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Arizona Complete Health to Enhance Member Health and Safety with axialHealthcare’s Risk Mitigation Solution

April 1, 2021 / Announcements, Latest Posts

Data insights will identify members with safety concerns related to substance use, enabling early intervention and targeted support for those most at risk axialHealthcare has partnered with Arizona Complete Health to identify and address member safety concerns related to substance use by leveraging advanced data insights and clinical care teams that work directly with providers caring for the population. …

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I Shared My Eleven Year Sobriety Anniversary on LinkedIn and Couldn’t Believe What Happened Next

January 24, 2021 / Expertise, Latest Posts

By Andy Thomas, Vice President National Provider Relations at axialHealthcare One evening in early January, my wife and I took a drive to see our soon-to-be new home. Arriving at the neighborhood, we talked about our future and what was to come. It was a cold, dark Minnesota winter night, but it was a happy one filled with excitement and joy. It hasn’t always been …

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Highmark and axialHealthcare expand partnership with launch of member support program for substance use disorder

December 7, 2020 / Announcements, Latest Posts

axialHealthcare today announced a new recovery program with Highmark Inc. to offer care navigation and peer support services for members seeking treatment for substance use in Pennsylvania. This is a new addition to Highmark’s efforts to address substance use disorders and the opioid epidemic in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic. NASHVILLE, Tenn. and PITTSBURGH, …

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2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health

November 12, 2020 / Expertise, Latest Posts

Administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) provides a clear picture of substance use and behavioral health issues within the United States. Since the program began in 1971, the use of drugs and alcohol and the incidence of behavioral health issues has …

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Karen’s Story of Recovery: “Trust the Process.”

September 30, 2020 / Expertise

Life was chaotic for Karen as a child. Her parents divorced when she was two—in part because of her father’s alcohol use—leaving her mother to raise seven children alone. Although her mother did the best she could, Karen’s childhood was filled with chaos and anger rather than love and support. At the age of twelve, …

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Tom’s Story of Recovery: “There is hope and you can get better.”

September 25, 2020 / Expertise

Tom grew up in a blue-collar, working class family and can trace alcoholism back to his great-great-grandfather. When he was 14 years old, he discovered alcohol at a family party and immediately liked the way it made him feel, “I no longer felt alone. It gave me confidence, I felt like I was the life …

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Jake’s Story of Recovery: “It is absolutely worth it.”

September 18, 2020 / Expertise

Jake grew up in a large and loving family, always did well academically, and had a great group of friends. He started experimenting with drugs and alcohol at a young age and vividly remembers thinking that he finally felt normal for once in his life. Things progressed through high school and got significantly worse during …

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Sara Flathers, National Recovery Month Video

Sara’s Story of Recovery: “I didn’t know my life would get a lot more rich.”

September 10, 2020 / Expertise

Sara discovered alcohol at a young age and immediately liked how it made her feel, “it helped me feel confident when I didn’t feel confident, and it helped me fit in when I didn’t fit in.” Sara’s disease progressed through her twenties when she started exploring other substances, but when the consequences of her addiction …

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Andy’s Story of Recovery: “It’s a process of allowing yourself to be open to help.”

September 2, 2020 / Expertise, Latest Posts

From a young age, Andy always felt like he was a little bit different than his friends. It seemed like everybody else had gotten a manual on how to live life that he didn’t receive. This feeling combined with a significant childhood trauma led him to seek relief from his pain, and he found it …

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Shatterproof and axialHealthcare Partner to End Substance Use Disorder Stigma

August 18, 2020 / Announcements, Latest Posts

NASHVILLE, Tenn. axialHealthcare, a care optimization company navigating substance use issues for patients, providers, and health plans, today announced it has partnered with national nonprofit Shatterproof to support its strategy to end substance use disorder (SUD) stigma. “Addiction stigma is still pervasive within our communities, and until society changes its view on the disease, the millions of Americans with …

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