News & Insights

NABH Letter to House Ways and Means on Opioid Policies

The National Association for Behavioral Healthcare (NABH)—on behalf of our more than 1,000 psychiatric hospitals, addiction treatment facilities, general hospital psychiatric and addiction treatment units, residential treatment centers, youth services organizations, outpatient networks, and other providers of care—thanks you for…

NABH Inside Scoop: President Trump’s FY 2019 Budget Proposes $17 billion to Address Opioid Crisis

The Trump administration included nearly $17 billion to combat the nation’s opioid crisis in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request the White House released today.

Ligature Risk Guidance from CMS

NABH Inside Scoop: White House Opioid Commission’s Final Report Recommends Removing IMD Exclusion

President Trump’s opioid commission reiterated its earlier recommendation to remove the Medicaid Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) exclusion in one of several policy changes the panel suggested in its final report on Thursday.

NABH Drafts Opioid Crisis White Paper

NABH sends comments to CMS on CY 2018 OPPS Rule

NABH release: “Jessica Zigmond Joins NABH as Director of Communications”

NABH release: “Scott Dziengelski Joins NABH as Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs”

CMS proposed rule on inpatient PPS for acute-care hospitals

CMS proposed rule on inpatient PPS for acute-care hospitals (including section on IPF Quality Reporting Program). See pages 20120-20127 on IPFQR. Also see CMS news release and fact sheet.

NABH release: “Julia E. Richardson Joins NABH as Director of Advocacy and Senior Counsel”

NABH release: “Sen. Christopher Murphy (D-CT) Receives ‘Mental Health Champion Award’ from National Association for Behavioral Healthcare”

NABH release: “Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) Receives ‘Mental Health Champion Award’ from National Association for Behavioral Healthcare”

NABH ad as seen in Politico and Roll Call titled “Helping Americans with mental and substance use conditions is important to overall health and to our economy.

NABH ad as seen in Politico and Roll Call titled “Helping Americans with mental and substance use conditions is important to overall health and to our economy. Congress agreed….Save lives, families, and communities with behavioral health.”

Partnership to Amend 42 CFR Part 2 comment letter to SAMHSA

Partnership to Amend 42 CFR Part 2 comment letter to SAMHSA on a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking on “Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records”