This is an exclusive BHB+ story The retirement trend dominating employment conversations may be taking a turn — at least for the addiction treatment industry, where longtime professionals are noticing renewed attention from the younger side of the workforce. The growing demand for addiction treatment services is still swept up in the behavioral health industry’s […]
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This is an exclusive BHB+ story Extended-release medications to treat opioid use disorders (XR-MOUD) are highly effective. Still, the medications are consistently underutilized, despite being proven to help with treatment adherence. Providers and researchers see significant potential for XR-MOUD treatment among adolescent patients. While daily sublingual tablets of the MOUD, buprenorphine, are approved for use […]
This is an exclusive BHB+ story An example of a near-perfect, high-impact model for addiction care is difficult to find even in the pie-in-the-sky film or television realms. Finding one in the real world comes with even more challenges. The 1997 film “Gridlock’d” follows Tupac Shakur and Tim Roth as they grapple with trying to […]
This is an exclusive BHB+ story Episodic treatment often defines the way substance use disorder (SUD) care is managed. Patients get care at the time they most need it, then leave a treatment center or stop services. But when they leave addiction treatment, they’re not cured. In many ways, they’re in “remission” from their disease, […]
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. […]
The calendar is now a primary enemy to behavioral health reform at the federal level. Time is running out for Congress and advocates to accomplish legislative reforms before the end of the year, according to a panel of policy and advocacy experts at Behavioral Health and Well-Being Congress. November also brings another round of federal elections […]
The search to find Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s next chief medical officer has wrapped up, as the substance use disorder (SUD) treatment provider on Thursday announced Dr. Alta DeRoo as its new CMO. DeRoo is the first female CMO in the history of Center City, Minnesota-based Hazelden, which was founded in 1949. DeRoo has been […]
Discovery Behavioral Health appoints regional CEO Discovery Behavioral Health (DBH) — a multi-state operator of mental health, substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and eating disorder recovery centers — has tapped Michael Uradnik as CEO of its Associated Behavioral Health Care (ABHC) unit. Uradnik will head ABHC — which serves clients in the Seattle-area — and […]
The Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) has opened up the application process for a new loan program that aims to help address the behavioral health workforce shortage. Through the $28 million Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program (STAR LRP), SUD professionals can receive up to $250,000 in eligible education loan repayment […]
Substance use disorder (SUD) treatment stakeholders are asking the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make it easier for providers to use contingency management to help people overcome addiction. Contingency management uses positive reinforcement to motivate certain behaviors. In the case of SUD treatment, that […]
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