SUD Executive Forecast: Regulation, Primary Care Integration, the ‘Clash with Payers’ Will Shape 2024
Behavioral Health Business December 20, 2023
Despite the strong growth potential in the substance use disorder (SUD) treatment space, providers faced stiff headwinds in 2023, including rising patient acuity, access obstacles and shifting regulatory frameworks.
Some of these challenges will continue to present problems for SUD treatment providers in 2024, but the new year will also bring significant opportunities, industry insiders told Addiction Treatment Business. SUD treatment providers will diversify services and set industry-wide quality standards while harnessing innovation with AI and psychedelics.
Providers will also tackle reimbursement-related challenges as the industry continues to seek value-based care models.
ATB caught up with five industry insiders to reveal the key forces that will impact SUD treatment in 2024. The responses were edited for length and clarity.
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