The Moving Medicaid Addiction Treatment Market

A lot has changed in addiction treatment policy and coverage over the past year—both at the federal and state levels. What are the major factors executive teams should be paying attention to?

First at the federal level. A year ago Congress approved an omnibus spending bill that built on the 21st Century Cures Act and appropriated $3.3 billion to address the opioid and mental health crisis in fiscal year 2018 (see How Far Does $3.3 Billion Go? and Congress Passes 21st Century Cures Act, With Major Provisions For Mental Health Reform & Addiction Treatment Funding). This funding . . .