Advocacy
2019 Advocacy
Priorities
Nearly 20% of Americans experience a mental illness or substance use disorder. This year 45,000 Americans will die by suicide, 63,000 will die from drug overdoses and 100,000 more will have their first episode of psychosis. This is why we advocate, and who we advocate for.
Please click here to see our 2019 Advocacy Priorities.
Removing Barriers to Care
Congress should eliminate outdated federal rules blocking access to cost-effective treatments.
Combating the Opioid 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 182
RTI Study Shows Pervasive Disparities in Access to In-Network Behavioral Healthcare A report this week from not-for-profit research institute RTI International adds to mounting research showing a lack of access to affordable mental health and substance use disorder treatment in the United States continues. NABH helped sponsor the study, Behavioral Health Parity—Pervasive Disparities in Access to In-Network ...Read moreCEO Update: 181
NABH Remembers Unit Committee Member Anthony Santucci, M.S. NABH remembers with grateful appreciation Anthony Santucci, M.S., 50, of BayCare Behavioral Health, who died unexpectedly on March 25. Anthony served as BayCare’s director of nursing for 13 years and was an active and energetic member of NABH’s Behavioral Health Services within General Healthcare Systems Committee – known as ...Read moreCEO Update 180
Please Join Us for Our Annual Meeting Workforce Panel on Tuesday, May 14! Building on last year’s success, the NABH Education and Research Foundation will host a panel discussion featuring NABH members and workforce consultants during the 2024 Annual Meeting on Monday, May 13 from 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. ET. This year’s panel will focus on ...Read moreCEO Update 179
CMS Proposes IPF PPS Reforms and FY 2025 Increase of 2.6% The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Thursday proposed a net update of 2.6 percentage points for fiscal year (FY) 2025 payment levels relative to FY 2024 levels for hospitals and units reimbursed under the inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system (IPF PPS). The ...Read more
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
