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Innovation
California Launches Digital Therapeutic Program for Substance Abuse Treatment
The state's Medicaid program is partnering with digital health company Pear Therapeutics on the precision digital therapeutics program aimed at...
Telehealth
Behavioral Telehealth Loses Momentum Without a Regulatory Boost
Feds are working piecemeal to codify new rules for prescribing controlled substances.
Technology
How Technology Supports Engagement, Adherence in OUD Treatment
In the second of a two-part interview, Brian Clear MD, chief medical officer of Bicycle Health, talks about treatment details...
Technology
Using Technology to Improve Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
In the first of a two-part interview, Brian Clear, MD, chief medical officer of Bicycle Health, describes an approach supported...
Telehealth
Study Validates Telehealth for Substance Abuse Treatment During Pandemic
A 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 Proceed
The suit alleges that Indivior violated antitrust laws to preserve its Suboxone monopoly.
Technology
FTC Files Suit Over Unrestricted Access to Digital Health Data
The 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 Transports
Bicycle 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 Students
The 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 Settlement
The payout is 40% higher than the $4.55 billion deal that was vacated by a federal court in December, and...