by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 17, 2024 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
A KHN article discusses how opioid funds are used across the nation, following a Supreme Court decision impacting settlements with opioid manufacturers. California, set to receive over $4 billion, has begun allocating funds to combat the opioid crisis through various...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
OptumRx will pay $20 million to resolve claims the company violated the Controlled Substances Act by improperly filling certain opioid prescriptions, the Department of Justice recently announced. The agency claims OptumRx did not fill prescriptions correctly for...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
The Illinois Certification Board (ICB), in partnership with the Illinois Department of Human Services/Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery (IDHS/SUPR), launched the Certified Alcohol and Other Drug Counselors (CADC) Workforce Expansion Program in...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
The Supreme Court decisively rejected Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy reorganization plan that aimed to shield the Sackler family from lawsuits related to the opioid crisis. The 5-4 decision sided with arguments that the Sacklers abused the bankruptcy process to...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin revealed the state is filing a lawsuit against pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) Optum and Express Scripts for their role in the state’s ongoing opioid epidemic. In the lawsuit, the state argues the PBMs negotiated deals with...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
A judge intervened to halt the transfer of $115 million from Arizona’s share of the national opioid settlement, which lawmakers had recently approved to help offset a significant budget deficit of nearly $1.4 billion. Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit...
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