AHRQ – Strategies for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care

AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined six national associations, led by No Health without Mental Health (NHMH), submitting comments to the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) on their draft report for public comment on strategies for integrating behavioral health and primary care. Available here are the September announced AHRQ report and […]

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Disability & Health Webinar Series Launch – Nov 2

  No Research About Us Without Us: The Promise of Disability Health Research The American Association on Health and Disability is proud to announce the launch of our 2023-2024 Disability & Health Webinar Series! Join us for a conversation with disability community members and advocates as they share a vision of inclusive health research. Learn […]

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Integrating Behavioral Health-Primary Care

AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined the Clinical Social Work Association and International Society for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing in a No Health without Mental Health (NHMH) led response to a Commonwealth Fund blog. At issue: advocating one evidence-based model for integration (CW Fund) or recognizing the three existing evidence-based models (NHMH led letter). […]

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Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rules – Integration of Behavioral Health, General Health, and Primary Care

AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined the No Health without Mental Health (NHMH) led collaboration with Clinical Social Work Association, International Society of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses, and Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health submitting comments to CMS on proposed Physician Fee Schedule rules and the integration of behavioral health. The August 29 letter […]

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Addressing Social Needs in Health Care Facilities – for CMS as a Quality Measure Set

AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation; and, Mental Health America-AAHD-Lakeshore led sixteen national organizations have submitted comments to the Yale Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) as a CMS contractor on addressing social needs in health care facilities, as a quality measure set. The MHA-AAHD-Lakeshore letter focuses on a missing element authored by the Physicians […]

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CMS Proposed Medicaid Rules: Access (4) and Managed Care (2) – Primary Care and Behavioral Health

AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined a No Heath without Mental Health (NHMH) led collaboration with CSWA/ISPMHN/PCMMH/AAHD/Lakeshore, submitting comments to CMS on Medicaid primary care, integrated behavioral health and primary care, and quality measurement. The comments address aspects of both the Medicaid access and managed care proposed rules. The June 29 NHMH led letter […]

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Senate Committee on HELP – Health Workforce RFI – Medicaid HCBS and LTSS Submissions

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 […]

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Senate Committee on HELP – Health Workforce RFI – AAHD and Lakeshore Foundation Submission

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 […]

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All of Us Research Program Releases First Genomic Data, Creating Unprecedented Platform for Health Discoveries

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 […]

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