We are pleased to announce our faculty line-up for NAATP National 2023, The 44th Annual Addiction Leadership Conference of the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers. Our distinguished faculty will provide in-depth substantive content on the issues that matter to treatment operators, as reported by treatment operators: The NAATP Members. This is your conference.

Center City, Minn.  – When Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation President and CEO Joseph Lee, MD, decided the venerable behavioral healthcare organization needed a leader to help him drive cultural and strategic change, he found what the organization needed in his own chief development officer, Moira McGinley.

We are in the midst of a mental health epidemic.

NAATP is seeking a Business Development Manager and a Communication Manager. Both positions are full-time, remote-based, with a competitive salary commensurate with experience.

HOUSTON, TX. – Ruth Ann Rigby, CRS, currently serves as the Chief Strategy Officer at J. Flowers Health Institute in Houston, TX.

She has been a leader in the behavioral health and addiction recovery field for over 25 years, with 26 years in recovery. Ruth Ann represents the very principles she strives for daily—confidence, integrity, humility, and grace.

CEO Brad Sorte to step down and continue as Senior Advisor

Kris Bashore, Chief Operating Officer, and Dave Rotenberg, Chief Clinical Officer, will share the duties of the Office of President and CEO in the interim

The White House contacted NAATP early this morning to preview the President’s State of the Union speech this evening relative to substance use disorder. NAATP appreciates this relationship with the administration that allows us to best serve our members. “We are pleased that we were contacted in advance and given the opportunity to comment,” said NAATP CEO Marvin Ventrell.

The National Association has released its conference schedule for NAATP National 2023 which will take place May 21-23, 2023 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Washington D.C.

WAYZATA, Minn. – The Retreat has launched the Curtis Carlson Nelson Research Institute, a new initiative that will focus on research, thought leadership and advocacy in the areas of substance abuse and recovery.

Center City, Minn. –Alta DeRoo, MD, chief medical officer of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation—the nation's leading nonprofit system of addiction treatment, mental health care, recovery resources and related prevention and education services—has been named a 2023 at-large member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Board of Directors.

Parity in behavioral health received a blow on January 26th when a three-judge panel released a ruling rejecting the plaintiffs’ appeal in Wit v.

Turnbridge®, one of the nation’s leading mental and behavioral health treatment providers for adolescents and emerging adults, celebrates 20 years of exceptional care. Founded by CEO David Vieau in 2003, Turnbridge was envisioned to dramatically improve behavioral healthcare.

Today, Marvin Ventrell, NAATP CEO represented the NAATP membership at an invitation-only event at the White House to celebrate passage of items of importance to the substance use disorder field contained in the Omnibus spending bill passed in Decemb

For addiction treatment, longer is better. But insurance companies usually cut it short

By Nick Hayes Jan. 13, 2023

Initiating and cultivating a participant registry with maximized participation of the persons served requires intentional methodology and consistent attention.

Acuity - Density – Equity – Workforce – Parity

 

Brian Verrilli works at Wilson’s Bakery & Cafe on North Main Street in Kent, Conn, on Friday, November 19, 2021.