All Is New In Addiction Treatment

In 2007, I marveled at a new program—an online substance abuse treatment program by CRC Health (see CRC’s eGetgoing: An Innovation Now). At the time, it was certainly novel and even with the somewhat clunky 2007 technology, I thought it was pretty interesting. But the program faded from view and for a decade, addiction treatment utilization has remained largely residential.

But the past five years has seen a change in where and how addiction treatment is delivered. The drivers of this change are the opioid epidemic, the rising health care costs due to addiction, the pandemic, and increased . . .