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

Posted on March 21, 2023 (March 21, 2023) by AAHD

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 […]

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

Posted on February 22, 2023 (February 22, 2023) by Michelle Sayles

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 […]

Public Health Legislative Agenda – ASTHO and NACCHO

Posted on February 21, 2023 by AAHD

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 […]

Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D Medications – Behavioral Health Comments on Proposed Regulations (2)

Posted on February 16, 2023 by AAHD

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). […]

Integrating Behavioral Health-General Health-Primary Care – Enacted Into Law

Posted on January 3, 2023 by AAHD

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, […]

Quality Measures – Behavioral Health Gaps

Posted on December 8, 2022 by AAHD

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 […]

Health equity starts with more inclusive health research

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The Cost of Mental Illness – Act (HR 7483)

Posted on November 29, 2022 by AAHD

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. […]

Legislating Support of Behavioral Health Peer Support Workers /Peer Specialists

Posted on November 10, 2022 by AAHD

AAHD has joined the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) Peer Support Workgroup submitting comments to the Senate Committee on Finance latest legislative proposals. The October 28 bipartisan discussion draft was previously posted in an AAHD public policy update on integrating BH and primary care. The November 9 MHLG letter is here: PDF. […]

Legislating the Promotion and Support of the Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care

Posted on November 8, 2022 (November 8, 2022) by AAHD

AAHD has joined lead No Health without Mental Health; and Clinical Social Workers Association, the Lakeshore Foundation, and International Society for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses – submitting comments to the Senate Committee on Finance latest legislative discussion draft on the integration of behavioral health and general health/primary care. Available here are the November 4 letter […]