Regulatory comment supporting the NCQA’s Proposed Changes to Existing HEDIS Measures: Follow-Up After Emergency Department Visit for Mental Illness (FUM) and Follow-Up After Hospitalization for Mental Illness (FUH), and providing additional recommendations to strengthen the measures, including guidance on follow-up care.
Regulatory comment to the Administration for Children and Families applauding efforts to prioritize mental health throughout Head Start programs, and offering comments to strengthen the proposed rule, “Supporting the Head Start Workforce and Consistent Quality Programming (0970-AD01).”
Letter encouraging Congress to support robust FY2025 funding of at least $740 million for the BRAIN Initiative.
Letter to Appropriations Committee leadership requesting $5 million for the FDA’s Neurology Drug Program to advance discoveries in all areas of brain health.
Letter to CMS Administrator Brooks-LaSure urging CMS to uphold Medicare’s “six protected classes” (6PC) policy as they implement changes to the Part D program required under the Inflation Reduction Act.
Letter to HHS Secretary Becerra and Domestic Policy Council Director Tanden urging the prompt finalization of a number of pending rules that will greatly advance affordable, accessible, and adequate healthcare coverage.
Regulatory comment to the Department of Labor, offering strong support to its proposal to rescind the 2018 “Definition of Employer—Association Health Plans” final rule.
Letter asking Senate HELP Committee to include the Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACE) Act in its reauthorization of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act.
Regulatory comment to The Task Force on Maternal Mental Health concerning the prevention and treatment of maternal mental health conditions and substance use disorders.
Letter thanking Congressional bill sponsors for their effort to reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (H.R. 7153/S. 3679), which provides health care workers better access to education and training on preventing stress and burnout before the need becomes dire.
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