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2026 NABH Annual Meeting
MARCH 2-4, 2026
THE RITZ-CARLTON WASHINGTON, DC
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Behavioral healthcare
advocacy that achieves results
Bringing a wealth of expertise to the leaders of the
nation’s behavioral healthcare organizations.
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NABH Education and Research
Foundation’s Workforce Startup Guide.
Learn how to adopt a skills-based approach to talent management, which organizations can serve as
partners in your workforce-development efforts, and what workforce funding sources are available to
your organizations in the NABH Education and Research Foundation’s Workforce Startup Guide.
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Behavioral healthcare
advocacy that achieves results
2026 NABH Annual Meeting
MARCH 2-4, 2026
THE RITZ-CARLTON WASHINGTON, DC
Learn More
Learn More
Behavioral healthcare
advocacy that achieves results
Bringing a wealth of expertise to the leaders of the
nation’s behavioral healthcare organizations.
Learn More
NABH Education and Research
Foundation’s Workforce Startup Guide.
Learn how to adopt a skills-based approach to talent management, which organizations can serve as
partners in your workforce-development efforts, and what workforce funding sources are available to
your organizations in the NABH Education and Research Foundation’s Workforce Startup Guide.
Download
Behavioral healthcare
advocacy that achieves results
ANNUAL MEETING
The 2025 NABH Annual Meeting focused on the future of  behavioral healthcare. Speaker presentations and more are available.
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Since 1933, NABH has been a leader in behavioral health advocacy and has a proven track record on legislative and regulatory issues.
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Advocacy Priorities
2026 is a critically important year as the country continues to face intense access challenges for individuals managing mental health and/or substance use disorders. With demand for NABH services across all age groups nationwide being at an all-time high, ensuring access to mental health and addiction treatment and recovery services could not be more urgent.
NABH’s advocacy priorities reflect the organization’s mission to advance responsive, accountable, and clinically effective prevention, treatment and recovery, and care for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults with mental health and substance use disorder. NABH advocates for these ongoing priorities and will continue to prioritize securing sufficient funding.
Advocacy Priorities
Mental Health
Securing the Promise of Parity
Behavioral Healthcare Workforce
Behavioral Health Information Technology
988 Crisis Stabilization Services
EMTALA
Psychiatric Hospital Regulations
Veteran and Military Healthcare
IMD Exclusion
190-day Lifetime Limit
The Addiction Crisis
Securing the Promise of Parity
Behavioral Healthcare Workforce
Behavioral Health Information Technology
988 Crisis Stabilization Services
EMTALA
Veteran and Military Healthcare
Opioid Treatment Programs
Telemedicine Coverage
Partial Hospitalization
Quality and Outcome Measures
Alternative Payment Models (APMs)
Behavioral Healthcare Workforce
We call for legislation to require increased Medicare reimbursement rates for behavioral healthcare providers.
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Securing the Promise of Parity
After nearly 16 years, Americans have yet to see full parity between behavioral and physical healthcare.
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Opioid Treatment Programs
NABH will urge CMS to offer payment rates that provide adequate and appropriate reimbursement for OTP services
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Behavioral Health is Everyone’s Concern: Constant Care, Changing Times