N.J. Lawmakers Discuss Retooling Mental Health Coverage Laws
N.J. lawmakers discuss retooling mental health coverage laws
Filed under: drug addiction treatment act
TRENTON — Insurance companies have found ways around the five-year-old federal Mental Health Parity Act by refusing to pay for what many patients say they need to stabilize and recover, frustrated families and therapists told a Senate committee today …
Read more on The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
Free Alcoholism Newsletter! Sign Up
Filed under: drug addiction treatment act
Alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them and those around them. The following self-assessment tests can help you determine whether or not …
Read more on About – News & Issues
Baton Rouge doctor suspended amid sexual battery claim
Filed under: drug addiction treatment act
Arceneaux said board policy is to investigate such allegations to determine whether a physician has violated the state's Medical Practice Act. Gidden has been licensed to practice medicine in Louisiana since 1985 and … “She had been referred to the …
Read more on The Advocate
Substance Abuse Help Coming, But Is It Enough? – Millions of Americans will get new insurance coverage for addiction treatment next year, but the system may not be ready for the wave of new patients. (April…