2010 Newsletters
SAAS Flash - 1/6/11
Workforce Development Pilot Project Application Available
Nationwide project to pilot a recruiting and retention online resource to assist providers in preparing for healthcare reform.
Application Deadline: January 19
SAAS and Advocates for Human Potential (AHP) are pleased to announce the availability of the application for the Behavioral Health Recruiting and Retention Pilot Project. This is a nationwide project that will pilot a recruiting and retention online resource that will assist providers in preparing for healthcare reform.
SAAS Flash - 6/22/10
Senate Confirms New ONDCP Deputy Directors
Benjamin B. Tucker Confirmed as ONDCP Deputy Director of State, Local and Tribal Affairs; Brings 40 Years' Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Experience to Drug Policy Office
(Washington, D.C.) - On June 22 the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Benjamin B. Tucker by unanimous consent to be the new Deputy Director of State, Local and Tribal Affairs for the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). Mr. Tucker will oversee ONDCP's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program (HIDTA), Drug-Free Communities (DFC), National Youth-Anti-Drug Media Campaign, and Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Center (CTAC).
SAAS Flash - 6/22/10
Court Decision in Parity Lawsuit
On June 21, the US District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed the lawsuit filed by the Coalition for Parity, Inc. against the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury seeking to prevent application of the interim final rules on The Wellstone-Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). In her decision, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly stated that the Departments were allowed to issue interim final rules (IFR) in order to expedite the rulemaking process given the short timeframe allowed by the law. She ruled that the IFR will stand, but stated that it was also her expectation that the Departments should move swiftly to finalize the rules by responding to 4,000+ comments submitted on the IFR and complete the rulemaking process. Read the full opinion here.
SAAS Flash - 6/17/10
New tool assists understanding of 42 CFR Part 2
The Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology announced yesterday the release of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Applying the Substance Abuse Confidentiality Regulations to the Health Information Exchange (HIE).
SAAS UPDATE - March 5, 2010
| SAAS Board Meeting Meets with ONDCP Director Kerlikowske Greetings! |
SAAS UPDATE - February 4, 2010
| Greetings! Every new year brings new challenges but also new opportunities. For the addiction healthcare industry, 2010 is going to move into hyperdrive on both counts. Now that the final interim regulations for the |
