Nationwide bipartisan government support for Contingency Management (CM) takes a huge step forward!
Addiction Treatment Breakthrough! U.S. Congress finally drives CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT (CM) forward in the new Omnibus Spending Bill, just resolved late last night in bipartisan agreement. Never before has the U.S budget process called for the Secretary of HHS and the Office of the Inspector General to resolve how to foster widespread adoption of CM. CM (motivational incentives) is the single most effective, best-evidenced, yet least utilized approach in substance use disorders treatment. It literally DOUBLES abstinence rates -- from opioids, stimulants, alcohol & nicotine. It's a simple formula: Better Outcomes = Lives Saved = Cost Savings = Less Stigma Now, the Senate & House are putting CM into the federal budget! Thank you, legislative leaders, NIDA & NIAAA directors Nora Volkow & George Koob, National Council for Mental Wellbeing President Chuck Ingoglia, Kennedy Forum visionaries former U.S. Rep. Patrick & Amy Kennedy, Biden Administration ONDCP Director Rahul Gupta, and the many organizations -- like ASAM -- that have signed on to support this progress. CM is here, it's now -- payers are starting to cover it (ask me where) -- and patients & families can heal with it. #addiction #addictiontreatment #addictionrecovery #drugabuse #drugaddiction #asam #NIDA #NIAAA #NationalCouncil #ONDCP #substanceabuse #substanceusedisorder #SAMHSA #csat #drugpolicy #buprenorphine