Addiction Treatment Services

Addiction is a chronic disease, which causes individuals to seek “reward” from substance-use or other activities whether or not they may cause harm. Addiction treatment has been in the spotlight as payers, policymakers, and health systems struggle to address the opioid crisis and increasing substance-related mortality rates. As a result, the addiction treatment market is shifting—there is expanded coverage for residential treatment, a push towards greater integration and care coordination, and new competitors entering the market—creating new challenges and opportunities for organizations working in addiction treatment.

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• Illinois Implements Laws To Oversee PBMs & Ban Health Plan Use Of Prior Authorization For Outpatient & Partial Hospitalization Mental Health Services 
• Medicare & Medicaid Beneficiaries With Opioid Use Disorder Less Likely to Receive Behavioral Health Treatment 
• Indivior Real World Evidence Study Finds Long-Acting Medications For Opioid Use Disorder Linked To Lower Odds Of Emergency Department Visits 
• Crossroads Treatment Centers Acquires Family Health Services In Pennsylvania 
• Executive Order Sets New Federal Policy On Homelessness & Civil Commitment 
• Colorado Medicaid Implements New Payment Model For Essential Mental Health Provider Organizations 
• The Opioid Hat Trick
• Executive Order: Ending Crime & Disorder On America’s Streets
• FTC Sues Eight Organizations & Four Individuals For Deceptively Routing People Seeking Addiction Treatment 
• Maine Behavioral Health System State Profile Report
• FTC v. Mercury Marketing, LLC
• Iowa Launches New Behavioral Health & Disability Services System With Centralized Navigation, Standardized Rates
• Maryland Association of Counties Comment On Maryland Senate Bill 594 Public Health—- Use Of Opioid Restitution Fund & Training Under the Overdose Response Program 
• Opioid Use Disorder: Treatment With Injectable & Implantable Buprenorphine
• Maryland Updates Opioid Fund Rules & Adds Paramedic Buprenorphine Program 

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Florida Expands Behavioral Health Services, Launches Jail Diversion Initiatives 

On June 25, 2025, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed two bills aimed at expanding mental health and addiction services—introducing new funding, workforce development incentives, and diversion pathways. Senate Bill (SB) 1620 implements recommendations made by Florida’s Commission on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder. SB 168, the “Tristin Murphy Act,” creates new diversion pathways for people with mental illnesses when diversion is a feasible alternative to incarceration.  SB 1620 implements key recommendations made by Florida’s… Read

• Bradford Health Acquires Three Texas-Based Addiction Treatment Programs 
• New York Cracks Down On ‘Ghost Networks’ With 10-Day Behavioral Health Access Standard 
• 45% Of Opioid Treatment Programs Now Offer Full Suite Of Medications
• Maryland Chapter 698 (House Bill 729 / Senate Bill 594) – Public Health – Use Of Opioid Restitution Fund & Training Under The Overdose Response Program
• Maryland Chapter 700 (House Bill 728) / Senate Bill 495 – Opioid Restitution Fund – Authorized Uses

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