On Neoliberal Exceptionalism in Spain: A State Plan to Prevent Radicalization

This article offers a critical review of the Spanish Plan Estratégico Nacional de Lucha Contra la Radicalización Violenta (National Strategic Plan to Fight Violent Radicalization or “PEN-LCRV”), focusing on its most controversial discursive elements. While it is not possible to perform a complete empirical examination of its impact after five years, we can highlight some if its achievements, effects and shortcomings. Through a review of the key concepts and logic underlying the PEN-LCRV, this article considers how the notion of security can enable the design and implementation of public policies, as well as the current trends regarding the relationship between social protection and punitive control.

ASSESSMENT OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF SPECIALISTS TRAINED FOR THE NATIONAL ECONOMY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The article describes and analyses the results of the monitoring carried out following the results of the training of specialists trained for organizations of the national economy of the Russian Federation in accordance with the state plan for the training of management personnel. The data of the last monitoring of the 2019/2020 academic years were compared with the results of previous years using general scientific and specific sociological methods. Based on the results of the analysis, the author proposes changes and innovations in the methodology for assessing the professional competence of the graduates of the Program. The assessment methodology has a clear structure, stages, uses mathematical tools to calculate the level of competence in order to exclude subjectivity in the analysis.

Medicaid reimbursement for pharmacist services: A strategy for the pharmacy profession

Purpose Reimbursement for pharmacist services is complex due to a different set of rules for each payer. State legislatures, regulators, and professional licensing bodies have expanded the scope of practice for pharmacists in many states, representing a significant opportunity for third-party payers, including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to enable and expand patient access to, and receipt of, care from pharmacists. This paper will introduce the term “other licensed practitioner” and describe how a state Medicaid program may include covered services provided by a pharmacist practitioner using the Medicaid state plan amendment process. Summary In recent years, states have made great strides in training and educating high-quality pharmacist practitioners, expanding the scope of practice in all states, incorporating a credentialing and privileging process, and expanding the use of collaborative practice agreements with physicians and nurse practitioners. Pharmacists are well-positioned, essential members of the healthcare team, providing a spectrum of clinical and prevention services that increase access to care and improve health outcomes. Conclusion A broad coalition of stakeholders including states, the federal government, pharmacy organizations, and other parts of the health ecosystem, working together, can better address the health needs of a state and its Medicaid beneficiaries. Pharmacist practitioners across different settings of care can augment public health efforts, as well as primary and specialty care practices. State efforts should include enrollment and reimbursement of pharmacist practitioners as Medicaid providers for pertinent Medicaid-covered services.

State Medicaid Financing and Access to Large Assisted Living Settings for Medicare–Medicaid Dual-Eligibles

Assisted living has become more widely used by dual-eligible Medicare beneficiaries as states try to rebalance their long-term services and supports away from institutional (nursing home) care. In an analysis of 2014 Medicare data for 506,193 adults who live in large (25+ beds) assisted living communities, we found wide variability among states in the share of assisted living residents who were dual-eligible, ranging from 6% in New Hampshire to over 40% in New York. This variation is strongly correlated with the Medicaid support for assisted living care: In states with a Medicaid state plan option covering services in assisted living or both a state plan and waiver, the percent of assisted living residents with dual-eligibility was more than 10 percentage points higher than in states with neither a state plan nor waiver. Findings provide a basis for understanding the role of Medicaid financing in access to assisted living for duals.

Buryatia in the Days of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45: Documentary Evidence

The review is dedicated to the collection “Buryatia in the days of the Great Patriotic War: 1941–45,” compiled from documents stored in the fonds of the State Archive of the Republic of Buryatia (GARB). The publication includes over 400 documents revealing various aspects of the republic inhabitants’ activities in the wartime. Documents are grouped into two sections. The first section mostly contains previously unpublished record keeping materials: decisions of local bodies of Soviet power at various levels, extracts from meetings of party committees, resolutions of rallies, reports on fulfillment and overfulfillment of state plan for supplying industrial and agricultural products, as well as appeals of workers and collective farmers to the Central Committee of the CPSU (B) and to J. V. Stalin personally. Some documents reveal the scale of uncompensated assistance provided by the residents of Buryatia, who gave money, livestock, and personal belongings to the state Defense Fund. Of interest is published correspondence with the command of partisan detachments, formed in part from residents of the republic, reports on trips to the front with labour gifts, and other documents. The second section contains sources of personal provenance: diaries and correspondence of military personnel called to the front from the republic and letters from the inhabitants of Buryatia to the army. Among the documents in this section there are excerpts from the diary of the Hero of the Soviet Union V. B. Borsoev, which is being published for the first time in this volume. The author describes the first period of World War II, the difficulties in supplying the warring army, the inability of the Red Army to fight and that of the commanders to control the troops. Front-line letters from soldiers and officers to their relatives and friends tell of the exploits and everyday life of the warring army, of the desire to defeat the enemy as quickly as possible and to return to peaceful life in the republic. The letters of the Kozulin brothers – Ivan, Alexei and Alexander, tankers who died in 1941–42, will undoubtedly attract the readers’ attention. The documents of the collection create a holistic picture of life and production activities of the population of Buryatia in the days of the war, reflect the complex and dramatic process of the regional economy restructuring for the needs of the country's defense, convey the labour heroism of industrial and agricultural workers and creative intelligentsia of the republic. The materials of the book recreate a true picture of those events, greatly enrich our knowledge on the life of the population of Buryatia in 1941–45, and, undoubtedly, serve as a valuable source for historians and for those interested in the topic.

Prerequisites for the development and implementation 1957 Soviet administrative-economic reform

 The object of this research is the 1957 Soviet administrative-economic reform, while the subject is the prerequisites for the development and implementation of this reform. The goal consists in determination and analysis of the prerequisites for the development and implementation of 1957 Soviet administrative-economic reform. The article examines the activity of the Soviet government and party in the 1950s; identifies the economic and political prerequisites that influenced the course of events. The reform was aimed at weakening the central authority, downsizing of ministries, simplification of the centralized planned system of economic management, and establishment of the new industrial management branches – councils of the national economy of administrative economic districts. The research is based on the principle of historicism, employs the historical-genetic, functional, and formal-legal methods. The chronological framework stretch from 1953 to 1957. The administrative-economic reform is conditioned by the economic and political prerequisites. The authors note the industrial slowdown, as well as the crisis of the state plan system. The political crisis that unfolded in the USSR in 1950s had most considerable impact upon the reform. The reform was of uninstitutionalized nature, and served as the mechanism for strengthening the party authorities. 

The Intersection of Medicaid and Assisted Living for Residents with Dementia

Medicaid has increasingly offered coverage to persons residing in assisted living (AL). However, the scope of coverage across states is unknown. We sourced 2019 state administrative regulations specific to Medicaid and AL and determined forty-five (45) states link Medicaid with AL. Twenty-seven (27) do so as part of their state plan, 32 use a §1915(c) waiver, and 11 use a §1115 waiver. Forty-four states limit Medicaid coverage to a specific population, 16 limit coverage to those with a diagnosed disability, and 1 state limits coverage to a specific geographic region. In addition, 33 states provide payment for room and board with 28 states upholding a payment cap. In regards to services, 13 states reimburse a limited range of services while 32 offer a more expansive range of services. As Medicaid programs have extended coverage to residents of AL, researchers must now consider the impact on AL access and residents’ outcomes. Part of a symposium sponsored by Assisted Living Interest Group.

Understanding congressional coalitions: A discourse network analysis of congressional hearings for the Every Student Succeeds Act

The purpose of this study is to investigate policy coalitions of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) at U.S. congressional hearings. This study is grounded in the advocacy coalition framework, which argues that advocacy coalitions are forged by policy actors who have similar policy preferences. To identify the coalitions, according to the policy claims articulated by policy actors, discourse network analysis was performed to examine 30 testimonies in the congressional hearings on ESSA since its passage in 2015. The policy actors fall into eight categories: (1) federal administrative and executive offices, (2) state administrative and executive offices, (3) teachers unions, (4) interest groups, (5) superintendents, (6) teacher, (7) education professor, and (8) Congress members. The results of discourse network analysis suggest four coalitions based on the actors’ policy claims on (1) equity, (2) assessment and accountability, (3) states have changed/passed legislation to align the state accountability systems with ESSA goals, and (4) the U.S. Department of Education’s state plan approval was inconsistent with the ESSA statutory provisions. The findings provide timely insights into the ongoing process of ESSA implementation at the federal, state, and local levels.