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Explore our blog for insights on substance use disorders, prevention initiatives, and market trends, plus inspiring stories in our ‘Real Stories. Real Impact.’ series featuring behavioral health professionals and ”Voices of Recovery” series amplifying the voices of those we serve.
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Substance Use Disorder Prevention: A Guide to Early Identification and Intervention
September 30, 2026
Substance use disorder prevention starts with identifying risky use early, reducing harm, and connecting people to the right intervention before problems escalate. Effective prevention combines education, screening, early intervention, and referral to care. What is substance use disorder prevention? Substance…
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The Rise of Cychlorphine, Kratom, and 7-OH: Why Prevention Is the First Line of Defense
September 30, 2026
New drugs are more potent, spreading faster, and harder to detect than ever. Some are pressed into counterfeit pills and mixed into the street supply. Others sit on gas station shelves, sold legally. Public health agencies, law enforcement, and regulators…
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Contingency Management for Substance Use Disorder
September 21, 2026
Contingency management (CM) is a behavioral treatment that uses tangible incentives to reinforce specific, objectively measured behaviors associated with recovery from substance use disorder. It has particularly strong evidence for stimulant use disorder and can also be used to reinforce…
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Meeting HEDIS POD Requirements
August 10, 2026
Starting medication for opioid use disorder is an important step toward recovery, but the larger challenge is staying on it. National data consistently show that most people who begin buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) stop long before they…
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Digital Health Solutions for Substance Use Disorder
July 31, 2026
This resource is designed for health plans, providers, and public sector organizations seeking to understand how digital health solutions address the full continuum of substance use disorder (SUD) care — from prevention and early intervention through care coordination, recovery support,…
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Rural Health Transformation Is Here
June 17, 2026
How the $50 billion CMS Rural Health Transformation Program is reshaping SUD and behavioral health care in rural America, and why CHESS Health is built for exactly this moment. The Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight Rural America faces measurable, persistent…
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Why Alcohol Use Disorder Demands Urgent Attention
March 27, 2026
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a growing public health crisis in the United States, impacting millions of individuals, families, and communities. Yet for much of the past decade, the national conversation around substance use has centered mainly on the opioid…
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The Compounding Crisis: SUD, Comorbidities, and the Cost of Fragmented Care
March 24, 2026
SUD rarely exists alone. See why comorbidities make fragmented care so costly, and how ditital tools can help fix it.
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Retention is a Revenue Strategy
March 12, 2026
The Revenue Case: What Engagement Is Actually Worth The financial case for comprehensive recovery engagement starts with the cost of losing a patient. Roughly 30% of participants drop out of in-person SUD treatment, and the revenue impact of each lost…
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The Loneliness Epidemic: Why Human Connection Can’t Be Automated Away
March 3, 2026
Loneliness has become one of the defining public health crises of our time. According to the World Health Organization’s Commission on Social Connection, approximately 1 in 6 people worldwide experienced loneliness between 2014 and 2023, with rates significantly higher among…
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The Retention Crisis
January 27, 2026
The Crisis in Numbers The opioid and stimulant use disorder crisis continues to devastate communities nationwide, claiming over 100,000 lives annually. According to 2023 data from the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, nearly 9 million Americans misused opioids during…
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The Daunting Task of Allocating Opioid Settlement Funds
January 20, 2026
As opioid settlement funds make their way to states, counties, and local communities, the conversation shifts from how much to what for. Decision-makers face a complex challenge: deploying $54 billion over 18 years in ways that produce measurable impact while…
