AAPM&R Collaborations and Partnerships
AAPM&R is working to ensure PM&R is part of the national conversation about healthcare amidst COVID-19 and advocating for the federal support, legislation, regulation relief and resources that physiatrists need now.
The Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) received supplemental funding to improve clinician education and engagement in the care of patients with Long COVID from the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Long COVID Research and Practice in partnership with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Academy is working with CMSS on this grant.
Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, FAAPMR, has been appointed to the HHS Secretary Advisory Committee on Long COVID. This committee will inform action of the Executive Branch on Long COVID and associated conditions, with a focus on health equity, by providing recommendations to the Secretary through the Assistant Secretary for Health.
Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, FAAPMR, is participating on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee that is examining and recommending a new definition for Long COVID.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), announced the approval of 28 research grants designed to explore essential questions about the delivery of healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out the Academy's advocacy for this funding.