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Ensuring access to mental health and addiction treatment and recovery services could not be more urgent or important than at this time. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that symptoms of anxiety disorder were approximately three times higher and prevalence of depression about four times higher among adults during the second quarter of 2020 compared with the same period in 2019.
Meanwhile, overdoses have spiked during the Covid-19 pandemic with more than 40 states reporting increased opioid-related deaths, and an overall increase in overdoses of 18% between May of 2019 and 2020. At the same time, suicide rates have continued to rise, up 35% between 1999 and 2018, with early indications of additional increases in suicides more recently.
Our Covid-19 webpage is designed to help NABH members access important and applicable resources as they navigate the Covid-19 pandemic.
Removing Barriers to Care
Congress should eliminate outdated federal rules blocking access to cost-effective treatments.
Combating the SUD Crisis
Congress should increase access to substance use disorder treatment.
Expanding the Behavioral Health Workforce
Congress should expand the mental health and substance use disorder workforce.
CEO Update
CEO Update 152
Biden Highlights Parity in National Recovery Month Proclamation Today kicks off National Recovery Month, a nationwide observance every September since 1989 to promote and support new evidence-based treatment and recovery practices, the nation’s recovery community, and the dedication of service providers and communities who make recovery in all its forms possible. In his proclamation on the annual ...Read moreCEO Update 151
Please Update Your Member Information for the 2023 NABH Membership Directory! NABH is developing its online-only 2023 Membership Directory, an essential member benefit that helps the association in its advocacy efforts. Earlier this week NABH sent members a link to the association’s membership-update tool. To help ensure we have the most accurate information on our members, please ...Read moreCEO Update 150
Federal Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Behavioral Health IT Legislation Reps. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) and Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) and Sens. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) recently introduced the Behavioral Health Information Technology (BHIT) Coordination Act to improve coordination of mental and physical healthcare by supporting behavioral healthcare providers’ efforts to adopt health IT systems. NABH ...Read moreCEO Update 149
CMS Releases FY 2024 IPF PPS Final Rule The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Thursday released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) final rule. NABH’s Position While the final rule includes many NABH priorities, we remain concerned that it does not go far enough to account for the ...Read more
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Andrew Dodson Joins NABH as Director of Congressional Affairs
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The National Association for Behavioral Healthcare (NABH) is pleased to welcome Andrew (Andy) Dodson as the association’s director of congressional affairs, effective Aug. 16. Andy brings to NABH more than 20 years of legislative and regulatory advocacy experience in senior…
The National Association for Behavioral Healthcare, are the people on the front lines of this fight…
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden
Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce
