by Jordana Choucair | Dec 9, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
The White House launched a new national dashboard to track non-fatal opioid overdoses and provide first responders, clinicians, and policymakers with real-time, actionable information to improve the country’s response and save lives. The Nonfatal Opioid Overdose...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 2, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
A bipartisan bill to increase access to treatment for opioid addiction has a good chance of being rolled into a year-end package during the lame-duck session. The bill would remove a requirement that health care providers get a special waiver from the Drug Enforcement...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 1, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
A Kaiser Health News article discusses ways to expand access buprenorphine to help treat addiction and prevent relapse. Industry experts offered several solutions, including: 1) emergency room doctors could prescribe a few days’ worth of the medication for a patient...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 30, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
New data published Wednesday by the National Center for Health Statistics show that deaths from drug and alcohol use are rising among America’s seniors. According to the data, drug overdose deaths more than tripled among people aged 65 and older during the past two...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 29, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a rule to align 42 CFR Part 2 privacy protections with HIPAA. The rule would require one-time patient consent for disclosure of treatment and allowing HIPAA-covered entities to access those records. The rule...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 22, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
A Kaiser Health News (KHN) article examines how states are planning to spend the $26 billion for the opioid settlement fund. The settlement includes specific parameters for how the states can spend the money: 70 percent must be used for opioid-related expenses (e.g.,...
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