as well as recommendations on how to meet requirements as flexibilities related to the PHE end.

The Aging and Disability Business Institute at USAging is now accepting nominations for The John A. Hartford Foundation 2023 Business Innovation Award. Each year, The award recognizes aging and disability community-based organizations (CBOs) for their innovative approaches to reducing health care costs and improving the well-being of older adults and people with disabilities through contracts and strategic partnerships with health care entities. This award draws national attention to innovative strategies from the Aging and Disability Networks and spurs the replication of these approaches nationwide. Nominations will close Friday, May 5.

On March 31st, the Board of Trustees for Medicare released their most recent report to Congress on the financial operations and actuarial status of Medicare. The Trustees Report describes past and estimated future financial operations of the Hospital Insurance (HI) (Part A) and Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) (Part B and prescription drug coverage) trust funds. According to the report, the Medicare HI trust fund will have funds to pay for Part A benefits until 2031, three years longer than what was reported last year due to higher projected HI income and lower expenditures. However, the Trustees project deficits in the HI trust fund starting in 2025.