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BHOs to Monitor Providers in First Step Toward New York Medicaid Carveout Recovery Home Joins Care Continuum Through Merger With Easter Seals Buprenorphine Works, but Only if Patients Stay on it: Study SAMHSA Places 10 Regional Administrators Across the Country NAATP CEO Carpenter‐Palumbo Resigns to Pursue Consulting Briefly Noted In the States Pharma News Names in the News Coming up     

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New York to Ban Tobacco in Treatment Facilities NAATP, NAADAC Announce Public Policy Collaboration Recovering Alcoholics Who Smoke Have Cognitive Problems: Study Senate Appropriations Committee Says No to Penalty More Committee Language on NOMs For‐Profit Faith‐Based Homes for Offenders in Recovery Briefly Noted State Watch Alkermes Starts Research on New Treatment Medication as Vivitrol Growth Continues Business Grants and Funding Resources Names in the News Coming up     

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Faces and Voices Wants to Accredit Peer Recovery Support Organizations Center Seeks Deeper Understanding of Why Clinicians Stay on Board Odyssey House Grant Uses Peers, Follows CCAR Model NAATP Survey Can Help HR Managers Benchmark Salaries Advance the Field, But Don't Forget the Consumer ATTC to Conduct First National Survey of Treatment Workforce Are 78,000 Counselors Represented in BLS Data Going to Keep Their Jobs? Obituary Coming up     

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Treatment Leaders Move to Recovery Focus, But Warn of Potential Misuses of Concept New York Comptroller Finds $20 Million in Overpayments; OASAS Disagrees NAATP Terminates Ron Hunsicker's Employment Strategy Moves Drug Use Into Public Health Arena Illinois Legislature Still Out; Governor Cuts Treatment 8 Percent Parity Lawsuit: Both Sides Rest Their Case and Await Court Ruling Briefly Noted State Watch Coming up     

NAATP releases 3‐year pilot outcomes report

Last week, the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) released the results of its three‐year Outcomes Pilot Program, in which eight pilot sites tested out a method for a standardized outcomes tracking tool. The project was a success, said NAATP Executive Director Marvin Ventrell on March 12. The project resulted in the Outcomes Measurement Toolkit: The Addiction Treatment Provider Guide to Standardized Outcomes Measurement, which NAATP members can start using now.     

NAATP guidebook not only for residential care

The National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) has released its draft guidebook for minimum standards for members (see ADAW, April 22, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adaw.32334 ). NAATP is not only for residential treatment providers, however. “Our position at NAATP is that we are a membership association for providers along the entire continuum and that, while residential holds an important place in our work and is our historical foundation, our membership is in no way limited to residential,” NAATP Executive Director Marvin Ventrell told ADAW last week. “Even apart from our membership, we intend our resources, including ethics and the guidebook, to reach and guide the entire continuum. It is true that some of the guidelines have application more or less relative to type of care, but as a whole it should be viewed as a provider guide, not just a residential provider guide.” We regret any confusion. The field — and prominent organizations within it — is changing.     

Membership doubles,and NAATP plans more on ethics and outcomes for 2019

The National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) has culled its membership, removing members who don't comply with its ethics guidelines — mainly for marketing purposes. But rather than reducing its total numbers, this move has doubled membership, from 450 in the fall of 2015 to more than 900, NAATP Executive Director Marvin Ventrell told ADAW last week.     

AAC statement on NAATP lawsuit

As the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) was beginning its annual leadership meeting May 6, American Addiction Centers sued the organization in federal court (see “AAC sues NAATP for defamation,” ADAW, May 13, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adaw.32362 ). We wanted to provide further information on the lawsuit (which we linked to in our story last week). Below is a statement provided exclusively to ADAW by AAC May 15.     

Hill Day: The three big ‘asks’ from NAATP

At the “Hill Day” event that marked the end of the annual leadership conference of the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP), 120 association members went to the Senate and House of Representatives to make their case. “I felt it would be successful if we had 50 members who stayed the extra day and did the Hill visits,” Mark Dunn, NAATP policy representative, told ADAW of the May 8 visits. So he was thrilled that so many went.     

Palm Partners sues NAATP for defamation

Palm Partners LLC, a treatment program based in Delray Beach, Florida, has sued the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) for defamation, trade libel and tortious interference. In the lawsuit filed Nov. 30, 2018, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Palm Partners asks for $75,000 plus costs in damages. NAATP firmly denies the claims.     

NAATP members work to support staff during changes of pandemic

Members of the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) — treatment programs both inpatient and outpatient — are still open for business. In fact, business is booming, NAATP told ADAW last week. This is good for patients, and good for providers, but at the same time, it's stressful for staff. Employers are working to combat this stress by helping to obtain personal protective equipment (PPE) — masks and gloves — for staff. In addition, they are trying to ramp up with telehealth, provide supports for staff and keep paying attention to the needs of patients. Demand for treatment is increasing, as drinking is going up as well.     

NAATP annual meeting: Measure what you're doing

Last week's annual leadership meeting of the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) focused on the quality assurance guidebook coming out from the organization (see “NAATP releases draft guidebook for residential treatment providers,” ADAW, April 22, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adaw.32334 ). It culminated with a visit to Capitol Hill (see story, p. 3).     

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California OIG Blasts In‐Prison Treatment as a Waste of Money Leadership Change at Phoenix House Signals New Growth, National Influence New Head of ADP is Renee Zito AATOD Seeks Reconvening of Federal Opioid Treatment Panel NAATP Salary Survey Released: Resource for HR Directors Reader Responds to ADAW Article About Budget Coming up     

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Tennessee Governor Signs Bill Making it a Crime to Use Drugs While Pregnant OTPs Urged to Design Spaces to Satisfy Patients and Community NAATP Sponsors New Outcomes Tool Incorporating 4 Tiers Vermont Study Will Use Devices That Release One Bupe Pill a Day NIDA Awards Translational Addiction Sciences Grant Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

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New NAATP Salary Survey Details All Jobs by Categories Integrating Medications for Alcohol Use Requires Intensive Training of All Staff Co‐Occurring Competency Urged for Counselors in Connecticut Treatment Staff to Work with Other Programs in New NY Initiative Another Way to Add Physicians to Your Referral Network Briefly Noted Coming up     

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Walsh to Leave NAATP as Treatment Field Faces Growth and Challenges Centers Seek to Overcome Barriers to Serving Uniformed Personnel Housing and Treatment Providers Take Step toward Collaboration Hanley Said to be Moving from Caron to Origins Botticelli Confirmation Hearing Held State News Resources Coming up     

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Two Reports Criticize Drug Courts; NADCP Pushes Back SAMHSA Encourages Providers to Help Military Families Luxury Program Prepares Patients for Post‐Treatment Urine Testing Karen Carpenter‐Palumbo Appointed to Head NAATP Report Highlights Waste in SA Treatment in New York Prisons Briefly Noted In the States Coming up     

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Cuts to Addiction Treatment in Utah Averted – for Now Leading Researcher Tells R.I. Audience to Emphasize Clients in System Change How to Lobby for Treatment Funds Washington Cuts Treatment Funding Immediately NAATP and the Economy: ‘Uncharted Territory’ Briefly Noted State News Resources Names in the News Business Coming up     

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With Budget Deal Done, California Treatment Programs Avoid the Worst Cuts Maryland Project Brings Foundation Support for In‐Prison, Re‐Entry Treatment Letter to California Providers from ADP States Consider Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Michael Phelps: A Reflection of Ourselves? NAATP on the Stimulus Package Briefly Noted State News Resources Coming up     

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NAATP: Goodbye to Last Year, Hello to Health Reform, New CEO TASC Stays Focused on Reform Despite Illinois Budget Challenges Childhood ADHD Found to Predict SUDs 10 Years Later FDA Says Okay to Give Vivitrol or Suboxone Without Counseling California Set to Eliminate ADP; Counties Would Administer Funds Briefly Noted Resources Coming up