WASHINGTON, DC: Claypool to lead HHS Office on Disability

HHS has named Henry Claypool director of the HHS Office on Disability. Claypool has 25 years of experience developing and implementing disability policy at the federal, state, and local levels, and he has personal experience with the nation's healthcare system from the perspective of an individual with a disability. Claypool now serves as the policy director at Independence Care System, a managed long-term care provider in New York City. Claypool has advised the federal government on disability policy for several years.