Digital + Addictions

What the digital treatment landscape for addictions will look like in the year ahead is not exactly clear. The lack of clarity is a combination of policy indecision and health plan best practice guidelines (and reimbursement) for addiction treatment.

In the rush to pass a budget, a long-term decision about federal telehealth rules was postponed.;Instead, the federal continuing funding resolution, signed on December 21, 2024, includes provisions to extend Medicare telehealth flexibilities and hospital-at-home through March 14, 2025 (see;Federal Continuing Resolution Extends Medicare Telehealth & Hospital-At-Home Through March 14, 2025). . . .