Regulatory comment on proposed rule CMS-1784-P, offering suggestions on increasing access to mental health treatments and medications through payment policy in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS).
Regulatory comment to IRS, DOL and HHS in support of the proposed rule on Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA), and offering comments to strengthen the rule.
Regulatory comment supporting the proposed regulations that would increase transparency and implement consumer safeguards for short-term, limited duration insurance (STLDI) plans.
Letter to House leadership urging the swift passage of the Reentry Act (S. 1165/H.R. 2400) and Due Process Continuity of Care Act (S. 971/ H.R. 3074), and expressing disappointment that these bills were excluded from the SUPPORT Act.
Letter urging Congressional Leadership to pass a permanent extension of CHIP through the Children’s Health Insurance Program Permanency (CHIPP) Act (H.R.4771).
Letter to Appropriations Committee leadership, requesting at least $680 million in FY24 for NIH's Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.
Letter to Congressional Committees in support of the bipartisan Improving Access to Mental Health Act (S. 838/H.R. 1638), which will expand access to care by expanding the scope of clinical social workers (CSWs) in Medicare.
Letter expressing reservations about the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Advisory Committee recommendation to not designate people with disabilities as a “health disparity population.”
Letter urging the Senate HELP Committee to include S. 3364, Kid Providing Resources for Optimal Outcomes Against Fatalities Act (Kid PROOF), as part of the reauthorization of SUPPORT.
Letter to Congressional Bill Sponsors in support of the SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act, which – for the first time in over 30 years – would raise the amount of assets Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients can save without jeopardizing their vital SSI benefits.
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