Plus, US behavioral health spending tops $280B, and a new landmark autism bill
(spoiler: it’s not good)
Plus virtual ABA services, $375k methadone vans, and behavioral health demand a ‘key cost inflator’
Plus CMS to cover digital therapeutics, and IOPs and PHPs in line for reimbursement increases
Plus, only 25% of Americans with OUD receive medication, and for-profit psychiatric hospitals are operating under nonprofit guises
Plus half of states lack full SUD care coverage, $146M+ in fraudulent addiction schemes, and Japan comes for America’s IDD market
Plus, Gen AI comes for emergency rooms, $2.5B in psychiatric developments for Texas, and youth mental health improves
Plus, Colorado’s weed market comes down hard, and a Snapchat teen opioid crisis
And the ones showing cracks. Plus, new regulations for eating disorder centers in Colorado, and PE add-on deals down ~75%
Plus Acadia expands eating disorder services, and Behavioral Innovations bought for $300M
Plus daily pot use up by 269%, veterans turn to private care, and CDC calls ADHD “expanding public health concern”
Plus Eventbrite promoted illegal opioid sales to people searching for addiction recovery help 🤯