EP 86: Integrating Contingency Management into Treatment with Eric Gastfriend

50 years of research has confirmed contingency management as one of the most effective treatment modalities out there both as a standalone and in conjunction with 12-step, community reinforcement approaches, and others. Yet, it's hard to find funding or reimbursement for it and most providers haven't even considered integrating it into their programs. In this episode, I speak with Eric Gastfriend, CEO of DynamiCare Health, a digital therapeutic platform with contingency management at its core. We talk about the research, the challenges to implementation, and what the academic literature says about doing it right.