🧵@AmerMedicalAssn⁩ wrote to ⁦@RepBarragan⁩ ⁦@RepLBR⁩ ⁦@RepLarryBucshon⁩ ⁦@RepYoungKim⁩ in support of HR 4217, “Taskforce Recommending Improvements for Unaddressed Mental Perinatal & Postpartum Health (TRIUMPH) for New Moms Act of 2021”

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2/ If passed, the bill would create a task force on maternal #mentalhealth which would identify, evaluate, make recommendations to coordinate & improve federal responses to maternal mental health conditions, create a national strategic plan for addressing mental health disorders.
3/ Part of an ongoing effort to address crisis of #maternalmortality in the US.

Each year ~700 women die during or within a year of their pregnancy d/t pregnancy-related/associated complications despite studies that show >1/2 of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable.
4/ Pregnant and postpartum individuals may experience a broad range of #mentalhealth disorders and symptoms, including pregnancy and postpartum depression, general anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, psychosis and birth-related post-traumatic stress disorder.
5/ #Mentalhealth conditions have been identified as an underlying cause for almost 9% of pregnancy-related deaths according to @CDCgov.

Moreover, Black women, Latina women & low income women are more likely to experience symptoms of depression in pregnancy & postpartum period.
6/ In addition to this human cost, untreated perinatal #mentalhealth conditions that occur during pregnancy and the first five years of a child’s life have been estimated to carry a societal burden of $14 billion per year in the U.S. and this is considered to be an underestimate.
7/ For more information on @AmerMedicalAssn advocacy to improve #maternalhealth, please see: tinyurl.com/b7hwx5xn Image

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🔥Patients’ access to care is at risk.

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@AmerMedicalAssn statement:

“While the AMA will thoroughly analyze the 2,400+ page rule, it is a reminder of the financial peril facing physician practices at the end of the year.”
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👉 • HHS is also announcing today a final 60-day grace period to help providers come into compliance with their PRF Reporting requirements if they fail to meet the deadline on September 30, 2021, for the first PRF Reporting Time Period.
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