On March 30, the Senate Committee on Finance conducted a hearing on behavioral health care. Prior to the hearing, the Committee issued a report – Mental Health Care in the U.S.: The Case for Federal Action. Available here is the AAHD-Lakeshore Foundation statement focused on persons with co-occurring conditions and the need for integrated delivery; […]
Five partner national organizations, including AAHD, have joined No Health without Mental Health (NHMH) in sharing thinking and approaches to integrating behavioral health and general health federal legislation. The March 24 statement is here: PDF […]
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation submitted a statement to the Senate Committee on HELP (Health, Education, Labor, Pensions) on persons dealing with co-occurring conditions. The HELP committee is considering SAMHSA and related program reauthorization. The statement shares data points on persons with co-occurring disabilities; shares analysis and white papers; and lists some possible federal policy […]
AAHD has joined a Kennedy Forum led effort, facilitated through the Mental Health Liaison Group, letter to Congress supporting the U.S. Department of Labor civil monetary penalties for health plans violating the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). The February 15 letter is here: PDF. […]
In response to the CMS proposed Affordable Care Act notice of benefits and payments parameters, available here are:(1) Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Task Force on Health (includes AAHD); and (2) Kennedy Forum and Legal Action Center led (includes MHA & NAMI) comments. […]
In response to the Senate Committee on Finance RFI on barriers to treatment, on November 18 we posted statements by AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation; AAHD & Lakeshore joined 8 national organizations led by No Health without Mental Health (NHMH); and AAHD. a Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) member joined 54 MHLG members. Available here […]
In response to the Senate Committee on Finance RFI on barriers to treatment, AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have submitted comments. AAHD & Lakeshore joined 8 national organizations led by No Health without Mental Health (NHMH). AAHD, a Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) member, joined 54 MHLG members submitting comments. The AAHD & Lakeshore letter […]
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have commented on the Mathematica for CMS proposed Medicaid health homes core quality measures. We also endorsed comments submitted by Dr. Harold Pincus of Columbia University and No Health without Mental Health. available here are the draft Mathematica reportand the November AAHD-Lakeshore comments. […]
AAHD has joined 6 national mental health organizations supporting a No Health without Mental Health (NHMH) submission to the Senate Committee on Finance in reply to the Committee’s RFI for ideas for strengthening the nation’s behavioral health system. Available here are: (1) the November 1 NHMH led letter; (2) May coalition legislative recommendations as a […]
AAHD has joined No Health without Mental Health (NHMH), Lakeshore Foundation, and 3 psychiatric professional societies reinforcing and offering ideas to expand National Academy of Medicine and Bipartisan Policy Center primary care reports with behavioral health integration. AAHD was actively engaged in the letter drafting focusing on persons with chronic conditions and persons dually eligible […]