Prioritizing Care That Cures – Fighting the Epidemic With Opioid Treatment Programs
Policymakers should recognize the advantages of this multi-faceted care model and ensure legislative and regulatory environments allow for its continued growth.
The Next Era of Pain Management: The Convergence of Scientific Innovation and Public Policy Incentivization
This will require continued investment in the foundational science to elucidate remaining unknowns regarding how pain works in the body and brain, which in turn can direct us to even more targeted strategies to address the physiology behind specific pain types.
Improving the Healthcare Financial Experience to Help Care Flow
Zelis CEO Amanda Eisel shares her perspective on how the company is solving the problems of a fragmented health financial system to benefit all.
Bicycle Health Offers Virtual Opioid Use Disorder Treatment to Teens in Maine
Bicycle Health's new virtual adolescent care program in Maine will support teens over the age of 16 struggling with opioid use disorder. They'll gain access to the company's clinical services and medication for addiction treatment.
Thriveworks, Ophelia Team Up for Mental Health, OUD Support
Thriveworks can refer its patients to Ophelia if they show signs or report having an opioid use disorder. And if Ophelia patients require more extensive mental health care, they can be referred to Thriveworks for therapy and psychiatry services.
Will 2024 be the Year We Address the Real Roots of the Opioid Crisis?
Will 2024 bring any change, or will we witness yet another record- and heart-breaking year of preventable deaths?
Telehealth Advocates: HHS Has Done Its Bit on Expanding OUD Treatment; DEA Needs to Step Up
HHS recently released a final rule that allows practitioners in Opioid Treatment Programs to start patients on methadone or buprenorphine via telehealth. However, the final rule does not apply to the broader range of providers, leading telehealth advocates to call for additional changes from the DEA.
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What Keeps Healthcare CIOs Up at Night: Balancing Technology Investments with Consumer Expectations
When it comes to managing inbound phone calls, underperformance has devastating cost implications.
Increasing the Impact of Opioid Settlement Funds by Investing in Health IT Infrastructure
Strengthening health IT infrastructure is a critical and necessary step toward abating the opioid crisis and evaluating the impact of how opioid settlement dollars are allocated across communities.
Talkspace, Bicycle Health Partner To Support Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
Through a new partnership, Talkspace clinicians can refer patients with opioid use disorder to Bicycle Health for its addiction services, while Bicycle Health can refer its patients to Talkspace to treat co-occurring mental health conditions.
Breaking the Cycle: Telehealth Treatment for People in Custody is Key to Recidivism Disruption
Expanding access to telehealth-based treatment programs that include medications for OUD, like buprenorphine or Sublocade, to patients as they leave custody can upend this cycle of incarceration through seamlessly following patients wherever they go next. The TREATS Act creates a legal pathway for this care to continue.
Boulder Care Extends Virtual Substance Use Disorder Treatment to Adolescents
As the opioid crisis grows for teens, Boulder Care has expanded its substance use disorder treatment to support adolescents. The company is starting its adolescent services in Washington with UnitedHealthcare Community Plan.
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Transforming Patient Care: The Role of AI-Powered Assistants
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
Ophelia, Vori Health Team Up To Support Patients with Opioid Addiction, MSK Pain
Through a new partnership, Vori Health will be able to refer its patients who report having an opioid addiction to Ophelia. On the flip side, Ophelia can refer its patients who report having MSK pain to Vori Health for non-opioid treatment.
Bicycle Health, Albertsons Form Partnership To Expand Access to OUD Treatment
Through a new partnership, Bicycle Health providers can prescribe patients buprenorphine extended release injections (otherwise known as Sublocade), which can be administered by a pharmacist at an Albertsons pharmacy.
Reading Between the Lines of the DEA’s Proposed Rules on Telemedicine
In some ways, the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) proposed rules for prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine are a sign of progress. Behavioral health could be getting some much-needed clarity, but at what cost?
Relying on Primary Care Physicians to Treat Opioid Use Disorder Fails Both Patients and Providers
The new DEA ruling is doing a disservice not only to people with OUD, but to the entire medical care system—exacerbating a condition that will most likely lead to death.
Study: More OUD Patients Stay in Treatment When Offered Buprenorphine via Telemedicine
Patients with opioid use disorder are more likely to stick with their treatment plan when offered buprenorphine via telemedicine, according to a new study. The study involved 1,378 patients, and their 180-day treatment retention rate was 56.4%.