Behavioral Health Business January 31, 2023
The Biden administration late Monday announced the public health emergency (PHE) will officially end on May 11.
The PHE has, in many ways, changed the game for behavioral health operators over the past three years. Among its impacts, it relaxed several regulations while notably expanding telehealth and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) access.
“The COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency were declared by the Trump Administration in 2020,” the White House Office of Management and Budget said in a statement. “They are currently set to expire on March 1 and April 11, respectively. At present, the administration’s plan is to extend the emergency declarations to May 11, and then end both emergencies on that date.”
That plan aligns with the administration’s...
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