This episode of the Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Dr. S. Hughes Melton, MD, the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS). Dr. Melton discusses his background in health care and addiction treatment, the work DBHDS is doing to help enhance treatment services to meet patients' mental health care needs, and efforts to respond to the opioid epidemic. Send questions, comments, or feedback to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) or contact us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/virginiahha (http://www.twitter.com/virginiahha)) using the hashtag #PatientsComeFirst.