Addiction Treatment

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln is piloting a new care model designed to support patients with opioid use disorder after emergency department visits — part of a growing effort to integrate addiction care more effectively into behavioral health…

Current regulations on methadone dispensing are holding back effective treatment, according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine.  The society, along with the National Community Pharmacists Association and other interest groups, penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi…

A group of large outpatient addiction treatment providers has formed a new alliance to advocate for consistent reimbursement and metrics for addiction treatment quality.  Nine addiction treatment providers — BrightView, CleanSlate, Crossroads, Ideal Option, MATClinics, Porchlight Health, ReVIDA Recovery, SaVida…

The CEO, the medical director and the billing manager of a Kentucky addiction treatment clinic were convicted for their roles in an $8 million fraud scheme.  According to a March 21 news release from the Justice Department, Jose Alzadon, MD,…

Fewer than half of Medicaid managed care plans cover all four FDA-approved treatments for alcohol use disorder, a study published March 13 in JAMA Network Open found.  Medicaid-managed care plans are the largest payer of addiction treatment services, according to…

Improving fatal overdose numbers According to data reported by the US Centers for Disease Control, drug overdose deaths decreased in the period between July 2023 and July 2024 consistently around the country, with reported deaths down by nearly 20% during…

Two CEOs means twice the decision-making power for American Addiction Centers. 

Patients taking GLP-1 drugs had a lower rate of opioid overdose and alcohol intoxication than those not taking the drugs, a study published Oct. 16 in Addiction found. 

Nearly 1 in 3 counties do not have a single provider of medication-opioid use disorder treatment that accepts Medicare or Medicaid, a report from HHS' Office of Inspector General found. 

Opioid and other drug overdose deaths are on the decline for the first time in decades, though rates vary widely by state, according to an analysis from KFF.