Policy

Funding in Focus During National Council’s Hill Day
June 25, 2020
While the COVID-19 pandemic forced the National Council to move its annual Hill Day online for the first time in the event’s 18-year history, Charles Ingogila, Council president and CEO was steadfast…
Coalition Asks CMS to Extend Telehealth Flexibilities Beyond Pandemic
May 28, 2020
Citing the efficacy of telehealth to maintain mental and behavioral healthcare treatment services during the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of industry associations has sent a letter to Seema Verma,…
Deinstitutionalization and Decarceration Emerge as New COVID-19 Issues
Ron Manderscheid, Executive Director, NACBHDD and NARMH
May 26, 2020
Shatterproof: Time is Now for Revisiting Proposed Addiction Treatment Bills
May 08, 2020
With concerns that a looming economic crisis linked to the COVID-19 pandemic could send rates of substance use disorder in the U.S. soaring in the coming months, national not-for-profit addiction…
HEAL Initiative Slowed by COVID-19, but NIH Still Making Advances
April 16, 2020
While much of the research being conducted as part of the National Institutes of Health’s Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative has been put in a “hibernation state” for now thanks to…
HHS Official: ‘Fourth Wave’ Looms in Drug Crisis
April 15, 2020
Despite overall drug overdose-related deaths decreasing in 2018, other statistics indicate a rising “fourth wave” in the nation’s substance use disorder crisis means there is more work to be done,…
U.S. Representatives: Don’t Dial Back Opioid Response Now
April 15, 2020
In Wednesday’s morning plenary session in the Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit, three U.S. representatives expressed cautious optimism about the nation’s drug overdose death rate dropping by 4.6% in…
Recommendations from County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors
Ron Manderscheid, Executive Director, NACBHDD and NARMH
April 08, 2020
Preparing for Increasing Need for Services, Providers Get Boost from Stimulus
April 01, 2020
The $2 trillion coronavirus (COVID-19) relief bill signed on Friday by President Donald Trump includes several provisions that will directly support the nation’s behavioral healthcare infrastructure.
Recent Federal Legislation Reflects Depth of National Response to COVID-19
Ron Manderscheid, Executive Director, NACBHDD and NARMH
March 26, 2020
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