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Monday the U.S. Senate Finance Committee released language designed to improve enforcement of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (Parity). The committee has been working on an omnibus mental health and substance use disorder for many months and the Parity language was the last language to be released.

Today the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will publish the long-anticipated rule moving SUD patient confidentiality from 42 CFR Part 2 to requirements similar to HIPAA.

NAATP is in a good place, and we didn’t get here all on our own. Such is the case with recovery from addiction, as it is with the success of our association. We all get by with a lot of help from our friends. As we enter a season of thanksgiving, I write to thank our members, donors, and stakeholders for the support that has made us strong and effective.

NAATP is seeking a Director of Foundation Operations (DFO) to provide strategic direction and operational implementation for the NAATP Foundation for Recovery Science and Education (FoRSE). The position is full-time, remote-based, with a competitive salary commensurate with experience.

On October 18, 2022, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced its plans to allocate new funding to combat the mental health crisis.

Please forgive the abuse of the Halloween metaphor as I find myself spooked by the specter of an addiction treatment false binary in the op-ed in the innovations issue (see “Harm reduction innovation: Abstinence, move over,” ADAW Oct.

The Addition of Four New SUD Treatment Executives Builds on NAATP's Foundation of Leadership

NEW YORK, NY - Compliancy Group has created a series of informative resources for Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Throughout October, Compliancy Group will publish new content to help healthcare organizations improve their overall security posture.

NAATP Releases 13th Edition of the National Addiction Treatment Salary Survey

The Survey Serves as a Leadership Guide to Attracting and Maintaining Top Talent in a Challenging Workforce Environment

NAATP is pleased to release Leading the Way to Recovery, the association’s strategic plan for effective industry service and leadership through the year 2025. We do so with gratitude and a deep sense of responsibility to the field of addiction treatment.

Marvin Ventrell, CEO of NAATP, was asked to review the 2022 book, Marse: A Psychological Portrait of the Southern Slave Master and His Legacy of White Supremacy.

Organizations that treat Substance Use Disorder (OSUD) are in the midst of a workforce crisis unlike anything we’ve seen in the past few decades.

In 2020, NAATP announced its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity (DEI) Action Plan, which stated, “In response to the historic and current systemic racism and discrimination that profoundly impact the addiction treatment field, NAATP staff and Board members make the following commitments to action.” These commitments included Self-Examination, Elevating Voices of People of Color, Raising Aw

Recovery Month celebrates the gains made by those in recovery from substance use and mental health, just as we celebrate improvements made by those who are managing other health conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and heart disease.

Please join us in welcoming Heather Black Coyne, LMFT, CADC II, who has joined our team as Chief Clinical Officer. We are thrilled to have her mission-driven leadership on board as we continue transforming the lives of women, pregnant women, and women with their children from addiction into recovery.