Mr. Joshua Nirella has been working with Acadia Healthcare since 2016 as Regional Director, overseeing six OTP facilities in Western PA, and facilitated the development of three new OTP sites in Ohio. He has done extensive work with state and federal agencies on the utilization of MAT, consulted with several key Senators and Representatives, driven regulation reform with PA Dept. of Health, and facilitated opiate addiction treatment discussions with many organizations, including MCO's, hospitals, inpatient facilities and prisons. He started his career in the addiction field in 2001, when he began working at a group home for kids who had been removed from their parents' care due to addiction issues in the home. He is the current President of PATOD and had been a CARF Surveyor for several years.