By Anuja Vaidya
October 19, 2023 – Using telehealth to begin opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment is linked to high retention in treatment among Medicaid beneficiaries, according to a new study.
Published in JAMA Network Open, the…
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By Sara Heath
October 03, 2023 – A third of the 1.5 million Medicaid enrollees with opioid use disorder in 2021 did not receive medication to treat opioid use disorder (MOUD), with searing racial health disparities…
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One of the major reasons patients are prescribed opioids, which can be highly addictive, is because of musculoskeletal pain. Indeed, about 21% of patients seeking care for musculoskeletal (MSK) pain are prescribed opioids at their…
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Virtual opioid use disorder treatment company Bicycle Health is partnering with supermarket chain Albertsons to allow the telehealth company’s providers to prescribe buprenorphine monthly injections for opioid use disorder that can be filled inside…
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Virtual opioid use disorder provider Bicycle Health announced Thursday that it is partnering with Albertsons, a supermarket and pharmacy chain, to expand access to buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder.
Boston-based Bicycle Health is a…
Questa Capital Management, a healthcare-focused venture firm, announced it closed a $397 million venture growth equity fund dubbed Questa Capital III, bringing its total raise to over $1 billion. Commitments came from blue-chip investors, including…
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By Sara Heath
August 08, 2023 – Only a fifth of the nearly 2.5 million adults with opioid use disorder received medication for the disease 2021, leaving millions without access to addiction treatment, according to new…
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By Mark Melchionna
June 21, 2023 – Known as the Eastern Shore Mobile Care Collaborative, a partnership between the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the county health department’s behavioral health program aims to provide rural opioid…
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By Mark Melchionna
May 08, 2023 – Led by Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a group of US senators have urged the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to permanently establish telehealth flexibilities in prescribing buprenorphine for opioid…
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The unprecedented expansion of telehealth and mental health care during the pandemic was a monumental shift for behavioral health care in more ways than one.
The flexibilities for behavioral health visits that resulted from the…
