Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) has increasingly become the gold standard for treating opioid use disorder (OUD). However, the industry has a long way to go in developing more therapies to better support patients with OUD. OUD treatment provider Groups Recover Together leverages MAT and group therapy to promote members’ recovery through in-person or virtual care models. […]
Patients receiving medication-assisted treatment (MAT) combined with counseling for opioid use disorder (OUD) see significant improvements – not only in drug-use reduction, but also in mental health, legal issues and interpersonal relationships. That’s according to a new white paper from Baymark Health Services, which found that illicit drug use decreases by 65% over the first […]
Payers and providers have struggled to draw out a roadmap for value-based care in addiction treatment. As a result, the adoption of value-based contracting in substance use care remains low. Still, some payers and providers blazed the trail over the past several years, highlighting some core do’s and don’ts for value-based care contracting. “I’ve been […]
A behavioral health facility in California recently laid off 86 employees. Momentum For Health, a nonprofit mental health and substance use disorder treatment provider, cited impending permanent closures of three locations as the reason for the layoffs, according to WARN notices filed on Oct. 27. The layoffs will go into effect on Dec. 31. San […]
People with substance use disorders (SUDs) are more likely to have co-occurring disorders, including mental health conditions and physical illnesses. With that in mind, residential SUD treatment providers are stepping up to offer more comprehensive treatment. Operators are weaving services like psychiatry and eating disorder treatment into residential offerings to provide the necessary breadth of […]
One of the nation’s most potent addiction treatment advocacy groups rebuked calls for a special registration process. The special registration process would allow telehealth providers to prescribe controlled substances via telehealth without a prior in-person exam. Regulatory flexibilities during the pandemic opened a new lane of business for behavioral health providers, especially addiction treatment providers. […]
Substance use disorder (SUD) treatment provider Bradford Health named behavioral health care vet Lisa Evans its new CEO. Evans has a decade of experience in the behavioral health field and previously served as chief operations officer at Alpharetta, Georgia-based behavioral health provider Perimeter Healthcare. She is tackling her new role at Bradford with a people-first […]
Lee Equity-backed Bradford Health Services names new CEO Birmingham, Alabama-based Bradford Health Services named Lisa Evans its new CEO, succeeding Mike Rickman, who held the role for about five years. Evans previously worked as corporate chief operating officer at Perimeter Healthcare, an Atlanta-based behavioral health company that operates 10 locations across six locations in the […]
More than 86% of 2.7 million people in the U.S. living with opioid use disorder do not receive medication for opioid use disorder treatment (MOUD). This treatment can reduce withdrawal symptoms, prevent overdoses and support long-term recovery. New data from Bicycle Health, a virtual opioid use disorder provider, revealed details about the populations that do […]
In recent years, employers have seen substance use disorder (SUD) claims increase. New York-based Spring Health is looking to address this issue by partnering with Eleanor Health. Spring launched its SUD program in 2021 and continued to expand its offerings, partly through partnerships with other SUD providers. The partnership with Eleanor is Spring’s latest effort […]
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