The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is making an estimated $312 million package available to increase access to mental health care and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. The funding will be dispersed through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and will include mental health assistance such as 24-hour mobile […]
Category: Substance Use
Bringing additional medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to bear on the nation’s addiction and overdose crisis appears to be top of mind for several federal leaders focused on behavioral health as well as key U.S. senators. Leaders from agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services appeared before the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pension […]
San Francisco-based telemental health company Cerebral Inc. announced the launch of a new opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment program on Tuesday. Company CEO Kyle Roberton said in a LinkedIn post that the move is meant to remove barriers to care for both mental health and opioid use disorder. Specifically, Cerebral’s new OUD program will employ […]
Drug overdose deaths continue to reach new highs, which has subsequently given rise to a $42 billion industry to treat substance use disorders (SUDs). Among those offering services are a number of virtual SUD treatment providers, who have emerged as debate continues within the field as to the best options overall for treating users. “[The […]
Virtual medication-assisted therapy (MAT) provider Ophelia Health Inc. has partnered with the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing to prepare more clinicians to care for people struggling with opioid addiction. The program, launched in January, also aims to put students who join the pilot program at the UPenn nursing school on the path toward receiving […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Tuesday that it is rolling out two grant programs totaling $25.6 million to expand medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD), along with preventing the misuse of prescription drugs. The funding – which is being dispersed through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services […]
In the fight against substance use disorders (SUDs), a number of providers have been turning to contingency management (CM) services as a solution, and a new report from the government shows it is working. The idea of providing certain incentives to individuals for hitting treatment benchmarks has been backed by various published studies. Additionally, the […]
The nation’s mental health crisis will be a key part of President Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday evening, his first since assuming the Oval Office last year. Biden is calling for Congress to take up legislation that will invest in new approaches to mental health care delivery, in addition to laying out plans […]
Nonprofit health plan CareSource has announced a partnership with value-based addiction treatment company Wayspring to launch an in-home care program for substance use disorder (SUD). The program – which is billed as the first of its kind – will initially be rolled out in Indiana and will be available to Medicaid enrollees in 25 counties […]
Eleanor Health Inc. revealed a value-based care partnership that it says is the first of its kind in the state of Washington. The Waltham, Massachusetts-based addiction treatment provider announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with the managed care organization Amerigroup Washington to provide care to its members struggling with substance use disorder and other […]
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