“At the end of the day we provided great care, we got people in the door...but we weren’t getting paid.” In episode one, Bill Chrisovergis of Miami Valley Recovery in Dayton, Ohio, discussed how he began working in addiction treatment…
Opioid overdoses are in decline for the first time in years. Would you know it from looking at your community? In some states—places like Alabama, Connecticut, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Nebraska, and West Virginia—Opioid Use Disorder…
On July 10-11, 2019, AZZLY® Founder and CEO Coletta Dorado is representing AZZLY in GuideWell and Springboard's "Scale-Up" event for female-led tech companies. Behavioral healthcare technology company AZZLY®, Inc. was selected by GuideWell Innovation, in affiliation with Springboard Enterprises, as…
Many in the behavioral health community have found themselves searching for a new EHR in 2019. Whether they're affected by the increased workload of the opioid epidemic and the Opioid Crisis Response Act, the concern of meeting HIPAA requirements due…
Why We Dedicated Ourselves to Make a Better EHR In spring 2019, Fortune and Kaiser Health News joint-published a long-form investigative article titled "Death by a Thousand Clicks: Where Electronic Health Records Went Wrong." The 9,000-word critique on the medical…
A panel of experts recently appeared before a Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) in early 2019 to discuss barriers to medication-assisted treatment (MAT). Despite some headway, patients on Medicaid continue to face a number of barriers to…
In the digital era, it is crucial for behavioral health organizations to track their outcomes. Measuring outcomes holds facilities accountable and allows them to improve, benefiting clinicians and patients alike. Major accreditation agencies are recognizing the importance of outcome measurement…
AZZLY joins the Behavioral Health Association of Providers (BHAP) in asking you to support the behavioral health industry by signing this petition. This petition will be delivered to President Trump, the Senate, and the House of Representatives and would urge…
If you’re reading this post, you likely already know the seriousness of the opioid epidemic currently in the United States. The opioid epidemic is the largest the U.S. has faced in decades, arguably since the emergence of AIDS. Opioid use…
In 2018, five drug distribution executives were summoned to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee oversight panel. The panel covered more than a dozen case studies, but one of the most striking was the case of Kermit, West…
