AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined 86 organizations of the Partnership To Improve Patient Care (PIPC) submitting RFI comments to the Senate Committee on Finance minority on strengthening patient protections, including QALY (Quality Adjusted Life Years) protections and individualized treatment decisions when regulating Medicare drug prices. Read the August 17 PIPC letter. […]
Policy Updates
The American Association on Health and Disability plays an important role in disability policy and advocacy at the national level. AAHD strives to ensure that the needs of people with disabilities receive attention and respect on the national legislative agenda. AAHD is involved in numerous disability coalitions and networks that address the needs of people with disabilities. Please visit the Policy site to learn more about our activities in this area. AAHD staff maintain an active role in Washington, DC to ensure that health promotion and wellness for people with disabilities is on the disability and healthcare agenda. AAHD staff have positions on the APHA, Disability Section, Executive Council; the CDC, NCBDDD, Executive Committee; Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities-CCD and serve on the National Health Council; Coalition for Health Funding; Disability Rehabilitation and Research Coaltion; Coalition for Whole Health, Patient Care Primary Care Collaborative; and other coalitions advocating for policy that works towards reducing health disparities between people with disabilities and the general population and reducing the incidence of secondary conditions in children and adults with disabilities.
Medicare Lightweight Wheelchair Technology (HR 1730)
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined the Independence Through Enhancement of Medicare and Medicaid (ITEM) Coalition letter to the U.S. Senate supporting House passed legislation (HR 1703) for clinically appropriate Medicare support of lightweight wheelchair technology. Read the August 17 ITEM letter. […]
NIDILRR Grant Funding Delays – Disability Research Concerns
AAHD, as a steering committee member, has joined the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Coalition (DRRC) letter to ACL (Administration for Community Living) expressing concerns with the grant funding delays with Congressionally appropriated NIDILRR research funding. Read the August 10 DRRC letter to ACL here. […]
Proposed ICD-10 Diagnosis Code for Spasticity
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined the Coalition To Preserve Rehabilitation (CPR) proposing to the CDC NCHS a new ICD-10 Diagnosis Code of Spasticity. Read the August 10 CPR letter to NCHS. […]
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – Senate Legislation – Expanded HCBS as a Mandatory Medicaid Benefit
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined 27 national endorsing organizations supporting Senate legislation to authorize an expanded HCBS program as a mandatory Medicaid benefit. The legislation is sponsored by Senators Lujan (NM) and Kaine(VA) and 15 Senate co-sponsors. Senators Lujan and Kaine introductory statement summarizes the legislation and lists the 17 Senators and the […]
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements: CMS Interim Final Rules – Physician Groups Submissions and Opposition
Available here are the July 29 American Medical Association (AMA) and July 31 America’s Physician Groups (APG) submissions to CMS on the interim final rules implementing Medicaid work and community engagement requirements. Also available is the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) July 31 submission. All three organizations oppose the regulation, particularly as the AMA says – […]
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements: CMS Interim Final Rules – National Health Council Submission
AAHD is a National Health Council (NHC) member. The core of the NHC are the “patient organizations” that created the council. Available here is the July 31 NHC submission to CMS on the interim final rules implementing Medicaid work and community engagement requirements. […]
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements: CMS Interim Final Rules – Mental Health Coalition Submission
AAHD joined 45 members of the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) submission to CMS on interim final rules implementing Medicaid work and community engagement requirements. Read the July 31 MHLG letter here. […]
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements: CMS Interim Final Rules – State Medicaid Directors Submission
Available here are the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) July 31 submission to CMS on the interim final Medicaid work and community engagement rules. […]
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements: CMS Interim Final Rules – Substance Use and Mental Health Coalition Submission
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined 70 organizations with the Coalition for Whole Health submission, led by the Legal Action Center, to CMS on interim final rules implementing Medicaid work and community engagement requirements. Read the July 31 CWH letter here. […]