Original Medicare covers opioid treatment programs (OTPs) for opioid use disorder (OUD) from Part B. The program must be government-certified and accredited by an independent, government-approved ...

This medicine may be one of the best tools doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Preparation of a dose of Buprenorphine, an opioid that can be administered to people with opioid-use disorder to ...

MORE THAN A YEAR NOW. THIS IS A STORY ABOUT NUMBERS, BUT IT’S REALLY A STORY ABOUT PEOPLE. PEOPLE RAVAGED BY THE OVERDOSE CRISIS. IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, MORE THAN 4000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM OPIOID ...

As part of efforts to treat the city’s drug crisis, San Francisco’s Department of Public Health is expanding a program for unhoused people that combines a shelter bed with opioid addiction treatment ...

OPIOID EPIDEMIC IN THIS COUNTRY DESTROYS MILLIONS OF LIVES. AND EXPERTS KNOW THAT OFTENTIMES THE ADDICTION STARTS AFTER OPIOIDS ARE PRESCRIBED FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT AFTER SURGERY. RESEARCHERS AT THE ...

Norwich has opted into new opioid settlements, expecting to receive about $30,000 annually for 10 years. The settlements involve Sandoz Inc., eight opioid manufacturers, Purdue Pharma, and the Sackler ...

In 2022, Iowa signed five opioid settlement agreements, with the state eligible to receive $345 million. Other settlement funds have become available since then. On this episode, how will these funds ...