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Telehealth
Study Validates Telehealth for Substance Abuse Treatment During PandemicA study conducted by researchers from the CDC, CMS, and NIH found that the use of telehealth and digital health...
Pharma
Judge: Suboxone 'Product Hopping' LawSuit May ProceedThe suit alleges that Indivior violated antitrust laws to preserve its Suboxone monopoly.
Technology
FTC Files Suit Over Unrestricted Access to Digital Health DataThe Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Kochava, an Idaho-based digital health company whose data analytics platform can...
Innovation
New Substance Abuse Partnership Aims to Reduce Unnecessary 911 TransportsBicycle Health is teaming up with Tele911 to give 911 dispatchers and first responders an on-demand connection to substance abuse...
Innovation
ChristianaCare Launches Bundled Virtual Care Program for College StudentsThe Delaware health system and two digital health companies have joined forces to create a digital health platform that will...
Technology
Money Flows into Addiction Tech, But Will It Curb Soaring Opioid Overdose Deaths?Addiction tech entrepreneurs see a $42 billion U.S. market for their products and an addiction treatment field that is ripe...
Payer
Evernorth Contract Expands Payer Involvement in Online Addiction Treatment"Our goal is to help people navigate to the right care; that?s where we are focused," says Evernorth behavioral health...
Strategy
Sacklers, Purdue Pharma to Pay $6B in New Opioid SettlementThe payout is 40% higher than the $4.55 billion deal that was vacated by a federal court in December, and...
Clinical Care
'Injections, Injections, Injections': Troubling Questions Follow Closure of Sprawling Pain Clinic ChainLags Medical Center patients were left without ready access to their medical records or handoffs to other physicians.
Clinical Care
Efforts to Reduce Opioid Prescribing Varied Across the CountryThe volume of prescription opioids dispensed from retail pharmacies declined by 21% from 2008 to 2018, a new study finds.
Clinical Care
With Overdose Deaths Surging, Advocates on the Ground Push for Over-the-Counter NaloxoneAs overdose deaths nationwide reach all-time highs, the Biden administration has made increasing access to naloxone a key part of...
Clinical Care
As Overdose Deaths Soar, DEA-Wary Pharmacies Shy From Dispensing Addiction MedicationThe DEA is exacerbating the opioid epidemic by scaring pharmacies away from dispensing this medication when it's desperately needed.