• 6/29/09 -- Coalition release: HIT funding fails to address mental illnesses and addiction disorders: new survey shows wide HIT gap between general and psychiatric healthcare. Download executive summary.
  • 6/26/09 -- NAPHS comment letter to CMS: Medicare Program: Inpatient Psychiatric PPS Payment Update for Rate Year Beginning July 1, 2009 (RY2010)
  • 5/28/09 -- NAPHS comment letter: Request for information regarding the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
  • 5/4/09 -- SATVA / NAPHS / NCCBH letter to Sen. Baucus urging inclusion of psychiatric providers in health IT funding.
  • 4/28/09 -- Federal Register: Request for Information Regarding the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008.  Comments are due May 28, 2009.
  • 3/13/09 -- NAPHS comment letter: Medicare Advantage and prescription drug programs MIPPA drug formulary & protected classes policies
  • 3/9/09 -- NAPHS comment letter: "TRICARE: Outpatient Hospital Prospective Payment System (OPPS): Delay of Effective Date and Additional Opportunity for Public Comment”
  • 2/26/09 -- Annual Meeting: Powerhouse line-up, including Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN), Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI). Get details and register online.
  • 2/4/09 -- Design Guide 3.0 adds new resources for improving the safety of the built environment in behavioral health facilities. Download the Design Guide 3.0.
  • 1/6/09 -- 2009 NAPHS election: Brent Turner begins term as NAPHS chair of the board; newly elected board members take office; membership approves title changes
  • 12/11/08 -- Order now! Compact disc training on "Safety and the Built Environment: Helping Behavioral Healthcare Organizations Stay Up to the Minute." View news release.
  • 12/10/08 -- TRICARE final rule on hospital outpatient prospective payment (including partial hospitalization)
  • 10/3/08 -- NAPHS statement on passage of mental health parity
  • 10/3/08 -- Mental health groups cheer passage of parity legislation -- release from Coalition for Fairness in Mental Illness Coverage
  • 8/28/08 -- NAPHS comment letter to CMS on proposed changes to the hospital outpatient PPS and CY2009 payment rates (for partial hospitalization) (CMS-1404-P)
  • 8/26/08 -- Compact disc training available on hospital-based inpatient psychiatric services (HBIPS) core measures set to launch October 1. Get details.
  • 7/18/08 -- Federal Register publishes proposed rule: "Medicare: Proposed changes to the hospital outpatient prospective payment system and CY 2009 payment rates" (including proposed partial hospitalization rates)
  • 6/2/08 -- NAPHS comment letter to Department of Defense on "TRICARE Outpatient Hospital Prospective Payment System (OPPS)" proposed rule in the April 1 Federal Register
  • 5/8/08 -- Design Guide 2.1 adds new resources for improving the safety of the built environment in behavioral health facilities. Download the publication.

 

.

What's New Archive Page

 

What's New Archive
You  will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
to view and print .pdf files.
About NAPHS | Help for Consumers | Resource Catalog
Marketing | Joining NAPHS | Talk to Us | Members Only |News | Home

NAPHS
701 13th Street, NW, Suite 950
Washington, DC 20005-3903
Phone: 202/393-6700
Fax: 202/783-6041
E-mail:  naphs@naphs.org
"));