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Drug Policy Expert Explains Potential Impact of Health Care Reform on Treatment

Written By: Stephanie Muller on April 28, 2010 11 Comments

Since the passage of federal health care reform earlier this year – the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148) and the companion Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (PL 111-143) – many in the addiction treatment field have been wondering what kind of impact this will have on the delivery of substance abuse [...]

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Is it Really Sex Addiction?

Written By: Stephanie Muller on April 20, 2010 One Comment

It seems that lately you can’t turn on a television or pick up a newspaper without encountering some news item on the latest public figure entering treatment for sex addiction. It begs the question – is it really sex addiction, or just one (or several) random indiscretions?

The following information is excerpted from an article in [...]

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New Rules Define Implementation of Mental Health and Addiction Parity

Written By: Stephanie Muller on February 9, 2010 10 Comments

It’s been a very long road, but the addiction and mental health fields have cleared another hurdle with the recent release of federal rules that define how mental health and addiction parity must be implemented.

Interim final rules jointly issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the U.S. Department of [...]

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