California Department Of Health Care Services Awards Contract To Pear Therapeutics To Support the Recovery Incentives Program

On November 3, 2022, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) issued a Notice of Intent to Award (NOIA) a contract to Pear Therapeutics as the incentive manager vendor for the implementation of the DHCS' Contingency Management (CM) pilot. The goal of the pilot is to treat stimulant use disorder through a contingency management program. In early 2023, the program will be initially launched to serve eligible Medi-Cal beneficiaries across 24 counties in California. Per the RFP, the CM pilot will serve approximately 8,000 to 10,000 Medi-Cal beneficiaries with stimulant use disorder (StimUD) with a . . .