As fentanyl proliferates the illicit drug market and opioid-related overdoses surge, access to the life-saving medication methadone is more critical than ever. Efforts to increase access to take-home methadone have paid off, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) cemented COVID-era flexibilities earlier this year. For substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers […]
Sonara Health
Methadone management startup Sonara has raised $3 million in venture funding from First Trust Capital Partners and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas. The company – backed by a well-known “shark” investor – was created in order to enable patients to take their methadone dose at home, as opposed to going to a methadone clinic […]
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) and similar technologies may help behavioral health operators track patients outside of a provider’s office. These vital data are key to a number of increasingly present market trends that have to do with bringing more data and greater objectivity to the practice of behavioral health. For example, the slow but inexorable […]