Brain Injury Blog | Traumatic Brain Injury TBI

Two highly respected leaders team up to improve clinical management and rehabilitation of individuals with brain injury.

Vienna, VA, November 20, 2008 - The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) and Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (LWW) today entered an agreement that designates the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation (JHTR) as BIAA’s official scholarly journal beginning January 1, 2009. Continue Reading »

On November 12, 2008, BIAA joined the Coalition to End the Two-Year Wait for Medicare - which represents over 75 health advocacy organizations - in launching its campaign to urge the next Congress to end the 24-month wait for Medicare coverage faced by people with disabilities. Continue Reading »

On November 18, 2008, BIAA Director of Consumer Services, Greg Ayotte, testified in Arlington, Virginia at a Social Security Administration (SSA) Compassionate Allowance outreach hearing on brain injuries. Continue Reading »

In response to the tragic death of Montclair High School’s Ryne Dougherty, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), the co-founder and co-chairman of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force yesterday introduced legislation in the House of Representatives to help schools better protect student athletes from brain injuries. Continue Reading »

In an exciting development, the U.S. Department of Education’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) recently signed an Interagency Agreement (IAA) with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the NIDRR-funded Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Data and Statistical Center (NDSC) located at Craig Hospital in Englewood, Colorado to provide consultation, training, and technical assistance to the VA and the VA Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers. The Agreement calls for Craig and NIDRR to assist the VA to create a new registry of military service personnel and veterans who are returning from Iraq or Afghanistan with traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Continue Reading »

United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has responded to the letter a group of Senators issued on August 4, 2008 calling on him to ensure official TRICARE coverage of cognitive rehabilitation. As you may recall, BIAA played a crucial role in helping initiate and promote this letter, which was led by Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN). Continue Reading »

Powers Pyles Sutter &Verville, PC has produced a memorandum which reviews the 2008 Presidential and Congressional elections and provides analysis of the future direction of White House policy and the ramifications for the near-term political makeup of the House and Senate and relevant congressional committees. Continue Reading »