This is an exclusive BHB+ story Increasingly, employers are paying for addiction care for their staff, disrupting the status quo. It’s changing the way providers view reimbursement and how they operate by placing new expectations on measurable results, transparency and speed. By stepping into the payer role, employers are reshaping stigma, return on investment and […]
Guidelight Health promotes chief operating officer to lead as CEO Guidelight has tapped Stephen Bewley as its new CEO. Bewley initially joined Guidelight Health in February as chief operating officer. He will replace Andrew Hayek, who served as the company’s interim CEO. Before joining Guidelight, Bewley served as the chief operating officer at InStride Health, […]
Ten behavioral health founders have been featured on the 2025 Inc. Female Founder 500 list. The list seeks to be the “definitive list of women entrepreneurs making significant waves in business,” Diana Ransom, executive editor of Inc. Magazine, said in an article explaining the methodology for establishing the list. Those featured on the list lead […]
Behavioral health providers have faced regulatory uncertainty regarding government funding and access to Medicaid this week. The Trump administration issued a funding freeze on Monday only for it to be blocked by a federal judge on Tuesday. States reported outages to the Medicaid portal on Tuesday and more interruptions on Wednesday, while the White House […]
This is an exclusive BHB+ story The long-awaited special registration rule for telehealth prescribing dropped last week. The proposed rule has already raised some hackles with industry insiders, and the newly installed Trump administration has promptly withdrawn the proposal. Withdrawing the proposal doesn’t mean the rule is dead. After review, the Trump administration may allow […]
The landscape of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment in 2024 was a tapestry of challenges, technological disruptions and unexpected breakthroughs. A staggering data leak exposed the personal information of 100 million patients. Economic pressures forced some SUD providers to retreat from certain state markets, and long-anticipated regulatory changes were once again delayed, leaving the industry […]
Last year, Ozempic took the weight loss industry by storm; could the substance use disorder industry be next? It’s possible, according to some industry insiders. But that’s not the only trend likely to shape 2025. New drugs, technologies, payer trends and care models set the stage for 2025 to be a transformative year for the […]
M&A in the substance use disorder (SUD) treatment space has been slow over the last few years. However, that could change as a new “business-friendly” presidential administration takes over and interest rates soften. And some industry insiders speculate that digital could be the place to look for M&A activity in 2025. “I imagine we will […]
Certain sectors of behavioral health care are still “growing up.” For example, some industry insiders have said the autism therapy industry is in its toddler phase. The SUD industry, meanwhile, is working to shed some of the associations of its youth and enter a more adult era of addiction treatment. Some providers are modernizing their […]
Measurement-based care has been hailed by payers and providers as essential to promoting evidence-based, individualized treatment. Substance use disorder (SUD) providers hoping to craft new reimbursement arrangements or improve patient outcomes must establish robust internal measurement systems. Collecting patient data alone does not drive change, however. Providers must also leverage their findings to adjust treatment […]
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