When Congress expanded telehealth through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, it counterintuitively imposed a burdensome requirement that Medicare beneficiaries see a mental health provider in person within six months prior to an initial telehealth appointment and...

SAMHSA, the nation’s primary federal agency for behavioral health, is currently facing significant organizational upheaval. In the past year, the administration has laid off a large portion of SAMHSA’s workforce, proposed steep cuts to SAMHSA’s budget, and announced plans...