A Delaware operator of community clinics has agreed to pay more than $15 million to settle allegations of federal fraud related to mental health services and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday. The settlement resolves two lawsuits against Connections Community Support Programs (CCSP) of WIlmington that were filed […]
Category: Substance Use
BetterUp taps Walmart exec as its first CMO Behavioral health unicorn BetterUp, which provides counseling and coaching services through its virtual platform, has named Tom Van Gilder as its first ever chief medical officer (CMO). Van Gilder comes to the company from Walmart (NYSE: WMT), where he also served as CMO. There, Van GIlder led […]
Drug overdoses killed a record 93,000 people last year, with the vast majority of those fatalities related to opioids. However, the opioid epidemic isn’t the only drug-related crisis sweeping the country. Stimulant use is also on the rise, with deaths attributable to those drugs increasing 10-fold between 2009 and 2019. And, in 2020, overdose deaths […]
Genesis HealthCare has agreed to a settlement surrounding denied admissions for prospective residents receiving medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD). Nine Genesis skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) across Rhode Island and Massachusetts were accused of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act and Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act when […]
Technology is becoming an increasingly important part of behavioral health treatment, especially amid the coronavirus. In fact, telehealth was used more for mental health conditions than any other type of diagnosis in May, according to a report from FAIR Health. And while technology presents a lot of opportunities to expand behavioral health access and improve […]
Ideal Option deepens footprint in Washington state Ideal Option has opened a new clinic in Marysville, Washington. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Kennewick, Washington, Ideal Option operates 70 office-based MAT centers across ten states. It has nearly 30 in Washington state. The new facility will treat patients for addiction to fentanyl, heroin, alcohol and […]
Earlier this summer, Johnson & Johnson and the country’s three major drug distributors reached a $26 billion settlement in a deal with the attorneys general of several states for their role in the opioid epidemic, which has killed hundreds of thousands Americans and left many more on the wrong side of debilitating addictions and other […]
The behavioral health industry seems to be making good on predictions that 2021 would be a record year for dealmaking. “The behavioral health M&A numbers are in, and in a word, they are extraordinary,” Dexter Braff, president of the M&A advisory firm The Braff Group, said in a mid-year deal report shared with Behavioral Health […]
Beacon announces new president Beacon Health Options — an Anthem-owned (NYSE: ANTM) behavioral health company that serves one out of six people nationwide — has named a new president. Glenn MacFarlane comes to the position from Aetna, where he was Medicaid Northeast Territory Leader and plan president for the New Jersey market. Before that, he […]
Recovery Ways adds Idaho Behavioral Health to family of programs The substance use disorder (SUD) treatment provider Recovery Ways has added Idaho Behavioral Health (IBH) to its portfolio. Details of the deal were not disclosed. Boise-based IBH operates addiction treatment and mental health clinics in four locations throughout the Gem State. Those clinics are located […]
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