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Encouraging Telehealth in ERISA Health Plans During COVID-19 Crisis (HR 6644)
AAHD has joined the Mental Health Liaison Group asking Congress to require ERISA employer sponsored health insurance plans to cover telehealth services. HR 6644 would so require. The May 11 MHLG letter is here: PDF. […]
Encouraging Telehealth in TRICARE During COVID-19 Crisis
AAHD has joined the Mental Health Liaison Group asking Congress to remove current restrictions for telehealth services in the TRICARE program. The May 4 MHLG letter is here: PDF. […]
Requiring ERISA Employer Health Insurance Plans To Cover Telehealth During COVID-19 Crisis
AAHS has joined the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) asking Congress in the next COVID-19 legislative package to require ERISA employer health insurance plans to include telehealth services. The April 30 MHLG letter is here: PDF. […]
Federal Subsidy of COBRA Employer Health Insurance Coverage During the COVID-19 Crisis
AAHD has joined the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) requesting Congress to create a financial subsidy fund so persons eligible for COBRA employer health insurance coverage continue such coverage during the COVID-19 crisis. The April 23 MHLG letter is here: PDF. […]
Fund Behavioral Health Virtual Peer Support Programs
AAHD has joined the Mental Health Liaison Group asking Congress to fund virtual peer support programs. The April 7 letter is here: PDF. […]
Emergency Department Use as a Possible Quality Measure for Integrated Physical Health-Behavioral Health Care
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have supported the thrust and theme of comments by No Health Without Mental Health submitted to the National Quality Forum on behavioral health draft quality measures. The April 12 & 13 AAHD-Lakeshore-and NHMH comments are here: Lakeshore; NHMH. […]
CDC Public Health Data and IT – Federal Funding
AAHD has joined 72 organizations requesting Congress to adequately fund the CDC public health data and IT systems modernization program. The April 3 letter is here: PDF. […]
Lifting Restrictions on Tele-Behavioral Health During the COVID-19 Crisis
AAHD has joined the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) in requesting the US Congress, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and each state and territorial governor and insurance commissioner to temporarily lift restrictions on tele-behavioral health. The March 25 MHLG letters are here: NAIC; House and Senate […]
Tracking Social Determinants Impact on Health Outcomes (S. 1323)
AAHD has joined the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) endorsing the UNDERSTAND Act (S. 1323), legislation to track social determinants impact health outcomes. The September 23 MHLG letter is here: PDF. […]