Virtual opioid use disorder treatment company Bicycle Health is partnering with supermarket chain Albertsons to allow the telehealth company's providers to prescribe buprenorphine monthly injections for opioid use disorder that can be filled inside Albertsons pharmacies across 17 states.
Buprenorphine has been shown to reduce the risk of death after an opioid overdose.
Bicycle Health's doctors...
Medtech company Masimo announced it had received FDA De Novo clearance for Opioid Halo, the company's opioid overdose alert system.
The monitoring system aims to prevent overdose by alerting family members or caregivers when a patient is experiencing opioid-induced respiratory depression, or slowed or stopped breathing that can be fatal.
Opioid Halo includes four components: a fingertip sensor, a...
Receiving telehealth services for opioid use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with reduced odds for fatal overdose among Medicare beneficiaries, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the National Institutes of Health studied two cohorts of fee-for-...
A study published in JAMA Network Open found no difference in visit frequency for opioid use disorder treatment, initiation of medication use or adverse outcomes between patients who were treated by clinicians with high or low levels of telehealth use, suggesting telemedicine could be comparable to in-person care.
The research used de-identified claims data from about 11,800 patients with...
Sonara Health, maker of a digital methadone management system, raised $3 million in a seed funding round led by First Trust Capital Partners and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas.
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Founded in 2020, the Mark Cuban-backed startup has built a digital system to allow patients with opioid use disorder to take methadone at home while being monitored by a clinician.
Though requirements were...
Receiving opioid use disorder-related telehealth care during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with lower odds of medically treated overdose and better retention using medications like methadone and buprenorphine, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.
The research used data from Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries ages 18 and older who had received a diagnosis for opioid use...
Bicycle Health, which offers virtual opioid use disorder treatment, is partnering with emergency telehealth provider Tele911 to connect patients to continuing care after an overdose or health crisis.
Tele911 works with paramedics to determine if patients need to be transported to a hospital emergency room or if they can be treated at home or at another care site. Under the partnership, those who...
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. drug overdose deaths have surged. The CDC estimates that more than 107,000 people died in 2021, an increase of nearly 15% from the more than 93,000 deaths in 2020.
But the pandemic also has brought a sudden boost in telehealth utilization. Regulations surrounding telehealth prescriptions of controlled substances were loosened during the public health...
Virtual addiction treatment startup Boulder Care announced Friday it had received $36 million in Series B funding.
The round included participation by Qiming Venture Partners, Goodwater Capital and Laerdal Million Lives Fund as well as returning investors First Round Capital, Greycroft, Tusk Venture Partners and Gaingels.
Boulder said the Series B brings its total raise to more than $50 million....
Virtual opioid use disorder treatment startup Bicycle Health scored $50 million in a Series B funding round led by InterAlpen Partners.
Other participants in the round include existing investors Questa Capital, Frist Cressey Ventures and City Light Capital. The Series B brings Bicycle's total raise to $83 million, building on a $27 million Series A announced in June 2021.
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Bicycle...
