You’ve seen the headlines: after years of legal efforts across the country, companies who manufactured or sold opioid painkillers–including Johnson & Johnson, AmerisourceBergen, and Walmart–have settled for more than $50 billion, to be paid out over 20 years. We now…
14 states have agreed to a $26 billion settlement with the pharmaceutical companies responsible for the Opioid Epidemic. This money is intended to support drug treatment services in these participating states. Providers in these states should be on the lookout…
Throughout 2021, Florida announced several new measures to support mental wellness and provide resources for Floridians struggling with substance use. The 2021-2022 budget included significant funding toward these life-changing behavioral health services: $158.4 million for the State Opioid Response Grant,…
Hulu®’s new streaming miniseries Dopesick® has struck a chord with its depiction of the impact of Oxycontin® in the 1990s and 2000s. Viewers described it as “honest and engrossing,” “morally intriguing,” and “infuriating.” Part of what makes Dopesick so effective…
In October, the AZZLY® Lake Nona staff attended the Certified Medication Assisted Treatment Advocate (CMA) Training Course. The course ran eight hours and was a pre-conference event as part of the 2019 American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence…
Effective January 1, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will pay Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) through bundled payments for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment services in an episode of care provided to people with Medicare Part B…
Opioid overdoses are in decline for the first time in years. Would you know it from looking at your community? In some states—places like Alabama, Connecticut, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Nebraska, and West Virginia—Opioid Use Disorder…
In a discussion of opioid use disorder (OUD), often taken for granted is why many patients begin using opioids in the first place: to stop pain. While we can discuss the merits of various treatment methods once patients have already…
At a time when most news about the opioid crisis seems to be bad, a recent study may be a cause for hope. The January 2019 study by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) indicates that opioid overdose deaths in…
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