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ArticleHealth affairs scholar2024

Use of in-network insurance benefits is critical for improving retention in telehealth-based buprenorphine treatment.

Arthur Robin Williams, Christopher Rowe, Lexie Minarik, Zack Gray, Sean M Murphy, Harold A Pincus

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Article in Health affairs scholar, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Arthur Robin WilliamsOphelia Health, Inc, New York, NY 10003, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7380-6203
Christopher RoweOphelia Health, Inc, New York, NY 10003, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2928-425X
Lexie MinarikOphelia Health, Inc, New York, NY 10003, United States.
Zack GrayOphelia Health, Inc, New York, NY 10003, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3577-5603
Sean M MurphyPopulation Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9104-0670
Harold A PincusDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States.
Columbia University Irving Medical Center · USCornell University · US

Funding

Utilization of health services after engagement with opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment provider by individuals with and without post-traumatic stress disorderP30DA040500 · NIDA · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI Yuhua Bao · 2015 to 2026
$20.7M
NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA040500
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An empiric evidence base is lacking regarding the relationship between insurance status, payment source, and outcomes among patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) on telehealth platforms. Such information gaps may lead to unintended impacts of policy changes. Following the phase-out of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, states were allowed to redetermine Medicaid eligibility and disenroll individuals. Yet, financial barriers remain a common and significant hurdle for patients with OUD and are associated with worse outcomes. We studied 3842 patients entering care in 2022 at Ophelia Health, one of the nation's largest OUD telehealth companies, to assess associations between insurance status and 6-month retention. In multivariable analyses, in-network patients who could use insurance benefits were more likely to be retained compared with cash-pay patients (adjusted risk ratio [aRR]: 1.50; 95% CI: 1.40-1.62;

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buprenorphinefinancial barriersMedicaidopioid use disordertelehealth

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PMID38450044
PMCPMC10914333
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