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Important News and Updates
On April 29, a New Jersey federal criminal case against Purdue Pharma ended when U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo sentenced the company to pay $5.5 billion in fines and penalties.
Helping those living with addiction in New York
A number of addiction support groups sent a letter to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul calling for the inclusion of a provision in the state budget to cap the cost-sharing for outpatient substance use disorder treatment to just $250 per episode of care.
Stop Calling It Behavioral Health!
When somebody is treated for smoking cessation, the care will probably be provided within the behavioral health system. If that person is later diagnosed with lung cancer, that will be treated over in physical health. If she becomes depressed, that’ll be managed back over in behavioral health. But if the depression causes digestive problems, that aspect of the patient’s health and health care will be treated…you get the picture. Many “behavioral” issues are driven by biological or hereditary conditions, and yet physical and behavioral health are frequently organized, paid for and managed in two entirely different systems.