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National Council Presents Awards of Excellence to Honor Outstanding Accomplishments of Members and Behavioral Health Organizations

The National Council for Mental Wellbeing presented awards to numerous individuals and organizations for their efforts to improve behavioral health treatment, access to care and service delivery in America.

National Council for Mental Wellbeing Announces New Board Members

The National Council for Mental Wellbeing is pleased to announce the results of its recent Board elections. We welcome our newly elected Directors and Officers.

National Council for Mental Wellbeing Announces 2020 Advocacy Leadership Award Winners

The National Council for Mental Wellbeing will recognize three mental health and addiction treatment advocates for their extraordinary work during Hill Day.

Latest Medicaid Provider Relief Funding Strategy from HHS and HRSA is Deeply Flawed, Further Jeopardizes the Viability of the Nation’s Behavioral Health System

In response to today’s announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) regarding distribution of additional Provider Relief Funds to Medicaid eligible providers, the National Council for Mental Wellbeing issued the following statement from President and CEO Chuck Ingoglia…

Message from President and CEO, Chuck Ingoglia, Regarding the National Council for Mental Wellbeing’s COVID-19 Relief Fund

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Sophia MajlessiSophiaM@TheNationalCouncil.org(202) 621-1631 The financial peril of community mental health and addiction treatment organizations has never been greater. That’s why the National Council for Mental Wellbeing launched a COVID-19 Relief Fund. Stay-at-home orders and other adjustment operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic have decimated behavioral…

National Council for Mental Wellbeing Statement on Bipartisan House and Senate Committee Leaders Urging HHS to Disperse COVID-19 Relief Funds to Medicaid Providers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Sophia MajlessiSophiaM@TheNationalCouncil.org(202) 621-1631 On June 3, 2020 the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the United States Senate Committee on Finance and the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy & Commerce sent a letter to the Secretary of Health and…

Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) Letter to Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Seema Verma on Making Telehealth Flexibilities Permanent

For many providers, the COVID-19 pandemic provided an unexpected opportunity to launch new telehealth services or further develop existing telehealth initiatives. Changes in state and federal telehealth regulations since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic have accommodated those changes. As a result, barriers to access have been largely eliminated and…

Statement from National Council for Mental Wellbeing President and CEO Chuck Ingoglia in Response to Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Sophia MajlessiSophiaM@TheNationalCouncil.org(202) 621-1631 According to news reports, Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use (OAS) Elinore McCance-Katz, M.D., Ph.D., who leads the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), attended a White House Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, May 19 and warned her colleagues…

National Council and Qualifacts Partner to Understand the Role of Virtual Care on Behavioral Health Care Providers Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Rapid change of care delivery, reimbursement regulations and the spike in demand for mental health, addiction treatment services have had a broad impact on behavioral health care providers Nashville, Tenn. May 8, 2020 — The National Council for Mental Wellbeing and Qualifacts, a leading EHR platform for Behavioral Health…

National Council Statement on Allocation of CARES Act Funding to CCBHCs

On April 27, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced 166 awards for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) expansion grants.  The grant funding includes $200 million in annually appropriated funding in addition to $250 million in emergency COVID-19 funding for Fiscal Year 2020 as part of…