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Regulatory Comment to HHS on Medicare and Mental Health Workforce
Regulatory comment to HHS Secretary Becerra and CMS Administrator Brooks-LaSure in support of the Medicare Contract Year 2025 Policy and Technical Changes proposed rule, and offering comments to strengthen the rule. -
Letter To Congressional Committee Leadership On Medicaid, Medicare, Mental Health Workforce And Criminal Justice
Letter to Senate Committee on Finance supporting the Better Mental Health Care, Lower Drug Cost, and Extenders Act, which will strengthen the behavioral health workforce, expand access to integrated care, improve telehealth options, increase the accuracy of provider directories, provide important data, and take first steps toward expanding coverage for people in jails and prisons. -
Letter To Congressional Committee Leadership On Mental Health Workforce And Medicare
Letter to Senate Finance Committee leadership expressing appreciation and support for the Better Mental Health Care, Lower Drug Cost and Extenders Act. -
Letter To Congressional Committee Leadership On Medicare And Mental Health Workforce
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 to Congressional Bill Sponsors on Mental Health Workforce
Letter to Senators Kaine and Young and Representatives Wild and McKinley, in thanks for championing H.R. 1667, the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, and ensuring its passage. -
Regulatory Comment to HHS Secretary on Medicaid & Criminal Justice
Regulatory comments to HHS Secretary Becerra, commenting on the Massachusetts Medicaid proposal that would extend postpartum Medicaid coverage; expanding Medicaid coverage and services for justice-involved individuals; and continue and expand support for the behavioral health workforce. -
Statement on Mental Health Workforce & Social Supports
Public statement calling on Members of Congress to prioritize patients and caregivers, and ensure that a paid leave program is included in the Build Back Better Act. -
Letter to CMS Administrator on Medicare & Mental Health Workforce
Letter to CMS Administrator Brooks-LaSure, requesting that the final Physician Fee Schedule rule allow peer support specialists to be recognized and reimbursed as part of integrated care models. -
Criminal Justice Involvement of People with Serious Mental Illness
"It is easier to dismiss the need for change when we focus only on the individual and the criminal act, and not broader socioeconomic issues." -
Letter to Congressional Bill Sponsors on Medicare & Mental Health Workforce
Letter to Representatives Thompson and Katko, expressing support for the reintroduction of H.R. 432, the “Mental Health Access Improvement Act,” which would allow licensed mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists to bill Medicare for medically necessary behavioral health services.