Publish Date:   October 2024 Type:   Fact Sheets Topics:  Medicare, Part D Enrollment, Insurance, Health Care Coverage Ethnicity: Language:  English, Chuukese, Hindi, Korean, Kosraean, Marshallese, Samoan, Simplified Chinese, Tagalog, Traditional Chinese, and Vietnamese State: For nearly 60 years, Medicare has helped pay for medical care for Americans over the age of 65, as well as younger Americans with certain medical needs. Thanks to Medicare Part D, nearly 90% of Medicare beneficiaries have comprehensive prescription drug coverage. View and download this fact sheet for some suggestions for beneficiaries enrolling or re-enrolling in Part D this fall 2024. APIAHF coordinated the translation of this resource into select Asian and Pacific Islander languages. This resource is also available in Chuukese, Hindi, Korean, Kosraean, Marshallese, Samoan, Simplified Chinese, Tagalog, Traditional Chinese, and Vietnamese.

Publish Date:   October 2024 Type:   FAQ Topics:  Medicare, Prescription, Payment Plan Insurance, Health Care Coverage Ethnicity: Language:  English, Chuukese, Hindi, Korean, Kosraean, Marshallese, Samoan, Simplified Chinese, Tagalog, Traditional Chinese, and Vietnamese State: The Medicare Prescription Payment Plan is a new, voluntary payment option under Medicare Part D. Starting on January 1, 2025, this program will allow beneficiaries to spread their out-of-pocket prescription costs over the calendar year. To participate, beneficiaries must opt into this program each year. View and download this FAQ for more details about this program. APIAHF coordinated the translation of this resource into select Asian and Pacific Islander languages. This resource is also available in Chuukese, Hindi, Korean, Kosraean, Marshallese, Samoan, Simplified Chinese, Tagalog, Traditional Chinese, and Vietnamese.

Publish Date:   January 2024 Type:  Fact Sheet Topics:   Fact Sheet, Cancer, AANHPI, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islanders, Cancer Screening Ethnicity: Language:  English State: Cancer is the leading cause of death for the AANHPI Communities - at 27%! The three leading causes of cancer death are lung (27%), liver (14%), and colorectal (11%) among males, and lung (21%), breast (14%), and colorectal (11%) among females. View and download the fact sheet for screening and prevention guidelines by cancer type. These guidelines are provided by the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force. This resource is also available in Hawaiian, Hmong, Samoan, Tongan, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. View and download these in-language resource below.

Publish Date: July 2023 Type: Report Topics: Report, CBO, Community Based Organization, Funding, Health Advocacy, Mental Health, Survey Ethnicity: Language: State: The second annual national survey explores the priorities and challenges of nearly 100 Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander serving community-based organizations post the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.   Key highlights include: Top Five Emerging Health Programming Funding Gaps: People With Disabilities  LGBTQI+ Health Maternal & Child Health Addiction & Substance Abuse  Mental Health Top Five Advocacy Priorities:  Health Equity  Data Equity and Data Disaggregation Language Access Access to Health Insurance Racial Justice  Challenges to Enrolling People in Health Coverage: Language Access Systemic Complexities Funding Staffing Constraints Trust Issues

Publish Date:   August 12, 2024 Type:  Testimony and Comments, Comment Letter Topics:  Health Equity, Medical Debt Ethnicity: Language:  English State: Comment letter submitted by APIAHF to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau supporting the  the CFPB’s proposed rule, which will help tens of millions of individuals who have been unfairly burdened by medical debt on their credit reports.

An interview on Overcoming Health Disparities for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Communities.

Publish Date:   May 29, 2024 Type:  Testimony and Comments, Comment Letter Topics:  Data Disaggregation, Health Care Access, Public Health, Medicare Ethnicity: Language:  English State: APIAHF comment letter to the CMS requesting for improvements on the collection and usage of comprehensive race, ethnicity, language, and other demographic data on Medicare Advantage (Part C) beneficiaries and providers. Currently, Medicare Advantage data is not in compliance with OMB standards for federal race and ethnicity data.

Publish Date:   July 2024 Type:  Testimony and Comments, Comment Letter Topics:  Data Disaggregation, Health Care Access, Public Health Ethnicity: Language:  English State: Comment letter submitted by APIAHF to the Office of Minority Health supporting the development of public health vaccine and prevention campaigns involving community health workers (CHWs).

Publish Date:   July 2024 Type:  Report Topics:   Report, CBO, Community Based Organization, Funding, Health Advocacy, Mental Health, Survey Ethnicity: Language:  English State: For the third year in a row, APIAHF surveyed its network of over 250 community organizations whose work touches AANHPI communities. This annual survey serves to amplify the AANHPI voices and perspectives and to support other entities who are committed to improving public health, racial justice, and health equity. These entities include elected officials and government agencies at the local, state, and federal levels and private funders, including philanthropic organizations, socially responsible corporations, or individuals concerned about race and health equity.   Ninety CBOs responded to a survey from September 1 to October 31, 2023. The survey questions focused on five categories: Health program delivery Programs addressing social determinants of health Other programs not directly related to health Advocacy priorities Organizational capacity to advocate for and/or deliver health-related programs

Publish Date: June 2022 Type: Fact Sheet, FAQ, Infographics Topics: Alzheimer's, Brain Awareness, Dementia Ethnicity: Language: English State: Dementia is a brain condition that affects the brain’s functions to control thought, memory, and language. Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, accounting for 60-80% of dementia cases.

Publish Date: August 2019 Type: Fact Sheet Topics: ACA, Community Outreach, Enrollment, Health Advocacy, Health Policy Ethnicity: Language: English State: For the first time since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the rates of people not enrolled in health insurance have stagnated or increased. Some communities have been particularly impacted: for example, from 2016 the uninsured rate for Native Hawaiians rose from 4.7% to 5.5%, Micronesians from 11.5% to 13.1%, Burmese from 12% to 13.2%, and Cambodians from 7.4% to 8.2%.

Publish Date: May 2020 Type: Memo Topics: ACA, Language Access, Medicaid, OMB, Section 1557 Ethnicity: Language: State: Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, Section 1557, known as the Health Care Rights Law, has offered critical protections in civil rights and health care for several protected groups. In promulgating the Final Rule in 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) went through an extensive Request for Information, issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and later the Final Rule in 2016. Since then, covered entities have come into compliance with the many protections required by Section 1557, including protections for limited English proficient persons (LEP). On May 24, 2019, HHS OCR and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed substantial revisions to the Health Care Rights Law that would roll-back civil rights protections for transgender persons, abortion access, and language access.