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.

Congress is poised to pass what’s called an omnibus budget bill for 2023. It contains funding for all federal agencies. The bill can also include policy directives for federal agencies and legislative directives. This year’s effort is over 4000 pages and contains many NAATP priorities.

Recently Attorney General Merrick Garland announced changes to end disparities in the federal crack cocaine sentencing guidelines. These laws, passed during the “war on drugs” years, sent thousands of people to prison for using crack cocaine while sentencing laws for powder cocaine use were not changed.

The NAATP Foundation for Recovery Science Convenes Treatment Program Collective

On November 30, 2022, leaders from over 60 nationally recognized addiction treatment facilities participated in a historic gathering of programs serving as data sites for the NAATP Foundation for Recovery Science and Education

The Keele Medical Center opens January 2023

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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.