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Eleos Closes $60M Series C Round, Plans to Enter SUD Treatment Market
By Morgan Gonzales| January 22, 2025Behavioral health technology company Eleos raised $60 million, bringing its total funding to over $120 million. Greenfield Partners led the Series C round with participation from F-Prime Capital, Eight Roads, Menlo Ventures, ION, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Union Tech Ventures and Centerstone. The company plans to use the cash infusion to expand its product […]
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This is an exclusive BHB+ story Experts warn that rates of cannabis use disorder (CUD) are increasing due to more favorable perceptions of the drug and higher concentrations. Providers already treating substance use disorders (SUDs) have the tools to treat CUD – a move that could increase care access and strengthen revenue streams. However, better […]
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DEA Releases Special Registration Framework, Telehealth Final Rule
By Morgan Gonzales| January 15, 2025Substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers who prescribe medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) via telehealth received some good news on Wednesday. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a final rule that allows clinicians to prescribe buprenorphine via telehealth or audio-only telehealth visits for up to […]
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued a substance use disorder (SUD) treatment provider for posing as other providers to get increased business. Florida-based Evoke Wellness allegedly used deceptive Google search ads that appeared to represent other SUD providers, using its competitors’ names as keywords and displaying ads in a way that impersonated other clinics, […]
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Adolescent Brain Differences May Increase Risk of Substance Use Disorder
By Morgan Gonzales| January 13, 2025The brains of adolescents who use substances are different from their peers who do not use substances. That’s according to new research that found that brain structure metrics measured in late childhood, between ages 9 and 11, are associated with substance use in early life, before age 15. Therefore, differences in brain structure could partially […]
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Substance Use Treatment Giant BayMark Reports Patient Data Breach
By Morgan Gonzales| January 10, 2025One of the largest substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers in the U.S. announced patients’ records were exposed during a data breach last fall. BayMark Health Services, which treats over 70,000 patients daily, announced on Friday that an “unauthorized party” disrupted the company’s IT systems and accessed files containing patients’ personal and medical data. The […]
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SUD Treatment in 2025: New Tech, Politics and Parity Regulations
By Morgan Gonzales| January 8, 2025This is an exclusive BHB+ story The new year is upon us. After a year of uncertainty in the substance use disorder (SUD) treatment industry, interested parties are looking for hints of what’s to come in 2025. Yet more pinnacles and valleys may be in store. Looking ahead to 2025, new treatment techniques and regulations […]
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Despite the growing body of evidence supporting medication-assisted-treatment, rates of buprenorphine dispensed to young people overall have declined in recent years. Still, rates among teenage patients dispensed buprenorphine have increased over the last three years. A new study published in JAMA found that the number of adolescents and young adults dispensed buprenorphine decreased by 6.5% […]
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Emergency Department Visits for Fentanyl Rise 46% While Heroin Cases Drop
By Laura Lovett| December 31, 2024Drug-related emergency department (ED) visits were up by nearly 6% in 2023 compared to the previous year. That’s according to a new report by The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which used data from The Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN). The report found that the most common type of substance-related ED visit was […]
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Patients with substance use disorders (SUDs) often struggle with social determinants of health, including housing and transportation. Sober living and other housing options for people undergoing SUD treatment can allow patients to focus on recovery. But a history of fraud and abuse gave sober living a negative reputation that has only recovered in the last […]