Washington, Sept. 17 -- Congresswoman Linda T. Sanchez issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON - The Ways and Means Committee yesterday unanimously passed the bipartisan Concentrating on High-Value Alzheimer's Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act, a bill introduced by Representatives Linda T. Sanchez (D-Calif.), Darin LaHood (R-Ill.), Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) and Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) that would promote early detection and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
The CHANGE Act directs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to identify cognitive impairment detection tools to help clinicians more effectively detect, refer and diagnose Alzheimer's and related dementias in their earliest stages when intervention can...