Social drivers are critical in shaping health outcomes, maybe having a greater impact than medical care alone. Medicaid has been a leading source of funding for addressing social drivers of health. With deep cuts to Medicaid proposed by the recently passed reconciliation bill, we can assume that essential and already underfunded health programs are at […]
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined nine organizations, led by No Health without Mental Health (NHMH) and Association of Medicine and Psychiatry (AMP), advocating Medicare hospital payment policies to promote bidirectional behavioral health and whole-person health care. The letter also advocates a quality measure infrastructure development and advocates the role of peer specialists. AAHD […]
AAHD has joined the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG), as a member, endorsing the COMPLETE Care Act – legislation incentivizing primary care to include integrated behavioral health care. The May 27 MHLG letter to Congress on S. 931 and HR 2509 is here: PDF. […]
What are the core areas that affect health and wellbeing for people with IDD? This study in the Disability & Health Journal draws on the knowledge of community members, caregivers, and clinicians. It identifies ways to support the health of this disability community. This plain language summary is part of a new series sharing highlights […]
During a time of tremendous change nationally, AAHD continues to advocate for the health of people with disabilities. We publish an annual list of Policy Priorities. In this ongoing blog series, we will dive deeper into our policy work for 2025. This post is being released as we’re seeing attempts to weaken and defund critical […]
On February 6 we posted AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation joining the Whole Health Coalition report on protecting Medicaid. Today, the Whole Health Coalition, with AAHD and Lakeshore, issued three supplemental one pagers – the Opioid Crisis, Work Requirements Impact, and Impact of Cuts on the States which are available here: PDF. The list of […]
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined 67 organizations, led by the LAC, reinforcing with suggestions CMS guidance on the application of MHPAEA (Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act) to Medicaid and CHIP. The December 2 letter to CMS is here: PDF. […]
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined a No Health without Mental Health (NHMH) submission to the HHS Physician Focused Payment Model TAC on the importance of behavioral health integration in primary care is response to the PTAC RFI on population-based care models. The November 14 NHMH submission with five allied partners is here: PDF. […]
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined a Mental Health Liaison Group led letter to Congress supporting the COMPLETE Care Act (HR 5819 and S. 1378). COMPLETE is Connecting Medical Providers Links. The November 12 letter is here: PDF. […]
Rebuilding Trust toward Gender-Affirming Care This piece is the second installment in our blog series discussing transgender health care from the disability lens. Transgender healthcare has changed since its early days with Hirschfield and his colleagues. So has our understanding of what it means to be transgender. About 1 in 250 American adults identifies as […]