Behavioral Health Business September 15, 2023
State-level policies may have boosted the number of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment facilities offering telehealth services.
That’s according to new research by the RAND Corporation and Georgia State University. Researchers found that telehealth usage in SUD treatment facilities skyrocketed in recent years, jumping from 18% in 2019 to 79% in 2022.
This comes after the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically increased telehealth usage in the behavioral health field, a trend that is not slowing down.
At least some of that increase is due to state policies allowing telehealth options for SUD treatment sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Before the outbreak, federal law permitted states to greenlight telehealth services for SUD treatment only on a limited basis. In 2020, federal regulations allowed...
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