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The LEAD December newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.

Sixty-seven LEAD Coalition member organizations and supporters joined a formal comment submitted to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in response to its “Draft Recommendation Statement: Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults.”  The comment urged USPSTF to issue a final Recommendation Statement grade of A or B, meaning the cognitive screening of older […]

The LEAD November newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.

The LEAD October newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.

Forty-three LEAD Coalition member organizations and supporters wrote to congressional sponsors of the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act of 2013 (S. 313/H.R.647) encouraging enactment this year. Read the letter.

The LEAD September newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.

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.  

The LEAD August newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.

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) […]

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 […]