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Pharmaceutical industry Portions of the insurance industry have expressed resistance to the proposed parity rulemaking with arguments that are misleading or incomplete.
Key Points:
- Portions of the insurance industry have expressed resistance to the proposed parity rulemaking with arguments that are misleading or incomplete.
- For instance, representatives often cite the lack of available workforce as a central problem.
- Without these reimbursement disparities, the mental health and substance use workforce would likely be much larger, because people would be more fairly compensated.
- A large part of the movement will be to catalyze action around the organization’s National Strategy on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders .
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Nursing BOSTON, Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With the Alignment for Progress Conference at a close, The Kennedy Forum has officially launched the Alignment for Progress Movement.
Key Points:
- BOSTON, Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With the Alignment for Progress Conference at a close, The Kennedy Forum has officially launched the Alignment for Progress Movement.
- Closing the conference, we are proud to announce 72 commitments to the movement were made from organizations across industry and across the aisle.
- Together with the diverse leaders convened this week and diverse commitment makers, we will leverage the National Strategy for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders and our groundbreaking tools developed in partnership with McKinsey Health Institute, KPMG LLC, and Third Horizon to make these 90/90/90 goals a reality.
- We look forward bringing more partners into the Alignment for Progress Movement.
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Nursing Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury for today's release of proposed rulemaking for the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (Federal Parity Act).
Key Points:
- Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury for today's release of proposed rulemaking for the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (Federal Parity Act).
- Throughout this rulemaking process, The Kennedy Forum will continue to lead on parity and will work with our advocacy partners to submit comments strongly supporting the proposed rules.
- The Kennedy Forum is committed to helping finalize the proposed rules and ensuring that mental health is treated as essential health.
- For updates from The Kennedy Forum throughout the rulemaking process, follow us on Twitter , LinkedIn , and Facebook .
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Nursing Congressman and Founder of The Kennedy Forum Patrick J. Kennedy delivered video remarks to the World Health Organization (WHO) this week at their Fourth Forum on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours ( FADAB ).
Key Points:
- Congressman and Founder of The Kennedy Forum Patrick J. Kennedy delivered video remarks to the World Health Organization (WHO) this week at their Fourth Forum on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours ( FADAB ).
- The address comes during a swing of European engagements for former Congressman Kennedy with stops in the United Kingdom and Greece.
- Before his remarks to the World Health Organization, Congressman Kennedy spoke to students, alumni, and faculty at the Oxford Union in the United Kingdom.
- To date, The Kennedy Forum has largely worked within the United States to transform mental health and substance use systems.
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Nursing Congressman and Founder of The Kennedy Forum Patrick J. Kennedy delivered video remarks to the World Health Organization (WHO) this week at their Fourth Forum on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours ( FADAB ).
Key Points:
- Congressman and Founder of The Kennedy Forum Patrick J. Kennedy delivered video remarks to the World Health Organization (WHO) this week at their Fourth Forum on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours ( FADAB ).
- The address comes during a swing of European engagements for former Congressman Kennedy with stops in the United Kingdom and Greece.
- Before his remarks to the World Health Organization, Congressman Kennedy spoke to students, alumni, and faculty at the Oxford Union in the United Kingdom.
- To date, The Kennedy Forum has largely worked within the United States to transform mental health and substance use systems.
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Mental health,
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Washington State Department of Labor and Industries,
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Labour When combined with the amicus brief filed by 15 states and Washington D.C. requesting a rehearing, they are a resounding statement on the need for the Ninth Circuit to rehear the Wit case en banc.
Key Points:
- When combined with the amicus brief filed by 15 states and Washington D.C. requesting a rehearing, they are a resounding statement on the need for the Ninth Circuit to rehear the Wit case en banc.
- We applaud the U.S. Department of Labor and the 15 states and Washington DC for working to ensure mental health and addiction services are essential, accessible, and affordable for our communities.
- We commend the Department of Labor and the 15 states and Washington D.C. for their support for a rehearing in Wit.
- In the middle of our nation's mental health and addiction crisis, we cannot allow insurers to deny individuals the mental health and addiction coverage they need.
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Health insurance WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Over one million more children and families will now have the mental health coverage they deserve.
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- WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Over one million more children and families will now have the mental health coverage they deserve.
- Today, Congress took a significant step towards realizing the promise of mental health as essential health by passing legislation that will empower over a million more people to access mental health and substance use care by preventing state and local government plans from discriminating against public employees who seek that care.
- The Kennedy Forum championed this important bipartisan action as part of its mission to transform the way mental health and substance use disorders are treated in this country.
- "As a former public servant who benefited from mental health and addiction treatment, I believe no public servant should be subject to discrimination that denies that treatment.
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Medicine WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kennedy Forum announced today the launch of its Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment to Action, "Ensuring Coverage of Youth Mental Health Treatment." CGI convenes global and emerging leaders to create and implement solutions to the world's most pressing challenges.
Key Points:
- WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kennedy Forum announced today the launch of its Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment to Action, "Ensuring Coverage of Youth Mental Health Treatment."
- In pushing to advance parity (i.e., equal coverage of mental health and addiction treatment services), The Kennedy Forum will work with Mental Health America, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), and Inseparable to increase enforcement, educate policymakers on needed changes, and build grassroots support for prioritizing youth mental health.
- The action plan includes:
Creating model requirements for commercial insurance coverage of mental health and addiction care, including coverage of school-based mental health services
"As a society we've made great strides in reducing stigma," said Amy L. Kennedy, former educator, and leader of The Kennedy Forum's youth mental health efforts.
- Mental health care is health care, and the mental well-being of our youth is a pressing matter for the public health of our nation."
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Kennedy Forum released the Jim Ramstad Model State Parity Legislation, which will hold health insurers accountable for discriminating against those with mental health and substance use disorders by wrongly denying coverage of care.
Key Points:
- WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Kennedy Forum released the Jim Ramstad Model State Parity Legislation, which will hold health insurers accountable for discriminating against those with mental health and substance use disorders by wrongly denying coverage of care.
- Jim Ramstad served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991-2009, representing Minnesota's 3rd congressional district.
- The Kennedy Forum stands ready to assist advocates and policymakers across the nation in utilizing the Jim Ramstad Model State Parity Legislation in their states.
- We look forward to working with our members and state partners to support the introduction of this legislation.
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Advocates for Opioid Recovery,
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Young People in Recovery Under current circumstances, the advantages of digital therapeutics to people with substance use disorder treatment needs, and their clinicians, are significant.
Key Points:
- Under current circumstances, the advantages of digital therapeutics to people with substance use disorder treatment needs, and their clinicians, are significant.
- Because of social distancing, COVID-19 has already put millions who live in recovery from substance use disorders, including opioid use disorder, at extreme risk.
- The inability to regularly access traditional forms of care will only compound the problemthus an urgent need for more remote treatment options.
- The Recovery Access Coalition aims to eliminate barriers to access for FDA authorized digital therapeutics for substance use disorder.
