Last year about 50,400 Medicare Part D beneficiaries experienced an opioid overdose. That’s according to a new report from the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The report also found that less than 20% of Medicare beneficiaries with opioid use disorder (OUD) received medication to treat their […]
Category: Substance Use
When it comes to substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, Medicare has major gaps in coverage. Specifically, Medicare, which is the largest payer in the country, does not cover residential or intensive outpatient SUD services. This could be changing, as the Biden administration continues to prioritize SUD treatment and behavioral health parity – and as public […]
The federal government announced it has awarded $79.1 million in overdose prevention grants. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), awarded the bulk of the grant money — $44.8 million — to opioid-use disorder (OUD) treatment. The largest singular portion of […]
Higher acuity patients, behavioral health parity and prescribing uncertainty will continue to define addiction treatment in 2022 and beyond. That’s according to several operators queried by Behavioral Health Business. As the country begins to unwind from the several temporary measures prompted by the public health emergency (PHE), the addiction treatment space will see a new […]
Bicycle Health, a virtual opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment startup, announced Thursday it joined Evernorth’s enormous behavioral health network. Evernorth, the health services business of Bloomfield, Connecticut-based health insurance behemoth Cigna Corp (NYSE: CI), now grants access to Bicycle Health’s services to all of its clients and to the Cigna employer or marketplace exchange plan […]
Wallingford, Connecticut-based Aware Recovery Care added two new leaders to its management team. On Monday, the in-home addiction treatment provider announced it hired Dennis Fitzpatrick as its chief financial officer and Sheila Coleman as the company’s first diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) leader. Both started their roles on Monday and will work closely with […]
Los Alamitos, California-based Discovery Behavioral Health has expanded into Pennsylvania with the acquisition of Brookdale Premiere Addiction Recovery. This marks the company’s 15th state market. The Scotrun, Pennsylvania-based 110-bed residential addiction treatment facility sits on a 100-acre campus in the Pocono Mountains. Opened in 2019, the facility touts its Signature Program as “the standard for high-end […]
Substance use disorder provider Delphi Behavioral Health Group has tapped Michael Borkowski as its next CEO. Borkowski initially joined the organization in 2016 as chief financial officer. A certified public accountant, Borkowski holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from Florida State University. Borkowski will be taking the reins from former CEO Matthew Feehery. […]
Addiction treatment provider BrightView Health has acquired Boston-based Column Health. The deal closed on Aug. 8, BrightView Health Chief Development Officer Dylan Jackson told BHB in an interview. This deal marks Cincinnati-based BrightView Health’s second acquisition in 2022. It also gives BrightView a presence in its second and third new state markets this year. Column […]
The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, one of the largest nonprofit addiction treatment systems in the nation, has tapped Paul Mueller as its next chief operating officer. Mueller comes to Hazelden Betty Ford with 30 years of experience in the behavioral health sector. Most recently, he served as the CEO at Rogers Behavioral Health, a psychiatric […]
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