Becker's Healthcare December 30, 2025
Columbus-based OhioHealth has launched a comprehensive addiction medicine program at OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital in Athens, supported by a four-year, $3 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services.
The program integrates hospital-based and community care across southeast Ohio, offering patients inpatient consultations, outpatient treatment, telemedicine, counseling, withdrawal management, medication-assisted treatment, care transitions and community outreach. Modeled after similar programs at four other OhioHealth hospitals, the initiative is tailored to address substance use disorders in a rural region.
The initiative involves partnerships with eight local organizations, according to a Dec. 30 news release....







