AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined No Health without Mental Health (NHMH) and 5 collaborating organizations submitting comments to and on the SAMHSA draft strategic plan, priority four – integration of behavioral and physical health. Available here are the NHMH and collaborators April 27 letter and the SAMHSA draft plan. […]
We posted on March 21, AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation submission to a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) RFI on health workforce issues. Our comments focused on non-traditional workers – community-based, non-medical credentialled, and a lived-experience framework serving persons with disabilities, aged individuals requiring long-term services and supports (LTSS), persons with […]
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have responded to a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) RFI on health workforce issues. Our comments focused on non-traditional workers – community-based, non-medical credentialled, and a lived-experience framework serving persons with disabilities, aged individuals requiring long-term services and supports (LTSS), persons with mental illness and substance […]
Precision medicine effort leverages diverse participant base and innovative technology to drive new research The National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program has made its initial genomic data available, bringing nearly 100,000 whole genome sequences onto its data analysis platform, the Researcher Workbench. The American Association on Health and Disability, along with our […]
While most of AAHD’s public policy work is focused on issues by the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD), Disability and Aging Collaborative (DAC), and Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG), and related coalitions, AAHD as a public health organization also works with and closely follows sister public health organizations. Available here are the 2023 legislative […]
AAHD and Lakeshore Foundation comments to CMS on Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D Medications proposed regulations were posted February 14, Available here are the comments of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness and MHA (Mental Health America). […]
The Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act has authorized and greatly strengthened the federal government’s support for the integration of behavioral health, general health, and primary care. AAHD has worked with a No Health without Mental Health (NHMH) led partnership that includes our colleague Lakeshore Foundation. Available here are the following: (1) NHMH summary of the legislation, […]
Available here is the December 7 No Health without Mental Health (NHMH) and colleagues submission to the National Quality Forum (NQF) on behavioral health quality measures. The NQF list of 52 proposed health measures and NQF comment questions are here. The NQF December 1 announcement with AAHD high interest measures list is also here. As […]
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AAHD has joined 20 Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) member organizations, led by the Schizophrenia and Psychosis Action Alliance, supporting HR 7483. The November 17 letter is here: PDF. […]