January 10, 2012 Alison Knopf
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While many uncertainties remain about the place of substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health (MH) benefits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there are two realities the behavioral health field now can rely on.
December 12, 2011 Gary Enos, Editor
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A November report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the effects of the 2008 mental health and addiction parity law appears to have gone relatively unnoticed in the field, perhaps because its findings uncovered few dramatic changes in employer-based insurance coverage.
November 16, 2011 Gary A. Enos, Editor
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New group sees Pennsylvania-style regulation as an option
September 11, 2011 Dennis Grantham, Contributing Editor
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Six months into her role as president and CEO of the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP), Karen Carpenter-Palumbo faces not
May 14, 2011 Richard Willetts, CPCU, ARM
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“Change” is certainly the big buzzword right now in the behavioral healthcare industry. Given all of the dramatic changes affecting the field,
February 17, 2011 Gary A. Enos, Editor
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While a new analysis of substance abuse parity requirements bolsters earlier findings that parity mandates don’t cause insurance costs to soar, the
December 20, 2010 Tom Fuchs
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Change rolls toward addiction treatment centers in waves. Insurance, managed care, 28-day inpatient treatment, methadone treatment, outpatient
April 30, 2010 Gary A. Enos, Editor
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After that initial burst of enthusiasm following the enactment of health reform legislation in March, has the addiction profession's reaction to the
February 12, 2010
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The snopocalypse/snowmaggedon/snoverkill that froze (so to speak) the federal government for the past week came sandwiched between two hugely
January 29, 2010 Dennis Grantham, Senior Editor
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In a Friday morning teleconference, the Obama Administration announced the release of interim final regulations for implementing the Wellstone
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