In America today, the need for more substance use disorder (SUD) interventions is clear. In 2017, more than 70,000 people died from drug overdoses, and the alcohol-related death rate was twice what it was 20 years earlier. Those statistics don’t include nearly 20 million others who did not die but still battled SUD that year. […]
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It’s impossible to know just how much the U.S. loses every year to health care fraud, with estimates ranging from 3% to 10% of the annual health care expenditure. Similarly, it’s unclear just how much of that fraud exists within the behavioral health care sector. However, one thing leaders in the space and legislators at […]
Anthem will offer new coverage of a telehealth program proven to help people reduce or stop drinking. The program is offered by Ria Health, who is partnering with the insurer as a specialty provider, according to a press release announcing the news. San Francisco-based Ria Health is a telehealth company that specializes in alcohol treatment, […]