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RECENT NEWS FROM GROUPS:
Groups’ Second Annual Outcomes Report Proves That Value-Based, Community-Driven Addiction Treatment Yields Industry-Leading Results
Groups' 2025 Outcomes Report showcases their success in treating OUD through value-based care and reinforces the call for industry-wide transparency.
Addiction doesn’t get the last word in 2024
In 2023, Knox County recorded 500 suspected overdose deaths, with many of those deaths sadly occurring toward the end of the year. Our community can tell a different story in 2024 if we act now.
Groups Recover Together’s First Annual Outcomes Report Demonstrates Industry-Leading Results and Calls for Transparency in Data
Groups Recover Together published their first-ever annual report after one decade of operation.
Groups Partners with The Quell Foundation to Bridge the Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Workforce Gap Through Gift of Recovery Program
Groups, a leading outpatient provider specializing in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, is proud to announce its partnership with The Quell Foundation as part of its Gift of Recovery program.
Groups Recover Together Opens 24 New Offices in 2022, Impacts Over 20,000 Individuals Recovering From Substance Use Disorder
Leader in opioid addiction treatment increases access to evidence-based care and supports holistic recovery for those with OUD across underserved communities across the United States.
Groups Recover Together Invests in Technology Assisted Treatment to Remove Barriers for Americans in Recovery From Substance Use Disorders
Leading addiction treatment provider launches new technology initiatives to close gaps in care and address health-related social needs.
Groups doubles down on telehealth with a mobile app to treat opioid addiction
Groups doubles down on telehealth with a mobile app to treat opioid addiction
Groups Recover Together Expands Mobile App Treatment to All Members
Groups Recover Together, the national leader in value-based care for Substance Use Disorder treatment, today announced the completion of a campaign to bring their proprietary recovery app to all of their 11,000+ active members.
Groups Recover Together Launches a Proprietary Digital Platform Designed to Support Members Struggling With Opioid Addiction
The platform, a unified, app-centric experience, offers simplicity and convenience to members and will help improve access to quality opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment.
Lessons from Opioid Use Disorder treatment during the pandemic - why Groups is doubling down on virtual care
When the pandemic hit Groups found a new way deliver care for members continuing on their path to recovery from opioid addiction.
Policy and Tech Adoptions That Can Reverse Negative Trends in the Opioid Epidemic
The opioid epidemic is decades old, but a combination of new technology and new policy could reverse some of the devastation wrought by Covid-19 and improve outcomes moving forward. Here are three sensible changes that could get us on the right track:
Telemedicine vs In-person Care: In Addiction Medicine, Options are Key
COVID-19 has dealt in-person addiction treatment a blow, but the chief medical officer of Groups Recover Together tells a telemedicine success story with a hybrid ending.
More Startups Founders Are Tackling Addiction: Here’s Where The Money Is Going
For founders and investors in startups focused on addiction recovery, their attraction to the space often begins with a personal story.
Fighting Addiction in the Age of COVID
Groups Recover Together CEO Colleen Nicewicz shares the drastic impact of addiction during the COVID pandemic and how the organization approaches the recovery process.
Groups Recover Together CEO Details Plan to Expand Value-Based MAT Model Into 5 New States
While many behavioral health providers have ambitions to enter into value-based reimbursement contracts, relatively few have managed to secure them. And even fewer have managed to build their models entirely around value-based care. But Groups Recover Together has done just that.
Groups Recover Together Raises $60M in Series C to Meet the Growing Need for High Quality, Affordable, Evidence-based Opioid Addiction Treatment
The Oak HC/FT led round will improve access through a growing network of community-based clinics and fund continued investment in virtual treatment
Groups Recover Together Nabs $60M for Value-Based Care Platform for Opioid Addiction Treatment
Groups Recover Together, a national leader in value-based care for opioid addiction treatment, today announced it has raised $60 million in Series C financing. Oak HC/FT led the round, joining existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Transformation Capital, RRE Ventures, Optum Ventures and Kaiser Permanente Ventures.
Medication that could help victims of opioid use wrapped up in politics
Advocates say there's a huge need for expanded access to medication as the number of victims affected by opioid use disorder continues to rise.
Coronavirus Could Speed Shift to Value-Based Behavioral Reimbursement
Study after study has shown that behavioral health treatment leads to better overall health outcomes and lower total care costs. But typical fee-for-service reimbursement models don’t account for services’ long-term impact.
Amidst the backdrop of COVID-19, Groups Recover Together maintains industry-leading outcomes after pivoting to an all-virtual opioid addiction treatment offering
New whitepaper measuring retention, illicit opioid abstinence, and member satisfaction shows that Groups’ 100% virtual treatment model achieves outcomes that mirror face-to-face therapy
Amidst the Backdrop of COVID-19, Groups Recover Together Brings Their Differentiated Opioid Addiction Treatment Model and Industry-leading Outcomes to Rural Virginia
Groups launches in Virginia with a virtual treatment model that delivers outcomes consistent with face-to-face therapy and six initial physical locations throughout the state.
WellCare expands access to opioid addiction treatment options
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented new and unique challenges for public health officials in Kentucky, including addressing the growing opioid health crisis across the commonwealth. In response, WellCare of Kentucky announced today Groups Recover Together, an industry leader in value-based care for opioid use disorder (OUD), has joined its network of providers to help members struggling with addiction.
Groups Recover Together Transitions to Telemedicine to Support Individuals in Need of Effective Treatment for Opioid Addiction Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
Company implements entirely digital medication-assisted treatment program to support over 5,000 existing patients and guarantee access to care for those seeking treatment today.
Groups Recover Together Contracts with AmeriHealth Caritas New Hampshire to Expand Access to Opioid Addiction Treatment Options for Health Plan Members
Agreement Combines Groups Recover Together's Focus on Increasing Access to Treatment with AmeriHealth Caritas New Hampshire's Commitment to Making Care Accessible to Those Most in Need
How value-based contracts in Medicaid can promote opioid addiction recovery
Vermont’s Medicaid program recently saw its spending on urine toxicology testing rise six-fold in three years, reaching $15 million dollars in 2018. On the surface, this rise in spending reflects a positive trend: more patients are receiving life-saving treatment for opioid use disorder. But, does all this testing truly help the patient? Does frequent laboratory toxicology testing promote recovery?
Medication-assisted addiction treatment offered to inmatese opioid addiction recovery
In recent years, county jails and state prisons have faced a growing problem: cells that are increasingly filled with inmates suffering from drug addiction and withdrawal. Starting in July, the Maine Department of Corrections, along with addiction treatment company Groups Recover Together, began providing medication-assisted treatment in three state prisons as part of a year-long pilot program that administrators hope to bring to the Legislature next year and hold up as a model for the future.