The NYSPA Report: Federal and State Coverage of Telehealth and Its Role in Expanding Access to Mental Health Care

• By: Rachel A. Fernbach, Esq. Jamie Papapetros New York State Psychiatric Association
• January 19th, 2026
• access to care, audio-only services, behavioral health workforce, Medicare, mental health access, policy, reimbursement parity, substance use disorder treatment, telehealth, Winter 2026 Issue, workforce shortages
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Following the COVID-19 public health emergency, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made permanent expansions to the coverage of telehealth under the Medicare program. CMS has greatly increased the number of services included on the permanent list of telehealth services and...

Boulevard Outpatient Stabilization Program

• By: Elliot Zimpfer, LMHC, CASAC Horizon Health Services
• April 1st, 2018
• behavioral health interventions, family therapy, medication-assisted treatment, opioid addiction, outpatient stabilization, recovery management, relapse prevention, substance use disorder treatment
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According to the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (2016), facilities were asked how many patients in treatment on 03/21/16 received MAT for detoxification and maintenance purposes. Within this survey, MAT includes the use of methadone and buprenorphine for the treatment of...

Grassroots Advocacy: Addiction Recovery Support in New York State

• By: Robert J. Lindsey Friends of Recovery New York
• April 1st, 2017
• addiction recovery, community-based recovery organizations, peer recovery support, public health policy, recovery support services, recovery-oriented systems of care, stigma reduction, substance use disorder treatment
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The recently released 413-page, Surgeon General’s Report, “Facing Addiction in America – Alcohol, Drugs & Health,” (the first report of its kind to focus on the public health crisis of addiction) is being compared to the 1964 Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking credited with millions...