About one-third of Medicaid enrollees with opioid use disorder (OUD) did not receive medication as a part of their treatment. New data from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that “a significant number of enrollees with opioid use disorder may not be receiving this […]

Deaths from fentanyl-involved drug overdoses soared by 279% from 2016 to 2021, according to the CDC. Buprenorphine has been found to reduce mortality rates of opioid use disorder by 50%, but patients addicted to fentanyl could be missing out on more effective dosages because of outdated FDA guidelines. Current FDA guidelines for buprenorphine were based […]

State-level policies may have boosted the number of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment facilities offering telehealth services. That’s according to new research by the RAND Corporation and Georgia State University. Researchers found that telehealth usage in SUD treatment facilities skyrocketed in recent years, jumping from 18% in 2019 to 79% in 2022. This comes after […]

After a months-long national search, addiction treatment provider Caron Treatment Centers has announced John Driscoll as its new president and CEO. The Wernersville, Pennsylvania-based nonprofit’s previous CEO, Bradley Sorte, stepped down in February. Since then, Caron Chief Operating Officer Kristine Bashore and Chief Clinical Officer David Rotenberg have served as interim co-CEOs. “I’ll also be […]