The Drug Enforcement Administration issued a final rule that codifies sweeping changes to how practitioners can prescribe and administer medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, effective July 9. Here are seven things to know: 1. The DEA formally removed the…
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Colorado youth treatment centers generated 1,154 calls to the state child abuse hotline over the past five years, but about 92% of those reports were ‘screened out’ by county child welfare officials — meaning county human services departments determined the…
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A Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine intervention increased the likelihood that emergency department patients with alcohol use disorder would receive naltrexone prescriptions by 15-fold, according to a study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine…
Health system operating margins fell to 0.2% in April, edging back toward zero after a brief two-month recovery. A new report shows just how fragile hospital finances remain heading into the second half of 2026. Drawing on data from more…
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The Elevance Health Public Policy Institute found no association between county-level uptake of take-home methadone — used to treat opioid use disorder — and differences in drug overdose rates and behavioral health- or OUD-related emergency department visits. Published May 25…
Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health’s Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is launching a dedicated inpatient program for pregnant patients with substance use disorders, with plans to double patient capacity within the program’s first year. The health system said the program is the…
Stamford (Conn.) Health will build a new cancer center and behavioral health facility as part of a $275 million expansion project. Construction is expected to begin in 2027, according to a Stamford Health statement shared with Becker’s. The new cancer center…
A communication method that remains controversial among researchers is gaining visibility in federal autism policy discussions after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed advocates of assisted spelling to a federal autism panel, KFF reported June 8. Assisted spelling is…
Psychiatry residency programs received more than 130,000 views on FREIDA in 2025, according to rankings based on medical student activity from Jan. 1. through Dec. 31. FREIDA, the American Medical Association’s fellowship and residency database, includes more than 13,000 residency…