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This report, produced in collaboration with Legal Action Center, discusses federal and state regulation and enforcement of the Parity Act with regard to network adequacy.
Health insurance providers must cover a full continuum of services and a robust network of providers to ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment. This report examines network adequacy standards.
This book reveals how our addiction treatment industry is broken, highlights what is working, and shares insights about how it could be more effective.
A teen who reaches age 21 without smoking, using illegal drugs or alcohol is nearly certain never to do so. America needs to act on this information.
The groundbreaking method that helps loved ones conquer addiction and compulsion problems through positive reinforcement and kindness.
Addiction is a preventable, treatable disease, not a moral failing. As with other illnesses, the approaches most likely to work are based on science — not on faith, tradition, contrition, or wishful thinking.
This annual survey helps parents better understand the experiences, attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors of their children in relation to substance use.
There are numerous barriers to addiction treatment, but cost and lack of insurance coverage are the most common reasons people forgo the care they need.
Young children are being accidentally exposed at unacceptably high rates to toxic, addictive substances, but there are steps we can take.
The Parity Act has not put an end to restrictive coverage and limited reimbursement for substance use treatment in either private insurance or Medicaid.
Nicotine use in the U.S. is changing, with more people using non-cigarette nicotine products ⁠— products whose health risks are relatively unknown.
Nearly all of the 2017 EHB benchmark plans were non-compliant with ACA requirements or provided inadequate coverage of addiction benefits.
Despite a decline in recent years in the use of cigarettes, the use of non-cigarette nicotine products has been rising, posing a threat to public health.
The alcohol industry’s financial interests in underage drinking and pathological drinking are impediments to curbing these risky and costly behaviors.
This guide includes literature, resources and a toolkit that will help practitioners implement SBIRT.
This survey aims to identify the situations, characteristics and social factors that are associated with teen substance use and addiction.
The disconnect between addiction medicine and mainstream medical practice has undermined effective addiction treatment, but there are steps we can take.
CASAColumbia’s teen surveys have consistently found that the family is fundamental to keeping children away from tobacco, alcohol and illegal substances.
It is essential to educate the population on adolescent substance use, which is the largest public health problem in America today.
This survey aims to identify the situations, individual characteristics and social factors that are associated with teen substance use and addiction.
The increase in America’s prison population is due overwhelmingly to criminal activity linked to alcohol, other substance use and addiction.
Substance use and addiction costs federal, state and local governments and taxpayers in the U.S. billions of dollars each year.
Substance use by college students is a major issue in the United States, with consequences that extend into the surrounding communities.