Advocates Urge OIG to Make It Easier for SUD Providers to Offer Contingency Management

Substance use disorder (SUD) treatment stakeholders are asking the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make it easier for providers to use contingency management to help people overcome addiction.  Contingency management uses positive reinforcement to motivate certain behaviors. In the case of SUD treatment, that […]

Acadia CMO, Behavioral Stakeholders: Payment Reform Necessary to Improve SMI Treatment

People with severe mental illnesses (SMIs) often end up homeless, hospitalized or incarcerated. To change that, federal and commercial payers need to reimagine the way they reimburse for the treatment of SMIs, behavioral health stakeholders say.  “Our mental health care payment system is really not geared toward people with serious mental illness,” psychiatrist and documentarian […]