AAHD has endorsed legislation by Senators Tina Smith (MN) and Jerry Moran (KS) supporting the integration of behavioral health into primary care. Senators Smith and Moran are the bi-partisan Senate Committee on HELP leads on this issue. AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation worked closely with No Health without Mental Health (NHMH) and APA-psychology and the [...]Read More...
AAHD has joined the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) requesting funding for assistive technology act programs. The May 23 letters to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees are here: House; Senate. [...]Read More...
AAHD has joined a Disability and Aging Collaborative (DAC) led effort supporting Senators Brown and Portman, both Ohio, proposed legislation to raise the SSI assets/resources limit. The May 24 support letter is here: PDF. [...]Read More...
Representative McMorris-Rodgers (WA) and several other Reps have introduced legislation (HR 7634) to prohibit the use of QALYs in federal health programs. Availalbe here are the legislative text and sponsors’ press release. [...]Read More...
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), COVID-19 Indicators, and Marginalized Communities May 2 Cambridge University Press Core research review article; abstract only Learn more here. Social Determinants of Health (SDOH): Medicaid Coverage and Payment May 17 HRSA shared NACHC resource Learn more here. Addressing Social Determinants of Health (SDOH): The ROI Calculator for Partnerships May 19 [...]Read More...
AAHD has joined 69 national organizations and 137 state and local organizations asking the U.S. Senate to include Medicaid home-and-community-based services (HCBS) strengthening in the next U.S. Senate legislative package. The House has previously passed a $150 billion HCBS strengthening. The May 18 Disability and Aging Collaborative (DAC) led letter is here: PDF. [...]Read More...
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Disabilities: NIDILRR Research May 5 ACL shared, May 11 NIDILRR NARIC shared, ACL April research summary Learn more here. Preparing Our Public Health Data Systems for the Future April 22 NACCHO shared April 22 Data Elemental To Health Campaign Congressional briefing video Learn more here. Public [...]Read More...
AAHD has joined a Kennedy Forum led letter supporting House Energy and Commerce Committee health chair markup legislative text which would prohibit state and local government health plans opt outs from MHPAEA requirements. The May 10 coalition letter supporting Section 321, HR 7666 is here: PDF. [...]Read More...
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined the American Psychological Association (APA-psychology) and No Health without Mental Health(NHMH) proposing alternative amendments to the Subcommittee on Health, House Energy and Commerce Committee, May 11 health chair markup legislative text. Available here are: May 11 APA-NHMH-AAHD-LS letter for the markup record; the health chair’s Section 301 leg [...]Read More...
The All of Us Research Program first released the COVID-19 Participant Experience (COPE) survey in May 2020 to trace the health experiences of participants throughout the pandemic. This past fall, the program made that information available to researchers studying the impacts of COVID-19 on mental and physical health. This new infographic shows the range of [...]Read More...
Available here is the Partnership To Improve Patient Care (PIPC) May 5 letter to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommending that QALY (Quality Adjusted Life Years) never be used in Medicare medicine coverage and payment: PDF. [...]Read More...
Ohio Senators Brown and Portman have introduced legislation (S. 4102) increasing the existing and long practiced SSI resources/assets limit from $2,000 to $10,000. Available here is the Justice in Aging alert on S. 4102: PDF. [...]Read More...