NATIONAL PATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION

Health Issues

Support for federal policies improving access to social and financial needs navigation in health care. Worked to prepare legislative path ways to improve access to social and financial needs navigation services. Worked to develop a coalition of stakeholders to achieve consensus on legislative and policy proposal to advance social and financial needs navigations services. Participated in webinars and planning for Patient Insight Congress -- with the goal of promoting needs navigation services. Engaged Congressional staff in a "Patient Insight Congress" Advocated on behalf of advancement of financial and social needs navigation services to Congressional offices. Continued engagement and advocacy with professional staff at CMS/CMMI on issues of health equity and financial and social needs navigation Monitored Congressional and Administration activity to address health disparities, and access to mental and behavioral health Bills -- S. 3726 CARE for Long Covid (Kaine) continued to engage on how the legislation could address social and financial needs navigation -- advocated for inclusion of policies to advance social needs navigation

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) · Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)