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Innovation
Prescribing Pullback: Telehealth Advocates Ask Trump to Withdraw DEA Proposal
Healthcare executives are calling on the Trump Administration to nullify a DEA proposal to create a special registration for virtual...
Technology
DEA to Give Docs a Telemedicine Outlet for Prescribing Controlled Drugs
The long-awaited proposal for a special registration would help providers with virtual treatment programs for addiction and behavioral health concerns....
Innovation
CMS Launches New Program for Mental Health, OUD Treatment
The 8-year Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH) Model focuses on care integration and coordination, alongside screening for health inequities, to...
Innovation
DEA Extends Telemedicine Prescription Waiver One More Year
Supporters say the extension merely kicks the can down the road and they may soon urge either Congress or the...
Payer
A Lack of Parity In Parity? A National Recovery Month Spotlight
Coverage for substance use disorder varies but the view from 2024 looks so much brighter.
Technology
The Clock is Ticking on Telemedicine Prescriptions
Advocates are once again lobbying the White House and Congress to extend a waiver on using telemedicine to prescribe controlled...
Innovation
Targeting Telehealth as a Chronic Care Management Tool
PCORI has issued grants totaling more than $27 million to three research projects comparing virtual care to in-person care.
Payer
What Medicaid MCO Alliance Health's Partnership with Cityblock Means For Innovation
The risk-based contract marks meaningful expansion for both companies in a state that is growing its Medicaid rolls to include...
Pharma
Opioid Maker Endo Health Solutions to Pay $1.1B, Forfeit $450M
It's the second-largest criminal financial penalty levied against a drug maker.
Payer
Payers, SUD, and VBC: 'There's a Lot of Meat on This Bone'
MCO collaboration and value creation were a focus of the second annual Inspire Recovery conference.
Payer
7 Fast Facts on the New SUD Privacy Regulations
Meet the organizations that helped bring substance use disorder privacy and consent into the 21st century.
CMO
How WellSpan Cleared Out Its ERs By Increasing Behavioral Health Services
Most behavioral health patients do not need to receive care in hospital emergency departments, the chief physician executive of WellSpan...