A conversation on the future of trauma-informed care The American Association on Health and Disability is proud to announce our next conversation in the Disability & Health Webinar Series! Join us on Wednesday, September 25th from 2:00–3:30pm ET/ 11:00am-12:00pm PT, for a special conversation for National Recovery Month. This conversation will explore recovery related to mental […]
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have submitted comments to Senators Whitehouse (RI) and Cassidy (LA) on their proposed legislation (S. 4338) and RFI to revise the Medicare Payment of Primary Care., including the integration of behavioral health. Available here are: the No Health without Mental Health led seven national organization partners July 15 submission; the […]
AAHD, the Lakeshore Foundation and six national organizations have joined No Health without Mental Health submitting comments in response to the Senate Committee on Finance Medicare Payment for Chronic Care white paper and RFI. The NHMH submission with AAHD/Lakeshore/CSWA/ISPN/MHA/PCMMH focus on the integration of behavioral health. Available here are: June 14 coalition submission; May 17 […]
AAHD has joined other members of the Mental Health Liaison Group supporting legislation to increase FMAP for Medicaid behavioral health services (HR 4892; S. 3921). Available here is the May 1 coalition letter: PDF. […]
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined a Mental Health America and American Psychological Association led coalition letter to HHS and CMS on behavioral health missing from the CMS CMMO ACO Primary Care Flex Demo. The April 24 letter is here: PDF. […]
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation initiated and joined the leadership of No Health without Mental Health and Mental Health America drafted comments on behalf of 13 behavioral health organizations expressing great concern that the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) draft virtual primary care standards omit behavioral health. Available here are the April 4 thirteen […]
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined organizations of the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG), led by Mental Health America (MHA), and submitted AAHD-Lakeshore reinforcing comments to NCQA on proposed changes to the HEDIS measures on follow-up services after hospitalization and after emergency department use for mental illness. RE: National Committee for Quality Assurance; Healthcare […]
On January 24th, the Disability Community Engagement Partner Project (DCEPP) at AAHD held our second conversation in the 2023-2024 Disability and Health Webinar series with “Disability Health, Intersectionality + All of Us.” Moderated by Theo Braddy, this conversation brought together a panel of disability community members and advocates to discuss the health needs of […]
AAHD and Lakeshore Foundation have joined an Eating Disorders Coalition led, through the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG), opposition to HR 824 which would establish stand-alone telehealth plans exempt from insurance regulation, including Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). The January 22 MHLG groups letter is here: PDF. […]
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined a Legal Action Center led, through the Coalition for Whole Health, comments to CMS on the application of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) to Medicaid and CHIP. Earlier (Nov 28) we posted the Kennedy Forum, through the MHLG, comments that we joined. The LAC […]