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LEAD Coalition Urges House Committee to Convene Alzheimer’s & Dementia Hearing

Seventy-one LEAD Coalition member organizations and supporters wrote to the House Energy & Commerce Committee encouraging it convene a hearing this fall on Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, with a particular focus on implementation of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease. Read the letter.  

LEAD Coalition Strengthens Call for CMS to Approve PET Amyloid Imaging

Following on an April comment letter, fifty-five LEAD Coalition member organizations and supporters wrote again in early August encouraging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to issue a National Coverage Decision allowing PET amyloid imaging in the evaluation of progressive cognitive decline under the narrowly defined circumstances of the appropriate use criteria (AUC) […]

LEAD Coalition Urges Senators, Representatives to Cosponsor the HOPE for Alzheimer’s Act

Fifty-seven LEAD Coalition member organizations and supporters wrote to all Members of Congress encouraging them to cosponsor the the Health Outcomes, Planning, and Education (HOPE) for Alzheimer’s Act (S.709/H.R. 1507) which would help ensure that individuals receive an appropriate diagnosis, and that they and their family get critical information about the disease and available care options.  Read the House letter […]

LEAD Coalition Builds Momentum for Expanded Research, Care and Support Funding

On the eve of action on the Health-Education-Labor Appropriations bill, LEAD Coalition executive director reiterated to Senate appropriators the urgency to provide at least the $100 million in additional funding for Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders as set forth in the President’s FY 2014 budget proposal. Read the July 8 letter.

LEAD Coalition Calls on Congress to Increase Research, Care and Support Appropriations

Sixty LEAD Coalition member organizations and supporters wrote to the U.S. House and Senate appropriations leadership in support of the Administration’s fiscal year 2014 budget proposal to provide an additional $80 million for Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders research at the National Institutes of Health and an additional $20 million to the Administration on Community […]