A financial incentive program for emergency rooms to start medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid-use disorder (OUD) translated into increased rates of continuing treatment. However, the increases were a slight improvement in an already low rate of continuing care. Before the incentive program, hospitals saw a rate of 5% of OUD ER patients filling a buprenorphine […]
Substance use disorder (SUD) treatment has typically been considered separated from other types of health care and paid for out-of-pocket or on a fee-for-service basis, meaning it is often siloed, expensive and incomprehensive. AmeriHealth Caritas is tackling some of those issues with a new value-based payment pilot designed to promote improved, integrated SUD screening and […]
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