Advocacy
2020 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 2020 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Congress should eliminate outdated federal rules blocking access to cost-effective treatments.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 118
Congress Passes National Suicide Hotline Designation Act The House of Representatives this week passed a Senate-approved bill designating ‘988’ as the three-digit phone number for a national suicide prevention lifeline. In a voice vote Monday, the House passed the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, which amends the Communications Act to designate 988 as the universal dialing code ... Read moreCEO Update 117
NABH Sends CMS Comments on Covid-19 Reporting Requirements NABH this week urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to exempt psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric units in inpatient hospitals from the Covid-19 reporting requirements the agency added to the Conditions of Participation (CoP) and announced in an interim final rule. In a letter to CMS Administrator ... Read moreCEO Update 116
September is National Recovery Month & National Suicide Prevention Month This past week began National Recovery Month and National Suicide Prevention Month, which are intended to educate Americans about services, treatment, and resources available to those with mental health and substance use disorders and to promote suicide prevention. Elinore McCance-Katz, M.D., Ph.D, assistant secretary for mental health ... Read moreCEO Update 115
2020 NABH Annual Survey Opens Today! Data collection for the 2020 NABH Annual Survey starts today, Friday, Aug. 28. Your participation in this survey will help NABH continue to provide an accurate, up-to-the-minute picture of the U.S. behavioral healthcare industry. This year NABH has added a few new questions related to substance use to help us ... Read more
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CMS Makes Covid-19 Data Collection a Requirement in Conditions of Participation
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HHS Extends Phase 2 General Distribution Deadline to Sept. 13
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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
