Policy
Ron Manderscheid, Executive Director, NACBHDD and NARMH
January 16, 2020
January 08, 2020
The action was months in the making, and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to sign one but not a second piece of legislation barring prior authorization for medications approved to treat opioid…
Ron Manderscheid, Executive Director, NACBHDD and NARMH
January 02, 2020
Ron Manderscheid, Executive Director, NACBHDD and NARMH
December 06, 2019
November 25, 2019
From the Affordable Care Act and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act to last year’s SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, significant legislative progress has been made over the…
November 21, 2019
Despite government efforts to promote parity in healthcare coverage, a study published Wednesday shows a growing disparity in-network use and provider reimbursement for employees and their families…
October 31, 2019
The federal parity law of 2008 was an outstanding achievement that brought many complex changes to behavioral healthcare. Fights will continue for many years over its implementation. As the most…
October 24, 2019
“We’re making progress,” Robert Valuck, PhD, RPh, FNAP, told attendees Thursday at the National Conference on Addiction Disorders West in Denver, “but we need to make more, and we need to make it…
October 22, 2019
U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, the Kentucky Congressman who has led various federal initiatives to combat the opioid epidemic, will be honored on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., by Mothers Against Prescription…
October 18, 2019
The US Food and Drug Administration announced it is receiving public comments on “considerations related to the development and evaluation of abuse-deterrent formulations (ADF) of central nervous…