SUD Stakeholders Cautiously Optimistic About MAT Prescribing Flexibilities — But Are They Enough?

In late April, the Biden Administration announced new flexibilities to make it easier for eligible clinicians to prescribe the medication-assisted treatment (MAT) drug buprenorphine. The changes allow doctors and certain clinicians registered by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to automatically administer buprenorphine to up to 30 patients at a time. Previously, clinicians had […]

Transactions: Acadia’s Latest Deal; New ABA Acquisitions

Acadia to purchase Adventist Health Vallejo’s behavioral services  Adventist Health Vallejo — a 61-bed psychiatric facility — has signed a definitive agreement to sell the hospital and its behavioral health services to Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ: ACHC) — one of the nation’s largest behavioral health providers. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Based in […]