Here are 10 addiction treatment updates to know that Becker's has reported on since Aug. 28:
- Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital partnered with Central Florida Behavioral Health to treat patients struggling with opioid use in Hillsborough County.
- Endless Mountain Behavioral Health opened in Sayre, Pa., to offer addiction treatment services.
- Nearly one-third of Medicaid recipients dealing with opioid addiction are not being treated with medication.
- An increase in temperatures has been linked to more hospital visits for alcohol-related disorders and substance abuse.
- Warriors Heart, a recovery and rehabilitation center, opened in Milford, Va.
- The Anthem Blue Cross Foundation awarded $1.2 million in substance use disorder grants to five organizations based in California.
- Bicycle Health, a telemedicine treatment provider for opioid use disorder, partnered with Albertsons pharmacies, expanding prescription access in 17 states and 700 pharmacies.
- UM Center for Translational Medicine, part of the Missoula-based University of Montana, is helping create vaccines to prevent fentanyl and heroin drug overdoses, which are approaching human trials.
- Compassion Behavioral Health opened a mental health and addiction treatment center in Hollywood, Fla.
- HHS allocated a total of $3 million across eight organizations in Kentucky to fight the substance abuse "epidemic" in rural communities.