This week, the House Committee on Energy & Commerce met to markup six health-related bills, including the Restoring Hope for Mental...

SAMHSA has announced nearly $1.5 billion in fudning to help address the nation’s opioid addiction and overdose epidemic by way of the SOR...

Dr. Nora Volkow, NIDA You can’t put a dollar value on the losses American families have suffered due to the addiction and overdose...

HRSA has announced the launch of the Maternal Mental Health Hotline, a new, confidential, toll-free hotline for expecting and new moms...

Kaiser Health News At a psychiatric hospital in Michigan, Dr. Cara Poland’s patients were handed a sheet of paper to find follow-up care....

In an effort to increase access to services that treat opioid use disorder (OUD), LDH has announced an expansion of services for...

The CDC recently released the Efforts to Prevent Overdoses and Substance Use-Related Harms – 2022-2024 framework, which is guided by six...

Recent data from the CDC shows that excessive alcohol use was responsible for more than 140,000 deaths in the United States each year...

The CDC's Division of Overdose Prevention has developed a new interactive data visualization tool, the Drug Overdose Surveillance and...

The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 requires most health plans or health insurers that offer coverage for mental...

Each May we raise awareness about the importance of mental health and its impact on the well-being of all Americans, including children,...

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH)’s Office of Behavioral Health (OBH) is expanding services to Louisiana Medicaid members...

In an effort to increase access to services that treat opioid use disorder (OUD), the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has announced...

A lawsuit recently filed alleges the U.S. Army is violating veterans’ rights, its own regulations and the Constitution by refusing to...

This Second Chance Month, the Biden-Harris Administration is releasing a comprehensive strategy that expands Incarceration to Employment...

Recently, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released the 2022 National Drug Control Strategy and Fact Sheet. Per ONDCP,...

Attorney General Jeff Landry has filed suit against UnitedHealth Group, claiming that the healthcare and insurance giant inflated drug...

If you file claims with Louisiana Medicaid, you must enroll in the new Medicaid Provider Enrollment Portal or you run the risk of not...

This week, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released the 2022 National Drug Control Strategy and Fact Sheet. Per ONDCP,...

SAMHSA is awarding nearly $105 million in grant funding to 54 states and territories in advance of the transition from the National...